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1 story matching soil
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- The Lumber Mills Can't Find Skilled Men — Because the Pay Won't Keep Them
A Grays Harbor publicity man blames 'ambition' for the shortage of skilled millworkers. A labor columnist fires back: ambition is exactly why men leave, because common labor in the mills buys only the bare necessities of life.