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And the subject of friendship reminds me of a curious thing. A man who, in the past two years, built for himself a tremendous reputation talking and writing about friend making and impressing other people, is, according to frequent reports, the lonesomest man in his own home town. He can tell others how to make friends, but doesn't know how himself. Which, after all, is probably not so strange. Plenty of fine mlrsic instructors are lousy performers.

Which same thougna *O* ,i, ,o " political friend of mine, Jesse Jones of RFC. Mr. Jones burst into print and demanded of the bankers that they loosen up on their credits, and loan more money to business. When the news came round that he had failed to loosen up credits in his own big bank, he is alleged to have remarked: "I want them to do as f say, not as f do."

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Some wise man once said that a man should never give advice until he's too old to set a bad example.

Lots of labor troubles. The other day I listened for hours to detailed reports of labor troubles in the lumber industry of the Pacific Coast. f heard things that seemed absolutely incredible. I had to look out the window to make certain I was not in Moscow, but in an American city.

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William Green of the American Federation of Labor announced the other day that he had conferred with the President and that they had agreed there must be changes made in the Wagner Act. I'll lay six, two, and even, that any changes ever made in that Act that will be helpful to industry will come only after such a battle against Administration opposition as will make the Supreme Court battle look like a Sunday School picnic.

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Yet there will never be even a modest degree of genuine recovery in this country until the blight of the Wagner Act and its present method of administration that hangs like the heaviest of mill-stones around the neck of industry, is in some manner or method lifted. How any man can doubt that statement, is past understanding. It would be utterly impossible to exaggerate the feeling of the employing class of this entire nation, big and little, great.and small, North, East, South and West, concerning the Wagner Act and the National Labor Relations Board.

To say that the employers of this nation feel completely outraged and indignant about the whole thing, is putting it in the mildest possible form. And will men who feel that way put twelve million more men back to work, do you think?

Their feeling is perfectly illustrated by the almost utter lack of new industrial enterprises starting in this country. There are practically none now. Even last year, when things looked like they might be approaching a boom stage, there were .no new factories being built, few business enterprises being formed that would furnish additional employment. Investors bought stocks and bonds, bought homes and things of that sort-they are doing so NOWbut ask anybody who knows whether or not industrial enterprises can be financed. Every dollar owner can furnish you a score of reasons right off the bat, why he doesn't want to go into business, or put his money into new enterprises.

And new enterprises, **- otlr""ss concerns, new factories, new commercial vehicles in almost countless number must arise if we are to become economically safe and sound and furnish our people genuine employment in gainful pursuits, again. Human ingenuity translated into innumerable business units must be encouraged to the highest degree, if our dreams of emerging finally from Depression, are to be materialized. ***

Taxation and labor are the two great obstacles to recovery. And the second is the worst. Every time a decision of the NLRB bursts into print, every dollar-owner in the country crawls deeper into his burrow. Lending-spending millions won't bring him out. Not ever. And, how any well-informed man can doubt that fact, is hard to credit. The proofs are everywhere. ***

Wholesale Firm Malces Steady Growth

Two young men, Harry B. Gamerston and L. O. (Lu) Green, started a small wholesale lumber business in the depths of the depression in June, 1932, in San Francisco. The firm of Gamerston & Green has now expanded to include two wholesale distribution yards with their own trucks and carriers to serve the retail lumber trade.

The yards are located at 1800 Army Street, San Francisco, and 9th Avenue Pier, Oakland. Both yards are well located both for dealers' pickups and for truck delivery.

Mr. Gamerston is a well known Bay district lumberman, having been connected with the wholesale lumber business for 30 years, since his start with the J. R. Hanify Company.

Mr. Green has been associated with Mr. Gamerston in the wholesale lumber business for all but two of the last 15 years. fn those two years he pounded the Coast counties territory for the Coos Bay Lumber Company.

Both yards carry a stock of Douglas Fir, Redwood, Ponderosa and Sugar Pine. A substantial quantity of shingles, both Red Cedar and Redwood is carried, principally at the Oakland yard, where Everett Lewis of that office has been referred to as the "shingle king."

Lumbermen's Post To Hold Open House During American Legion Convention

Lumbermen's Post No. 403 of The American Legion, Los Angeles, will have headquarters in suite 309-310 at the Savoy Hotel for the members of the Post and all visiting Legionnaires connected with the lumber industry and its allied products who attend the national convention of The American Legion at Los Angeles, September 19-22, 1938.

Lumbermen's Post invites them to visit and register at their headquarters where they will hold open house during the convention.

E. C. STONE FLIES TO LOS ANGELES

E. C. Stone, manager of the Stimson Mill Company, Seattle, made an air trip to Los Angeles August 17 on business for his firm. He returned to Seattle by plane a few days later. Stimson Mill Company is represented in Southern California by Burns Lumber Company, Los Angeles.

REPRINTS JACK DIONNE'S EDITORIAL

The California Real Estate Magazine reprinted in its August issue Jack Dionne's editorial, "The Vital fmportance of Selling," which appeared in the May 15 issue of The California Lumber Merchant.

Vacationing

Frank H. White, sales manager of Hammond Redwood Company, San Francisco, was back at his desk August 29 fronr-a lO-day vacation trip to Aberdeen, Washington, rvith his family.

Lloyd Harris, Elliott Bay Sales Co., Oakland, took a week's vacation recently somewhere in the Redrvood Empire where the fishing is particularly good. Ife was accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Harris and their son Hugh.

J. W. (Jack) Williams, secretarY of wood Association, returned August 29 spent in Lake County, where he did a kept away from telePhones.

R. D. Lapham, in charge of the mill Lumber Co., Oakland, returned August spent in Yosemite National Park.

Sam Wilkins, O'Malley Lrrmber Company, Phoenix, was in Los Angeles last week. He has just completed a six weeks' trip on the Coast going as far north as Portland.

Henry Srvafford, E. J. Stanton Mrs. Swafford are on a month's Iumbia.

the California Redfrom his vacation, lot of fishing, and department, Hogan D lrom a vacation & Son, Los Angeles, and tour through British Co- frame construction. aluminum shingles in each opening-a good

Hill Lumber & Hardware Company recently completed the fine new office building and store shown on this p"g" "t their main yard at Brighton Avenue and Santa Fe tracks. Albany, Calif., a few months ago.

The building is 4O,x4O, and is of Siding is 1x8 Redwood Rustic. pabco are used on the roof.

A different kind of door is used merchandising idea.

The walls in the general office are finished in Celotex Ripple Plank and the ceiling in Celotex Ivory Tile. The walls of the hardware store are finished in Knotty pine and Insulite Graylite Plank.

Celotex Ripple Plank in two colors is used on the walls of Mr. Hill's private office, and Celotex Hardboarcl fror wainscot height down. Ceiling is of Celotex Ivory Tile.

Floors are Maple throughout the building. The heating unit is a 55,000 B.T.U. circulating gas heater. The insulated walls and ceilings cut down the fuel consumption consider_ ably in the coldest month last winter.

. Hill Lumber & Hardware Company was founded bv the owner, Albert P. (A1) Hill in 1905 in Stege, now a part of Richmond. The headquarters were moved to the fresent site in Albany in 1922, when this yard was opened. The original yard at 47th Street and pullman Avenue, Richmond. is operated as a branch yard.