The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-12-18
CASH AND
AT TWIN FALLS
CROCER'S MEET
MATTER BEING DETERMINED
AT GATHERING HERE THIS
AFTERNOON
Believed Plan Will be
Adopted
Pocatello Merchants After Their
Meeting Reconsider Action on
Account of Alleged Local Con
ditions.

ditions.
The grocers of this city are in ses-
sion today trying to agree on the
cash and carry" plan recommended
by the state food administration,
which we endorsed by nearly 300 gro
GERS at the Pocatello meeting last
week. This meeting was attended by
Jack Shrout, of the City Marketing
company; Charles L. Hart. of the
idaho Department store: John II.
Wolfe, of the Wolf grocery, and C.
E. MunsOn, of the Wholesale firm of
Munson e Harder.
The sentiment of those in atten-
dance is that it will prove to be
up to- the grocers everywhere to
conform to the rules, for the sake of
uniformity For instance, suppose
part of the grocers decide to obey the
request of the food administration and
the others do not; those who are COM
plying can apply to State Food Ad-
ministratiOn Bicknell who will mott
ty the hayward to get in line in say
forty-eight hours, and if they do not
he will notify the national council
Of defense, which will blacklist the
disobedient, after which no large
wholesaler will sell to them.
The following accounts of the Pc
catello meeting and the subsequent
backing out of the Pocatello mer-
chants, is taken from the Pocatello
Tribune:
First Days Story
A joint conference between the
wholesale and retail grocers is be
ing held this afternoon in Antlers'
hall and which is attended by gro
GERS from different parts of south
eastern Idaho.
The meeting was called to order
! by ]. T. Young, who in a few intro
ductory remarks, introduced the prin-
cipa1 speaker, r. F. Bicknell, federal
food administrator for Idaho.
Mr.. Bicknell explained the cash and
carry-home plan and the many adj
vantages to both merchant and con-
! sumner. The idea is to be put into
effect is to eliminate delivery entirely
except in such cases where mer-
chants are compelled to deliver the
goods and when delivered to charge
| for it. "The business of the retail
merchant is to sell goods. not to sell
| service" With the eliminating of the
| delivery system men who were en-
ployed on the delivery wagons can en-
ter the service of the government. Mr..
Bicknell also spoke of the cash ba-
sis plan.
]. T. Young of the Idaho Whole
sale Grocery company, was next call
ed on to speak from the wholesalers
point of view Mr.. Young stated that
the wholesalers have been notified by
the u. S. Food administration TO sell
their goods for cash and cash only,
and that the local concern intended
carrying out this order to the fullest
extent. In Twin Falls nearly all of
the retail stores are on a cash basis
and the firms are so well pleased with
the outcome that they are going to cut
out the delivery system. Every mer-
chant. whether wholesale or retail
has been asked to cooperate with the
government in this work, and whether
they want to or not they will have to- .
he said.
Edward G. Rosenheim, publicity di-
rector and office manager Of the fed
eral food administration of Idaho, was
the next speaker and stated that the
purpose of the food administration is
to get the merchandise to the con-
sumner at the lowest possible price
allowing the retailer a reasonable
amount of profit.
The meeting will continue through
out the afternoon
Second Days Story
After sleeping over the thing Ovel
night, to use an expression, it seems
that Pocatello grocers are not monu
mentally fussy over the suggestion o.
the food administration TO establish
the cash and carry system in this
city after the first of the year and
while every practical aid will be ex
tended to conform as nearly as pos
sible to the wishes of the department
the favorite outdoor pastime o
soaking the consumer" viii not b'
adopted here for an indefinite period
and the theory as voiced by many 10
cal grocers this morning, is that thu
conditions in Pocatello do not justif,
the local merchants in adhering to thu
action taken at the Bicknell meetins
held here yesterday. At that time
couple hundred individuals from 9th
er points in this section voted to es
tablish the cash and carry plan thu
first of the year, and while the actor
was opposed in that the condition.
governing a pay day" town such a
Pocatello-where the carry plan wa
somewhat impractical. and the casl
basis plan decidedly so=the measur
was voted through
Local merchants state today tina
the result of irving to enforce such
rule here would likely be that man
local people would establish credi
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