The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-04-17
A BIT OF HORSE SENSE

The United States is on tho eve Of pros
perity, through tho i'll fortunes Of othe
countries, and although III, > poor tim
to cry 'stop thi,f' after the booty hA
been secured. = little common sens
talk is at .ll times in order. Tho pas
ycar has been = hard one in every par
If the Union. and this immediate region
has been ne exception. Times have
been hard and money very scsrcs. The
little in circulation has bsen gradually
lcssened till about none is left.
The blame is easily located. On
people persisted in burning coal, when
the valley was full of wood or the
Twelve dollars per ton ten we're sent out
of the country at once, never to return.
II wood had been purchased at half that
figure, the same person would very like
ly have had another whirl at that idsn-
tical money.
Not ovcr fifteen miles distant there Is
Erst-class thoroughly equipped saw
mill that manufactures native lumber
in all marketable grades. That lumber
has been and is sold for the sam money
that Oregon lumber brings. with the ad-
ditional benefit of ak or sey"n dollars
per thousand to local parties for hauling
instead Of dividing it between two rail
read companies. Qst it not bs under
stood that We are blsmiEg the railroads;
We believe in them getting sllthsy can.
The blame rests solely upon the people
blind TO their own folly.)
A few miles up tho rivsr a irst-class
tanner has industriously prosecuted his
calling. This is a cattle country and
there are plenty of hides, IS well rs a
great dsmand for leather. Nsverths-
Jess, how has Mr.. Hartley's tannery
prosperedP He has not had the en-
coursgement his enterprise deserved.
Avery few miles from town, across the
Boise river, there is a mill that has been
manufacturing the best of -four. This
we know from personal demonstration
ard contrary Argument is needless.
Our people know 1t, too. Nevertheless
Utah flour has been shipped in here for
sale AID is purchased by dsluded peo-
pie whose idsH is that it must be better
because it came from a distance.
Again, a great many rascbsrs are to
blame fer this drain Of money. 1t is
Just as cheap to make = pound of but
tor or produce a dozen of eggs here as !
in Utah; in spite Of this fact, Utah butter :
and eggs get in here because those COM
modities a be purchased at a low fig
ure from the industrious producers Of l
Utah-at a figure that is looked at :
'nseriDg'y BY people used to stage t
coach prices. Merchants, all the world s
over, have . habit of buying in the c
market. and these who have +
What the buyers want but will not sell :
or anything but fancy prices, are alone |
o blame if their goods spoil on their \
Iands.
Lastly. . matter that, thank heaven,
uts very small figars, is that Of print
ng. As a general thing our merchants
re pleased to gettheir stationery at the Z
My printing Office 10 town. A few ex
options msr this otherwise beautiful L,
spect. That is a privilege we cheer a
lily accord them-if they find it a "
roGtable venture.
These arc = few OF the reasons this
is short of money. The short
~ caAnot last much losger. There is
ready a disposition to rectisy the mis-
ks of the year. Acdsd thereto, is the
light outlook for a foreign market flor
ain and beef that must follow the out
eak OF the gigantic war. A short line
reality As we'll as name-to the coast
IL soon clean up the surplus grain for
Ins-Pacific Shipment and in its stead
II circulate the dollar thatmAy be dis
cd in the east but that il very much
around here.