Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-08
BOUNDARY COUNTY MERCHANTS
ADOPT CASH AND CARRY PLAN
Accept the Instructions of u Food Administration of Idaho
and Will Adopt New System Beginning Wednesday, Janu-
airy 16th-ASo Adopt Cooperative Delivery System, Gus
toners to Pay for Deliveries


carry" plan which has been recon-
mc1ded by the War Economy Board
of the Council of National Defense,
the Federal Trade Commission, the
Department of Agriculture and the
United States Food Administration,
has been adopted by all merchants
of Bonners Ferry and by all but
two of the grocery dealers of Bound
ary county and will, be put in effect
in this county on and after Wednes-
day, January 10th. No credit of any
kind will be extended to the retail
trade and when produce is purchased
by the dealer he will either give
cash or issue coupons which will be
the equivalent of trade in order to
do away with all forms of book
keeping.
In Boomers Ferry the merchants
will dispense with free deliveries. A
cooperative delivery system will be
inaugurated and deliveries made will
be paid for by the customer at the
rate of 10 cents for any amount
up to $50 pounds. An additional
charge of cents will be made for
each additional hundred pounds or
fraction thereof over the first $50
pounds.
The Bonners Ferry merchants will
make immediate arrangements for
the cooperative delivery system and
will call for bids for this work this
week. 1t is planned to make two
deliveries each week to each district
of Boomers Ferry and a regular
schedule will be worked out before
January 10th so that all customers
will know just when they can secure
deliveries under the new system. If
the customer does not want to pay
delivery charges he must carry home
his purchases or hire his own deliv-
cry.
The "cash and carry" plan was
first brought to the attention of the
dealers of this county about the mid
die of December when u. S. Food
Administrator Bicknell of Boise wrote
the various county chairmen, advis-
ing that the u. S. Food Administra-
ton of Idaho had adopted the "cash
and carry" plan and asking that the
matter be taken up at once with the
merchants and that they be instruct
ed to make immediate arrangements
to adopt the system. In a way the
Food Administrator did make it plain
that if any grocer did not comply
with the plan of his own freewill
a way would be found to force COM
pliance. 1t was intimated very strong
ly that grocers who did not fall in
line would be handled by having
their supplies cut off through the
licenced wholesale houses.
The U. S. Food Administration an
nounced that the adoption of the
"cash and carry system" would re
lease thousands of men throughout
&c, ,O1sto nj
suits demanded by the international
crisis; would reduce expenses to a
minimum and promote greater effic-
iency.
Already in Boundary county the
various merchants have been advised
that in the near future the govern
ment would set a retail price upon
all staple foodstuffs.
In adopting the leash and carry"
plan the merchants of Boomers Ferry
and Boundary county realize that
they will be able to cut down eX-
penses and the usual losses of a
credit system At a meeting called
by c. w. King, county chairman of
the u. S. Food Administration, Sat
urday night, the local merchants all
announced that thew would give their
patrons the benefit of the reductions
in expenses realized through the
"cash and carry" system. Under tile
leash and carry" plan the man who
pays cash and carries home his pur-
chases will not, as heretofore, be
paying for the expenses incurred by
the man who buys on credit and gets
his purchases delivered at his home
free of charge.
In Boundary county the merchants
have hesitated for some time over
the immediate adoption of the "cash
and carry" plan. The majority of
the merchants figured that in adopt
ing the plan they were doing their
patriotic duty and that it was far
better to accept any business policy
the government might suggest rather
than to wait for the inevitable de-
mand and a severe penalty for those
who attempted to evade regulations.
All the merchants have pledged
themselves to advise the county food
administrator Immediately if they
have reason to believe that some
merchant is giving credit to any
of the retail trade. When such re-
ports are made the county food adj
ministrator will Immediately advise
Food Administrator Bicknell and re-
prisal will be left to the state food
administration.
Gets Overland Agency