The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-01-21

shoes at one time and at price
which would sell the governments
shoes. No one anticipates any such
contingency; quite the contrary, for
the manufacturing committees which
have already had their hearing have
pledged their hearty, patriotic sup
port.
Take for instance the sulphur in
terests. The government finds itself
in possession Of $4,000 tons of sui
Iphur--some sulphur-which 1t has
now no use for. The sulphur trade
has solved It's problem by offering to
sell one ton Of the governments sui
phur for every ton 1t sells Of its
own. In this way the market is not
disturbed at all; production drops
back to about peace time basis; and
the price received results in a COM
paratively small loss to the govern
ment. Even in the case of partly
worn articles, the industry which
manufactures that line is naturally
interested in seeing fair price OBJ
tanned for second hand articles, rath-
er than permitting the price to be
smashed" and the goods sold for
next to nothing.
In order to make the process OF
absorption here as light as possible,
the supply board will first endeavor
to sell just as much as possible Of its
stock for foreign governments
throughout the world. Already nego-
tiations are uder way with Monte
negro, Ecuador and the Netherlands;
Hoover will require a lot of the food
stuffs in his work abroad The Post
once department, Indian Purchase
Office of the Department Of the In
terror, the Panama Canal Red Cross,
and similar bureaus will purchase as
far as possible. The various states
and cities will be given the oppor-
ltunity to purchase for their penal
land other institutions, as all of the
avenues named are considered to be
least disturbing to ordinary trade.
The supplies must be sold. and the
effort will be to make the salvage
just as large as possible. and to dis
turb industry and wages just as lit
tie as possible.
There has been widespread, and
perfectly natural. apprehension that
the vast tonnage of supplies would
be let loose like an avalanche. l.. II.
Hartman, the chief of the Bureau of
Surplus War Supplies, give asssur-
ance that there are no grounds for
fear of any serious disturbance; in
fact he says to the manufacturers,
"You have nothing to worry about. "
He also cautions against misleading
rumors some of which are already
afloat. There will be cases where, in
closing the scattered camps and Off
ces, few units of this or that, say
dozen or twenty typewriters are
disposed of locally. because the cost
of assembling the few articles of an
item from near and far would be
more than could be saved; and in
any event the total of any such item
sold in any locality would not be
more than the proverbial drop in the
bucket and could have absolutely nc
influence on the general trade.
There will be no secrecy or privacy
attached to any sale, but, on the
contrary. 1t will be conducted only
after the widest advertising, and
with equal opportunity for all to pur.
chase. In fact it is expected no sales
will be made (none have been made
as yeti until the requirements OF
the army, foreign countries, govern
ment departments, etc, have beer
worked out. Mr.. Hartman says:
THE balance will then be dispos
ed of in slow, predetermined, safe
guarded manner, so that as little in
jury as is in any way possible will
beaccossioned our industrial and lob