Many a dispute arose between the mill managers and the Colonel as to quality, price, and so forth.

On one occasion he came to my brother to complain that a bargain which he had made for the supply of iron for a year had not been copied correctly.

The prices were "net," and nothing had been said about "net" when the bargain was made.

He wanted to know just what that word "net" meant.
"Well, Colonel," said my brother, "it means that nothing more is to be added." "All right, Thomas," said the Colonel, entirely satisfied.
There is much in the way one puts things.

"Nothing to be deducted" might have caused a dispute.
[Illustration: THOMAS MORRISON CARNEGIE] He was made furious one day by Bradstreet's volume which gives the standing of business concerns.