11. Write an order to a Spokane firm for springs.
12. Find out where a Great Falls merchant would buy oak and birch, and write an order for each.
13. Write to the Hanover National Bank of New York City (because you happen to know the cashier of that bank), explaining that you are having a very decided increase in your business and that, in order to take care of the demand, you require a loan of $10,000. Explain further that the rates are too high in Great Falls for you to take a loan there. Say that you are enclosing a statement of your assets and liabilities.
14. A dealer in Portland, Ore., writes, complaining that he has not yet received the goods that he ordered ten days ago. Write an appropriate reply.
15. You receive an order, one item of which is 3 doz. oil mops, which you do not carry. Reply that you have referred the matter to —— a firm which you can recommend highly.
Exercise 256
Topics for Investigation and Discussion
Principles involved in manufacture:
1. The location of a factory.
a. Where necessary raw materials can be obtained easily and cheaply.
b. Where land is not expensive.
c. Where the coal or water supply will make power inexpensive.
d. Where transportation facilities are good.