Amos'n'Andy Bry a Sawmill

And lncidentolly Discuss the Present Triols and Tribulations of the Lumber Industry

, Arriving at the office of the taxicab company, Amos is amazed. to learn that Andy has sold the fresh air taxicqb_ cgrp{ation, he wants to know how much cash they got for the business, and demands his share. Andy replies with disdain: t'Savrmill lumber factry? Whut we doin' wid a lumber sawmill? Ve don't know nuthin' 'bout runnin' no lumber sawmill, does we?"

(tDere you is again, Amos. You dontt know nothin' tbout bizness. Notfiint selle fot money no mot. Ve sells evetything fot tstallments on sawmill lumber faetry."

Co'se we don't, Amos. De man I traded wid done'splained dat. He said we don't have to do nuthin' 'bout ur sawmill to get de bizness. He done tol' me dat if all de folks in de sawmill bizness know anything 'tall tbout nothint, dey wouldntt be in de bizness. He said we aintt taxicab drivers 16 111et-14'g is industry magnets.tt ttVe is, huh? Now aintt dat sumpint? Well, if we is magnets, whutts de next thing we is gonna do?tt ttDontt nobody know whut &t cost bizness is, Amos. Datts whut de man done said. Coot is sumpint de sawmill man guesses at ant sells under. De man whut guesses de lowest an' sells de mos' under gete de pfize.t' rtVhutts de prize, Andy?tt tVell, as f unterstants it, de sawmill man whut sells de lowest fot de longest time, gits de chance to lickerdate. Datto whut de man said.t' ttDat lickerdatint stuff sho sounds good, but Andy, you aintt tole me yet whirt we is goint to do wid dat saw. mill lumber fadty."

*Vell, now we gonna meet wid all de buyets. De mot buyenr we meet, de mot goods we sells btlow cost. De man done 'splained dat de fu'ther you sell under cost, de betteh de sa$mdll man whut you is."

(tB'low cost, Andy? Whut you mean? 'Splain dat cost to me. Vhut is it?"

"Well, Amos, as f see de sichayashun, hits' like dis. Dey is two things you can do wid a cavrmill. Fust, you can run it. Secunt, you cnn curail wid it.tt ttDads easyl Amos. Fust, you rune de savrmill ant makes all de stufi you crn Den when de buyere ir done bought all dey can pey fot, as fur under cost as dey can guess to, dey resigns away fum de marlet Den we begins to cuttail. Ffit don't mean nothin' cept we knocks olf fum work. We stope de factory, does a little f,shin', sorter procrastinatint round like, ant maybe goes on a concenshun.tt

'(Curtail? Andy, whut you mean by dat?"

"fJh, Ffugh. Now'bout dis curtailin'bizness Aody. I likes de soun' of dat. FIow long do it laat, an' how long does we res'like dat?"

*V'ell, Amos, we curtails till de buyers gits ha'd up fo' mo' lumbet. De cawmill man has to watch de buyers mighty close and just 'fo it looks like de buyers is goin'to have to pey mo'den dat cost, de sawmill man ruohes to make all de lumber dey can, ant ketches up wid de buyers agin. Den, befot any of tenr is ready to'ctart in agrn dry is right back whete dey wrrz when dey started. If you wuz a bizneslr man you would un'eretant dat can't nobody beat a system like dat. De man whut sole us de sawmill said dat system wuz de big thing in de cawmill bizness. You cantt hep but see hets right tbout dat.tt t(But, listen Andy, sposen de sawmill man gits kinder cateless ant does gits to sellin'above de cost. !7hat happen den?"

(Nobody knows whut would happen den. Hits whut did happen. But ain't nuthin' fo' us to worry ttl guess you is right, Andy." ttCheck ant double check.t' dis curtailin' too long, ant de lumber it wuz like dat, eve'body done fotgot been so long sense tbout, Amos.tt

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