The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13
LOCAL MEN GIVE OPINIONS
Continued from page one
economizing and making use of
things that are within our reach"

economizing and making use O
things that are within our reach"
| James Martin, manager of the C
wv. & M. company: people ar,
studying matters closer than the,
used to. Implements are higher ant
they buy what they need, but they
are not buying anything just to bt
buying. They are sailing closer tt
the shore in these matters. We have
had a good season tho, and have sold
thirty-five binders and perhaps as
many hay rakes, l haven't kept
count, but the thing that impresses
me is that people are plannig more
carefully and are buying what they
need to carry out their plans"
Edward Thorsen. proprietor of the
Palace Drug store: 1.-THE fall trade
will be about as usual in our line.
There will not be so much buying of
useless holiday gifts just to be buy
ing, but they will buy the more SUBJ
stantial and more useful things.
They are not buying so many dyspep-
sia tablets since they went to using
war bread, and they are not buying
so many pills and that kind of goods.
Hooverizing in food has proved that
people need less medicine to keep
them going. We have noticed it
here and the drummers notice it in
their sales everywhere.
L. B. Dustin, proprietor of Dustin's
Pharmacy: People are going to buy
goods, but they will buy more care
fully and more sensibly. They will
not buy the same kind of stuff at
holiday time that they used to.
Dealers are not stocking up. with it
for the reason that times are chang
ing and while folks may spend as
much money for gifts this fall as u.s.
ual, yet they will buy things, having
substantial value. A monograph for
instance affords a family more for
the money than a lot of bric-abrac.
and cheap brushes that give out as
soon as they are put to use. There
has been lot of cheap stuff made to
se.l,, and people have bought lot of
it just to be buying and giving. The
tendency now is for dealers to stock
UP swith goods that will sell all the
year. n Business will be very good
this fall
howard Henderson, bookkeeper
for the Blackfoot Milling company:
) Wheat is already coming in. and
there is a prospect that all storage
room will be filled early. Sacks are
scarce and high, ranging from about
% to 80 cents according to grade, |
ind grain will be handled loose so |
'ar as possible. The government is
.ry1ng to handle the cars so that |
Dose grain can be moved as desired.
There is some confusion as to grades
md prices. The price is fixed at
40 at Chicago for the best grade,
md it costs 40 cents hundred
reight to Chicago. OF course it
DOESN'T all have to go there, but the
government tells the dealer where
o ship and what he gets for hand
ing. We have sometimes had to bill
o chicago and take less than it cost
IS, and that might happen again.
uch an order when made before,
las rescinded in short time, but
callers have no assurance yet as to
THAT they will be required to do tho
re may get assurances soon, so we
an go ahead and know what we are
Ding
w. =. Royse, local manager for the I
Lumber company:
business will be good this fall. 1t i
ill be very good. 1t has been good
II season in our line. ] can see how s
usiness might not hold up for GER
lin goods, suits and shoes, for in t
lance. A lot of our young men,
ho have gone to war are no longer
uying clothes in the home town.
he government is supplying them r
ow. Young men use and wear out
lot Of goods. They are strong con- h
liners of staple goods, and when a e
w hundred of them leave a COM S
unity, dealers handing those things Il
eel it. In the line of building ma c
rials men are buying because they s
i've the money and want the goods.
armers are making money and they
e spending it for improvements. v
he son may be in the army, and Il
e women may be knitting, but the D
heat and hogs are growing and G.
ther is making improvements n
henever he can. The season for CT
Hiding granaries has arrived now, "
ID the farmer is planning to haul 81
8 wheat to market loose, but that IL
kes a good deal Of his time when pl
ought to be doing other things, so In
may pile it up on canvas and haul al
after the threshers have gone. He IL
ny find that there is such string al
teams at the scales and warehouse til
at he has to wait for his turn, and
may change his mind and provide
,rage of MS own. We have the B,
lterials for those that want 1t. I VI
We noticed that there is lots Of tn
eat in the country. Nearly every la
'mer has some wheat. He may al
We only five acres, or he may have tn
y, but it is wheat, and on all the at
igated farms it will yield thirty pc
shells to the acre; some will yield tr
re, but count five acres, or $50 tn
shells for every little farm around
'e, and when it is poured into the
rehouses and cars 1t represents a RI
of wealth. Then they all have of
Ter crops; $40 sugar beets for in la
nee. They may not have been a sn
ofa l. l.