Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-06-20
Eimers-Wood Company
Mr.. Parker on Buying at Home

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The following article was handed the
Free Press editor by Mr.. Parker, who
wakes eloquent in favor Of the home
man. There is no good reason why,
where. all things are equal, the home
man should not have the preference. In
fact, if the prices should happen to be
little higher, we are in favor of the
home man.
Edior Free Press:-One of the sub
jects discussed at the weekly meeting
of the Commercial club was the sup
port and encouragement of home man
ufacturing. The motto, "buy at
home,o has been adopted by all Of the
live towns and cities of the Northwest,
and no subject is more worthy of con-
sideration by Grangeville citizens. The
few manufacturing enterprises wheth-
er large or small that are struggling
for existence here should receive our
unanimous support.
At this time, when the PROPERTY own
ers of the burnt district are preparing
to rebuild, attention should be drawn
to our home made brick, local lumber
yards and planning mills, and they
should receive fair consideration.
Grangeville has two cigar factories,
and if the citizens Of the town would
smoke only home made cigars they
could both prosper.
Perhaps the most permanent, and i'm
portant local manufacturing enterprise
is the milling industry. A large sum
is already invested in our local FIGURING
mills, which are complete and are
equipped with modern machinery. All
of the conditions are favorable to the
successful manufacture of high grade
flour, and with the manufacture OF
large quantities of flour, the market
is supplied with mill feed necessary for
the home market, while if only import
ed flour is used it will be necessary to
also import all the mill feed required
for dairy stock and other purposes. No
greater misfortune could befall this
community than the failure of our local
milling industry, which can be brought
about by the failure of our own people
to give it their support, and in no other
way. Our FIGURING mills are SO favored
by natural conditions that they can re-
sist any ordinary and legitimate compe-
tition, but it is claimed that for some
time past, the old Standard Oil trust
methods have been invoked in Idaho
county for the purpose of adding this
territory to that now controlled by an
outside company, which includes the
entire section tributary to Lewiston
and that the Lewiston flour has been
sold in this market and at Cottonwood
at prices ranging from 40 cents to $1.OC
lper barrel less than the same article
is sold fofeat Lewiston, and other points
controlled by the trust. The town Of
Asotin is one Of the points where the
local mills were put out of business by
the same trust methods, and since that
; time the prices demanded by the trust
have become SO oppressive that thu
. farmers have been recently driven t.
the organization of milling compan,
in self defense, and are now proceeding
to the erection Of q milling plant Of
their own. The same experience awaits
the people Of this section if once the!
, fall within the trust controlled district
and the only preventative is in the sup
: port of our local mills.
A. F. PARKER.
DR. Chas Imnd yeterinarY and dent