Such Logs As Have Escaped In The Manner Above Described
Are Recognized On Their Passage Down The River By Their Marks, And
Are Made Up Separately, The Original Owners Receiving The Value - Or
Not Receiving It As The Case May Be.
"There is quite a trade going
on with the loose lumber," my informant told me.
And from his tone
I was led to suppose that he regarded the trade as sufficiently
lucrative, if not peculiarly honest.
There is very much in the mode of life adopted by the settlers in
these regions which creates admiration. The people are all
intelligent. They are energetic and speculative, conceiving grand
ideas, and carrying them out almost with the rapidity of magic. A
suspension bridge half a mile long is erected, while in England we
should be fastening together a few planks for a foot passage.
Progress, mental as well as material, is the demand of the people
generally. Everybody understands everything, and everybody intends
sooner or later to do everything. All this is very grand; but then
there is a terrible drawback. One hears on every side of
intelligence, but one hears also on every side of dishonesty. Talk
to whom you will, of whom you will, and you will hear some tale of
successful or unsuccessful swindling. It seems to be the
recognized rule of commerce in the far West that men shall go into
the world's markets prepared to cheat and to be cheated. It may be
said that as long as this is acknowledged and understood on all
sides, no harm will be done.
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