The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-08-30

OF ID ig fraud SLum. WDOuEM hfhN'N'
are reputed TO be made from trees that
grow on historic spots, but are really
bogus. Strings of beads are manufae-
tured by the mile and sold to the pup
lie as the work Of Indians. The same
is true Of moccasins, toy canoes ana
the like.
Al best the bulk OF these goods Is
rubbish, and our outg0 for this fuF'
pose might well be cut on entirely OUT
ing the war To do this requires al
soIutely no sacrifice. The people en-
gagged In this business will simply have
10 do what so many Of us have aireaeE
done. adjust themselves to war
Aside from souvenirs, we are wan
ton spendefs for actual merchaihSe
that Is inferior or worthless. There =
a great class Of people 10 whom cheap
ness or fiashlness appeals. rather than
atiifty ard economy. A dealer In cheap
goods told mo that he netted S23,t"
wear from merchandise that was PFC
tscally worthless. He found II easy 10
appeal 10 the spending instincts % MS
customers.
Unnecessary Phone Calls.
Not many OF ls ever stop To THINK
II the immense amount OF money tlat
\ spent for unnecessary telephone
calls. Wherever you 90 the telephone
booths are occupied. and when you
atch fragments Of the conversations
YOU usually find them unimportaht'
Reginald calls up his best girl 10 ten
her he still loves her, Maude calls Al
eernon to thank him for the chocolates.
No matter how trivial the occasion
,ur first impulse Is 10 step into tele-
nhone booth
II five million people would save one
1ve-cent call day 1t would mean
sotul sof over ninety million dollars
| year Doubtless several times this SUM
| aould be saved very easily by the gen
| ,rai public on local and l0ng-distancf
| .alis. We are lavislly extravagant IN
| he use Of the telephone. ! know Ol
business houses that talk several tines
| ! day between New York and Chicago.
mourning tolls on each occasion thht
| run from five to forty dollars or more.
| II there Is one thing that the Amerl-
| talk--whlch In these days of war need
might well mean millions of dollars In
Liberty Bonds. The telephone wires
are heavily overtaxed, anyhow.
Then there Is the telegraph. We
have this habit. too. With little
planning we could commonly use
three-cent stamp instead OF ten-word
message. One large wholesale house
requires all It's travelling men to re
port daily by telegram, an expend
ture that might be eliminated. The
telegraph tolls OF some of the large in
ustral and commercial establish
ments are so big that they seem In
credible.
The night letter Is, In asmeasure,
luxury, at least we could do ava!
with the social phase OF II ant
much of the domestic. l hap
pen to know one business man. who
on his frequent and long absence
from home. gets night letter from hi
wife every morning and sends one eac
night. Nor are these messages cor
fined to Atty words but often run ses
eral times that length. Baby had tn
collie: Freddy fell downstairs an
skinned his knee, Jeanette had he
hair washed.
happen to be acquainted also wilt
with young man who revels In Nigh
letters to his fiancee. They are real lie
ters. too. beginning like this; "Dar
ing Sue-I love you more than eve
I couldn't sleep last night thinking {
YOU. DO you love me still? :"
I A certain business man. the head ,
. large concern. goes away at interva
I 10 rest for week or two. but lnsis
Y on having n night letter every NOR
Ing, nnrrating the substance Of Il
/. previous days business. These me
n sages run into hundreds OF words eveI
> day.
| would not belittle the night lette
but In the present stress we need
a curtal whatever part OF this expen
q may he unnecessary, and loan Il
J. money to the government.
|. The Taxicab Mania.
n We Americans also have the Ia,
70 cab mania There Is very large ella
l. of men aud women who ride in Gu
/. hahitually. and let go immense sums
IL the aggregate. They take taxicabs
" go few blocks In group OF TWEEN
0, leading cities there are about four HI
he bred thousand OF these vehicles, and
$. each of them absorbed ten dollars ,
a cry day In unnecessary fares the 4
IL gregate would he over fourteen MILL
pf dollars year. What would he [
or total for the whole United States7
il n luxury to jump Into u cab VIII,
is ever ones wants tn move about, |
these ARE stern times and we need
N he more lron-minded The boys
lis France do not ride In cabs. and ,
ne | NANCY We waste On this form nf Ink,