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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Starting of public enterprise is
not always helped by the individual
We have in mind project in
ia community which involved the ex-
.penditure Of thousands of dollars. A;
the meeting one of the most active in
discussing plans of procedure was a
man whose apparent job in the COM
munity during the past few years is
to go quite a distance twice a day to
the postoffice and get the mail.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
DEATH OF C.lI. JOHNSON
II AT BRILEY, MONTANA.

Word has been received OF the
death OF G. l. Johnson at Briley,
sweetgrass county, Montana, Febru-
airy Goth Mr. johnson was taken
seriously i'll Feb. 25th and an oper-
alton for gall stones was performed
at once. His death resulted the
next day, The deceased was MEM
ber of the Modern Woodmen lodge
Of Meridian, and carried life policy
Of $4,000.
Mr.. Johnson was splendid, rug
ged type OF man, and was very pop
ular with everyone, He mas been
away from Meridian for several
years and has opened up. a new farm
In the Montana country which means
that 1t has required constant appli-
cation and energy He leaves to mourn
the loss of devoted husband and
father, his wife, two sons, Elmer and
Myron, and one daughter, Janice. At
Mr.. Johnson's death he was was post
master at the town of Britey
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
OFFICIAL SIZE OF
PRUNE SUIT CASE PACK

OHlcial size or the suit case pack
for Italian prunes was established
Monday at conference of growers,
called by Miles Canon, commissioner
of agriculture, and held in his Office
at Boise. Practically every section
of the state, where prunes are grown
was represented either by one of the
growers or by letter to the commits
sioner
The following resolutions was
unanimously adopted:
That the standard suit case for
nrunes be of the following inside
measurement; IS inches long, IL y
inches wide, 31a inches nigh. except
all persons having boxes in stock
which are 3A inches high, will he
permitted to use them during 1921.
Provided, they must be stamped by
the inspector to show that they are
3 " inch boxes. tAll new orders for
box material must conform 60 Gne in
side measurement hereby approved. J
The dimension of suit case mater
ial is recommended to be approx
mately as follows
Ends, %x3hx11 inch es.
Sides, 5-16-3 1ax19A inches.
Tons and bottoms, sx3-16x19
inches.
Four cleats are to be used.
Five-penny cement coated nails TO
be used.
A tolerance from these dimen-
sions is allowed but not to exceed )
per cent.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

J. Fl. Mckinney, a large land own
er, in the section east OF Meridian,
has brought suit against the Nampa
and Meridian irrigation district, in
the district court, in which he al
leges money has been wrongfully coll
lected from him for waser not fur
nished. He asks that the district
managers be required to account for
this money; to show how it was ex-
pended for his use. II is charged that
during 1917, '1S, '15 and 20 he was
forced to pay with the threat that
the water would be shut off from his
land.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

The first year or two in small
town business man pleases every
body and his friends are legion. In
the second year, circumstances COM
pels him to select a butcher, baker
and a candlestick maker, as we'll as
a doctor, lawyer and a merchant.
Then the fellows he does not select
gradually lose interest, quite natural
|ly,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

The body of Lieutenant John M.
Regan, of Boise, who was killed in
France, Aug. 4, 1918, will he
brought to the United States for bur-
ial, and the funeral to be held at
Boise when the body arrives, which
will be some time in the early sum
mer, will be largely attended.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Ire broke out at the plant of the
30 Timber Products company,
N of the Nampa condensery, FRI
afternoon and destroyed the en-
plant, causing a loss of 100000,
w covered by insurance. Origin
ne fire is unknown, but w. G..
", manager, said the blaze APP
Hntly started from directive wir-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
Have you Read of Mrs. Murphy?

An eastern paper tells a story OF
certain Mrs Murphy who went to her
fruit jar bank one day and found
that someone had taken the savings
of many wears, eight hundred dollars
The money in the fruit jar was idle
1t was out of circulation. il was rend-.
ering no service TO anyone. Yet there
are some persons in every community
who are handling money in the same
way. Whatever is said about banks,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

The annual meeting of teachers
and trustees of Ada county schools
will be held in the legislative cham
bers in the capitol, March 26, ac-
cording to announcement made Fri
day from the county superintendent
of schools office.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Eighty per cent Of the members
of the Ada County Cow Testing as
sociation have silos on their farms
and one-half of them are feeding
grain rations to their dairy cattle.
Twenty-Five hundred tons of alfalfa,
or its equivalent, were consumed by
the cows for the 10 months period
past, according to the report.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

The stern determination of the
|Hies to enforce their terms upon
sarlnany should receive full indorse-
aent from this country. The months
4 mdecision and chickering's that fol-
owed the armistice would have been
E1ppssible had the war been waged
y the point of unconditional sur
efiier on the part of the Germans.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

The village of Star will vote again
on the question of disincorporating
che place. There is quite a number
of people over there who think the
expense of municipality is too
much to justify it's existence. The
date of the election is April 4th.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

