. Canadian forest industries July-December 1917. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER July 15, I'Ji; of¥ for too long the erection of a similar plant. To do so will create in the minds of the public the idea that you are only in business at their point for the purj)ose of taking out all the money possible from the community and putfmg back just as little as possible. They will begin to feel that you may perhaps be figuring upon making a move when once you have taken the cream of the business. In short, you
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1917. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER July 15, I'Ji; of¥ for too long the erection of a similar plant. To do so will create in the minds of the public the idea that you are only in business at their point for the purj)ose of taking out all the money possible from the community and putfmg back just as little as possible. They will begin to feel that you may perhaps be figuring upon making a move when once you have taken the cream of the business. In short, you will find this idea gradually spreading throughout the community and slowly undermining your business standing. With this will come a falling of? of business and a consequent lessening of profit. To delay matters too long in a case of this sort may prove short- sighted policy. Convey the Idea of Permanence If you are located in an old territory, one where the volume of business has touched bedrock, where the community has been built up to a point where large and commodious dwellings are the rule rather than the exception, you will find a more or less elaborate plant very much of a necessity. You will find your customers much more critical of yourself, your methods and the apparent condition of the stock you are selling them. You will find the amount of money you have tied up in your higher grades of lumber rather large. Conse- quently you cannot afiford to overlook entirely the matter of de- preciation upon the stock as its amount will perhaps exceed interest and depreciation charges against an addition to your shed. In this case, your volume of lumber sales having reached bed- rock, and there being little or no probability of their materially in- creasing, you have been forced to take on the handling of more and more side lines each year in order to bring your total volume of busi- ness up to a point where your venture will show an adequate profit. These side lines in many ca
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