El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-11
Little InterUiews.
Little nerUieWS.
Thinks American Politicians Amusing To European People
Working Man Wants Experts To Figure Out His Profits

10 avoid foreign entanglements; but
he lived before steam electricity OF
wireless Can we escape from lor-
efgn entanglements, and enter moo
with other nations, II were better 70
be a member OF a non partisan league
when the inevitable friction occurs
with some one nation To paraphrase
the Bible Il is not good Tor a people
TO be alone. Let Us hope those men
in Washington will forget their per
sonal dignity long enough 70 reIileln-
Der that OF our beloved country.
Il have read with much interest
Mr.. Woods explanation IN The
Herald OF how many percentages me
merchants should add TO their IN
voice prices when they sell Us con
sumers their goods" said Patrick N.
Osshay. Il expect these merchants
will be Obliged 10 Mr.. Wood and the
chamber OF commerce. They nave
probably been working themselves
nearly TO death in piling or percent
ages to their cost prices. and no
doubt viii be glad OF the assistance ne
given them free OF charge by MI
wood II the chamber Of commerce
expert could only figure out how the
rest OF rs, who are not merchants
can pay these prices without a strike
for more wages, we Will be much
obliged TO him, too.
Y am just a working man. with a
family OF five, besides myself We,
taking US all together. consume q
little OF the necessities Of life, ana
are somewhat affected By these
ceutum percenrums which M WOOD
explains to the merchant how 70 ADD
The rent man attends TO his WITH
out any assistance from Mr. Wood.
What is left over. the merchants d.
vide between them The amount OF
necessities my family gets depends
upon now many percenruIns lnese
merchants viii be satisfied with
aTo begin with, Mr.. Wood says the
downtrodden shoe merchant should
add IS percent 70 his original cost
prices in order TO offset losses OF
I profits on goods which may have "a
Z be marked down on account Of sub
! sequent reduction IN wholesale prices
or other causes Nothing IS said
about what the percentage should
be IL these marked down prices are
stiil higher than they should have
| been originally, taking into consid-
! Grafton the actual cost Of the goods
[ That. I suppose, would make no diff.
| ference. Also, when the wholesale
price goes Up and the merchant has
l on hand goods bought at lower cost
! 1 suppose Mr.. Wood would have hin
add the IS percent anyway Tor Ieal
! that the market might 90 doWI
/ again some other time And II Il
! doesn't the profit, ] suppose, rightly
! belongs to the merchant, anyway, a.
] rscompense for his superior intelli
/ Eence and foresight in buying on tbs
| lower market
eat any rate, when buying shoes
! this IS percent on the merchants cos
] price comes out OF my scanty weekly
/ budget in order 70 reimburse him 70
/ possible losses IN profits on goods
/ which eventually may have TO be
marked down. don't suppose I evei
! got any benefit from those marked
down prices, for 7 am kept too busl
/ trying 70 meet my weekly expenses
l to take advantage OF any special bar
Z gains. But that makes noe difference
/ I suppose. 7 am not in this percent
: age figuring class the merchant j.
{ the one 10 be looked after.
Then, Mr.. Wood says. off Gomez
I another "a and odd percent from M
family budget for expenses in run
ming the merchants business, and.
presume, another 10 percent as in
Z terest on his invested capital: ate
which the merchant may add per
centages for his net profit TO hi
hearts content