#enty members of the Ada Coun-
DIV Testing association have
h free from tuberculosis, accord
10 the annual report of the as
Zion made recently through the
rment. The report was made af-
NE herds had been subjected to
tubercular tests and made them
pie to be placed on the United
es accredited herd list.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

An eastern woman in high
society" is reported to have advised
less dress and society and more do
mestic activity. We agree except as
to the less dress, for mercy knows
there is little enough of it now.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

money placed in them IS more safe
and basis of credit. Bank deposits
and to the credit of the individual,
the bank and the community, in re-
sources &nd stability. Always GER
tain percentage of deposits are loan
ed out to carry on industries. busi-
ness enterprises and employ labor,
On top of this banks are reaching out
to help the farmer enlarge his here's,
improve his equipment and increase
production.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

! One week from this Sunday is
Easter. Coming so early is not in
appropriate as the spring this year is
well advanced and light bonnets
can be worn by, milady without dam
ger of catching cold.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Now they are. making jokes at the
expense Of prohibition and the. Ford
is being given a rest This is the
latest. Mr.. and Mrs. Upton Bud
was awakened at an early hour this
mornin' by burglars singIH. in tf'
cellar n
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

March is some month. Sometimes
it acts like lamb. and then again
like lion, just as men folks do.
1t Is the birth month of Andrew
Jackson, st. Patrick, Grover Cleve-
.ianh and w. J.Bryan. which may
account for 1t being windy.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Yesterday, March 18th, was st.
patrick's day. Needless to say it was
not particularly happy time for the
Irish in Dublin or in any other part
Qf me Green Emerald Isle" And
Eiie Irish shamrock does not cause
Ihe British any pleasant memories.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

A Meridian man says he is glad
that the time has come again when
he can go in the store and ask for
a nickle's worth of something with
outbeing ashamed of himself.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
Editorial Mention

A family over at Eagle had quite a
party for dinner one day last week.
Those present were, relatives and
two friends.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Bar is down to &c and 10c re-
The Great Sugar raid of the
$40 ends with many of the SUI
Fohteers caught IN the downfall
ices. Hundreds have lost mil
The profiteering Cuban sugar
prs are on the verge OF bank
Y and this country now has a
SsurRlus of Ia million tons OF
i proof that thousands of homes
pave gone without and millions
PIE children been deprived o.
necessary food.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
amberlain's Cough Remedy

hg Sc Good for a Cough or Cold
7eryone who has used Chamber
ANough Remedy speaks well of
5ltes Edward P. Miller. Abbotts-
10 People who once use this
sauon are seldom satisfied with
$ner. 1t is excellent to allay a
|Sor break up a cola.
n are talking about the great
& ,ower at Niagara, but the
M water power known Is a
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

ne strongest bulwark against
Aeyism in America is the Amer
Shome owner. Men never plant
e on their own hearthstones;
don't burn the roof over the
of their own families. Russia
Bolshevist because her people
landless and illiterate. Nobody
BEARD threats OF revolution or
nsals for l. w. w. ism and sovie-
Pm thrifty Denmark or Holland.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

With all the autos whirring by and
airplanes coming on, the poor man
begins to feel that it is hardly re-
spectacle any more to be seen walk
ing out on Sunday afternoon.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Any man can start a business and
run 1t a year on enthusiasm. But il
takes an energetic man to stay by the
business year after year.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

4 A druggist in Star advertises this
week fresh Missouri sassafras s1.25
u pound" It's gettin' that time or
year.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Doctors say that drunkards have
been cured by removing hone press
ing against the brain. Many are also
being cured by the removal Of brass
rail that was pressing against their
feet.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Now that the country seems about
caught up on building garages, there
may be few residences built.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Asked in regard to the veto of
House bill SO, Supt. Geo. w. Gould
of the Meridian rural high school
Said to day that this was a supple
snentary measure and that the relief
asked for the rural school in the main,
is secured already in the passage of
house bill No. l20.This stabiIizes the
safeguards and provides that small
district cannot withdraw at will 1t
covers all the benefits. mentioned in
last weeks Times with two or three
minor exceptions, one of which is
aNowing the nire of the superintend-
er1t for longer contract period than
0ne year.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

4, II is said on good authority that
there are 2SS red caro- men U. w.
WI in and around Boise.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

km0wn ChaiItauqua lecturer, died in
Chicago yesterday.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

A Meridian man says that worry
does not cause badness as often as
badness causes worry
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
SUPPLEMENTARY BILL is
VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR

Two school relief bills were signed
and one was vetoed by Governor
Davis Tuesday
The one which failed to receive the
governors approval was house bill
INo. s3, by the committee on educa-
Rtion, measure intended 10 amend
the provisions for organization anc
Amai1ttnance of rural high school dis
tricts that their tax limit could be
MS much as 10 mills. The governor
Hound that in four sections of the
statutes, as amended. this bill would
BE in conflict with senate bill No.
II 20, the school code revision already
&igned, and in his opinion the CON
!hict would make court actions neces-
Hary to determine the meaning of the
law if both should be signed.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

