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Published September 14th, 2018
By John Freivalds
Lakeshore Weekly News- Savage, MN
Buy low, sell high. The best sale is a good purchase. High prices cure high prices; low prices cure low prices. If you watch the pennies, the dollars will take care of themselves.
Dem's da words of wisdom I learned from my super-wealthy boss at The Grain Exchange, where I worked when I came to Minneapolis many moons ago. The language I learned was short, sweet and precise. I even learned the sign language of trading grain on the floor of the exchange which was even more precise — you know all that hand waving with outstretched fingers and closed fists.
My first experience with the power of technology came almost 50 years ago. There was no internet, fax, call waiting, watts lines, caller ID just the phone. My boss in the grain business wanted to know how much of this specialty flour a local competitor was producing. And he wanted the info in two days so he could present it to the marketing council. What to do?
