	payless cashways pci sees better first qtr payless cashways inc chairman david stanley told analysts the company s first quarter results to be reported march will be better than the seven cts per share reported in the year ago quarter it was not a wonderful sales quarter but it only represents pct of the year s total results stanley said stanley also said that full year sales will be in excess of billion dlrs as compared to the billion dlrs reported in he also said that analysts estimates of dlr per shr for are not crazy payless reported net income of dlr per share in the economy may not get a lot better but we expect our advantages in the lumber industry and cost cutting measures to keep us competitive larry kunz chief financial officer said the company acquired knox lumber co for about mln dlrs in october stanley said the company s stronger than optimal balance sheet will enable it to make further acquisitions but no negotiations are going on at the current time he said some benefits of a new management information system will be felt in and more substantially in reuter m 
