Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-20
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calls for the cooperation and support
Of every department of American indus
try and Of every productive interest in
the country. These ships may we'll be
the very means by which the war may
be won for us and for our allies"
Farrell declared that the government
had not yet succeeded In perfecting a
unified control Of tonnage and that
therefore many ships might be wasted
through lack Of centralized power. He
said similar conditions existed in Great
Britain, at the start Of the war, re-
sulting In disorganization and loss OF
efficiency. The United States shipping
board, Farrell said, had not sufficient
powers to absolutely control all ton
mage. He praised the British minis
try of shipping, with supreme powers
over all ocean commerce.
In order to win the war, Farrell de-
clared America must maintain trade
with neutrals, particularly non Euro
pean neutrals. Many things essential
to the national life, such as Argentine
wool, Brazilian manganese ore and
Ecuador cocoa, are dependent on this
neutral trade. The United tSates must
also, Farrell urged, continue to sup
ply the needs Of the latin American
republics, so their confidence In this
nation may not be shaken.
INDUSTRIAL SLACkERS.
Not all the wholesale and retail mer-
chants OF America are cooperating
with the governments war program,
Henry N. Dennison, Of the war eco
nomy board of the council of national
defense told a group meeting of the
United States chamber of commerce.
Plans to bring these Industrial
slackers" into line and to effect FUR
Their war economies among retailers to
the public are being outlined and prob
ably will be included in the chambers
final program to be adopted today
Among the more radical proposals
affecting the buying public, particular
ly the women, are these:
Give buyer who carries pur-
chases home q lower price than
the woman who has them de-
livered.
Give the buyer who pays cash
lower price than the one who has
the goods charged.
To eliminate the practice of tho
woman who buys spool of
thread. has it charged and deliver
ed miles away and does something
of this sort several times a day"
charge 10 cents or more for all
deliveries UP to 81 and provide a
free delivery once day for sup
plies aggregating more than 81.
CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION.
A national campaign of public edu-
cation on these and other war economy
problems. 1t was announced by Bently
p. Neff, of the National Mercantile
Dealers association. will be started
through local commercial clubs. all
over the country by the United States
chamber of commerce.
This campaign will be backed. he
said, by the Worlds Salesmanship
congress. Associated Advertising clubs
Travellers and many colleges and uni
| versities.
E. T. Meredith, Of Des Moines, sug-
gested q sticker for each retail pack
age carried home. signed by the ma
tons war enconomy board and testi-
flying thereby that the carrier Is per-
forming a patriotic saving service.
| William L. Wright, of Brockton,
Mass. suggested tina tall retail deliver
les be eliminated.
| An exciting moment in the meeting
came when Alfred Koch, OF Toledo
declared that go per cent of the re-
tail merchants of the country do not
realize that the country is at war"
The storm which followed was
epitomized by Neffs reply that to his
personal knowledge, "at least 40 per
cent of the retailers of the country &C
realize the country il at war and have
proved it by giving their sons for
battle.
w. D. Simmons. of the commercial
economy board, said he believed bott
men are right. differing only in theil
Interpretation Of the form of realiza-
ton that the country is at war.
Secretary Of Labor Wilson was
scheduled to tell the convention about
Industrial relations today. He wa
followed by Meyer Bloomfield, Of Bos-
ton and Henry Brure of New York
This group meeting probed employ
ment problems raised by the war. the
transfer Of worixmen for peace to wal
industries and plans for labor read
justments after the war.