Big Kahunas

In article , "G.R. Patterson III"
writes:

Wdtabor wrote:

OK, the market will not provide real Cuban mahogany in our lifetimes, but
if
the demand is there, it will provide some other material that will fill
that
niche, in all but some very small esthetic differences.

Right. It's nonsense to say that the market will provide if the demand is
there.
What the market does is to manipulate the demand. The market says "You don't
*really* want *that*. Here's what you *really* want."

Actually, what it says is that if you *really* want that, it will cost you
$$$$$. But if that is too much, we can provide this instead at $$$.

As far as a material that comes close to Cuban mahogany "in all but some very
small esthetic differences", you're dreaming. There's nothing on Earth that's
close. I expect there will be about the time someone discovers the
philosopher's
stone.

I have life a long and happy life without knowingly owning anything made of
Cuban Mahogany, though I have some items made of other nice woods. There may be
some things about the CM that are in some small way superior, but nothing I
cannot pass up out of respect for the owner's of those forrests rights to use
their resources as they see fit.

No doubt there are some Cubans who could think of better uses for the resources
consumed to make your Maule. We don't let them deny you that choice either.

That mutual respect for each other's freedom is more precious than the
difference in the woods.

Don

--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG

Wdtabor wrote:

What the market does is to manipulate the demand. The market says "You don't
*really* want *that*. Here's what you *really* want."

Actually, what it says is that if you *really* want that, it will cost you
$$$$$. But if that is too much, we can provide this instead at $$$.

Try to locate 1/2" plywood at any price in the U.S. Then take a look at how much
money the lumber industry spent lobbying Congress for the rules that prevent
Canadian companies from selling it to us. And if you don't think there's a
demand for it, bring the subject up in home repair and woodworking groups.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

In article , "G.R. Patterson III"
writes:

Wdtabor wrote:

What the market does is to manipulate the demand. The market says "You
don't
*really* want *that*. Here's what you *really* want."

Actually, what it says is that if you *really* want that, it will cost you
$$$$$. But if that is too much, we can provide this instead at $$$.

Try to locate 1/2" plywood at any price in the U.S. Then take a look at how
much
money the lumber industry spent lobbying Congress for the rules that prevent
Canadian companies from selling it to us. And if you don't think there's a
demand for it, bring the subject up in home repair and woodworking groups.


If you're looking for me to support import restrictions to protect domestic
industries, you'll be disappointed.

But that says nothing about the free market. On the contrary, unholy alliances
betwen industry and government to suppress free trade are one of the things we
Libertarians are most opposed to.

A free market must be free. And in the long run, it always punishes those who
try to interfere with it. Whatever jobs import restrictions save in one
industry are more than offset by jobs lost somewhere else because of higher
costs and pinched supplies.

So, again, the free market always wins, but we get slapped around a bit when we
try to outsmart it.

Don

--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG