The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-30

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useless, hopeless stuff and places 1t
in the waste basket to save time for
me, but she saved this.
Wanted Salary Raised
Besides all the other things en-
umerated in the letter, some space
was devoid to an appeal to me to
work to have better salary paid
10 the librarian" and the close of the
appeal stated that lit is disgrace
o Idaho that our state librarian gets
only $110 month"
| do not think that is disgrace.
II there is any disgrace connected
with library affairs should say the
disgrace lies in paying so much
money for such Indifferent service,
The women in the library ought to
be taught simple business directness
so they would not waste their time
writing ali this useless stuff that
hits so wide of the mark. Eight and
nine years ago the present library
chief was stumping the women's
clubs of this state and telling them
to 60 slowly and be sure that they
were masters of what they pretended
to do; she was urging them to d
we'll whatever they do, to be respOn-
sible and dependable She originated
that slogan that was so much used
among the women, BE Responsible"
And as have thought it, over for the
past few months, / want to bring
back that same slogan to the office
II the free travelling library, and ask
its chief to SO conduct her depart
ment that it will BE Responsible.
Cannot Even Buy Books
One would think that person
who had been building up such a
famous library as Idaho has, would
be able to buy books according to
approved business methods, $ but
something happened down at Boise
o give me another shock about the
incompetence of the librarians Of
flee. / spent some time in the de-
partment of supplies shat new: de-
partment designed to take the buy
ing out of the hands of the heads of
DEPARTMENTS and act as guardian and
agent for them. 1t was a good place
to sit around and watch and study
Tor a few hours each day till one
gained good general impression of
events. Things moved briskly there
all day, early and late.
Once when the telephone rang,
he chief of the bureau of supplies
it, and woman on the line
identified herself as the library chief.
Then she informed him that she had
hecked over the shipment of new
books that had just arrived and had
found that the books were all there
as listed on the invoice. (The BILL
am writing this series for the
of business men and
farmers and for young people who do
not know and have not had exper-
fence in buying and handling in
voices and keeping records land at,
his point break off in that story
and explain something about buy
ing. Then / will finish about that
lepnOne conversation.
Commercial Records
Wholesale houses usually sell
goods cheaper in large quantities
than in small quantities. They US
ually sell cheaper for cash than on
time. In selling books, and especi-
ally books that have been reprinted
IN many different editions, the prices
may vary greatly in different edi-
lions. Almost every bill that re-
taller receives for list of goods he
has bought, has line or an item to
tell how much discount is allowed
from the list price of the goods
or itemized in the bill. the
invoice.) Here are some of the
markings one may see on invoices:
1.-TWO. per cent off for cash in ten
days. Thirty days net" Five per
cent off for cash." Ten per cent if
paid in 80 days" After books have
been sold for a good while they may
print another edition and sell them
on these terms: Then per cent off
the catlog list" or ten per cent and
5 per cent of for cash. Or they
may on the third edition sell them
on these terms: Ten and 10 and
per cent Off" -..
Your Old Arithmetic
When you were studying interest
and discount in school you had prob
lens Just like that, and you took off
10 per cent, and then 10 per cent off
Of that, and 5 per cent of Of that,
and that was the net price, the
amount of money you we're expected
to pay. Billing them that way saved
a lot of catalogs or price
lists and it gave an opportunity to
do lot of dickering, for some peo-
pie might pay list price without any
Selling books is a. good
deal like trading mules anyhow. 1