One woman can make a home
happy-hnt USUALLY two women do
not.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

TUESDAY, MARCH -. 4 Day 0aly
"*s r II Il FLA M II sS%
The settings of this production re-
Gently taken In four countries, Italy.
Russia, France and England. makes
this one of the most interesting OF
pictures.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18
Meridian Theatre

This Friday and Saturday Evenings
--"Half a Chance"
And a Two-Reel Lloyd Comedy
A big special program. Admission,
10c and soc.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

"A tolerance from these dimen-
sions is allowed but not to exceed )
per cent.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-18

Four cleats are to be used.
4 Five-penny cement coated nails TO
lhp uSed
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
4. Topping Thinks Steel Is Cheap Predicts Quick Revive
Sees Danger to Steel
Trade i'm Dallying

Transportation troubles, high
freight rates and government med
ding in railroad affairs were held
to be mainly responsible for the
protracted period Of business de-
preston existing, by James S.
Campbell, president Of the Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube Company, in
recent address before members of
the Pittsburgh Purchasing Agents
Association.
Mr.. Campbell declared that Judge
Elbcrt Fl. Gary was 'pussyfooting"
in his recent address before the
American Iron and Steel Institute,
in which he was reported to have
said there would be no further wage
reduction, and, added, Mr.. Campbell
said, that nothing would help in the
Youngstown district but quick re-
adjustment OF wages
"!r we daily" he added. eve are
rendering great injustice to our
selves ard to our workers who are
walking the streets. We must have
the courage to do it and do it quick"
Referring to the industrial situa-
ton, the head Of the steel company
said that business is rotten" and
that if nothing is done the depres
sion may last from two to three
years.
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

tradiction by asserting that the facts
are different.
Mr.. Topping was stirred to articula-
ton by the repeated charge that high
steel prices are halting readjustment.
He took exception particularly to the
argument of John r. Dunlap, editor Of
Industrial Management" that lower
steel prices would end the general
slump. Mr.. Dunlap voiced the opinion
of an influential segment of public
opinion, when he wrote: "Finally, let
US repeat here for emphasis the stub
born facts-namely, the buyers of steel
are out of the market.
'rhey know definitely that the price
of steel must come down.
"Within few months they have seen
wheat, corn, copper and all other staple
commodities suffer heavy fall in
price, which brings them close to pre-
war levels, and in the nature Of things
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
Ironmaster Ascribes Creates
Depression TO the Lack of
Price Equilibrium

business ard will have not yet been so
completely liquidated.
"As the year 1913" Mr. Topping con-
tinucd, was one Of fair prosperity,
with steel selling at not far from
present prices, it cannot be fairly
charged that present steel prices are
bar to prosperity What's the matter
with business is not explained by high
prices for steel, bat is explained by
high rates for labor fuel, Transports
ton, taxes and interest rates. Not
wiihstandIne reductions in steel wages,
present rates are about 90 per cent
above 1913; on the other hand, labor
rates in the building trade and trans
portation arc up 135 per cent in many
localities and more in others
In order to set the present facts OF
the industry in proper perspective Mr..
Topping sketched the development Of
the industry from the days Of swollen
war profits 10 the present period of
marked recession.
"In organizing industry for war pur-
poses" he said, "the main thought in
All lines was production, and to bring
this about IN the speediest manner pos
than those of sound business, were
adopted. The result of this plan was
that production was pushed without
regard TO cost, consequently both prices
and cost Of iron and steel reached un-
precedented levels. In other words, the
war policy stimulated the widest ex-
tragagance, which, coupled with more
or less speculative purchasing, brought
about a demand for iron and steel in
power, owing to the restrictions of
short labor supply, lack of transporta-
tion and fuel shortage.
AS a consequence of this situation
fabricators of iron and steel, for fear
OF being short of supplies, overbought,
and not only stocked up their ware
houses with all kinds fmachinery.
tools, hardware and equipment, but in
addition to these excess stocks of fab
ricated products they piled up excess
warehouse stocks of unfabricated iron
and steel, and as result prices. as
we'll as cocts, of iron and steel climbed
merrily upward
AT the time Of the armistice and the
close of the war values were less in
/ hated and stock accumulation in MANY
industries using iron and steel less
| pronounced than at the close Of the
year 92O, due to governmental regula-
ton of price and restriction of de-
llveries during the war period through
out, but with the establishment Of
peace and the release of all govern
mental restriction, the rush to pur-
chase (to satisfy the accumulated or
damned-up wants of the world, unsatis-
fed during the war; broke loose in
1920, which movement was the second
ary demand for iron and steel, and
prices and wages under the influence
| of this situation scared to new heights
| far above the war level until basis of
value for both commodities and labor
was reached, which the public would
| not SuDDOrt
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26
recent Break Stock Prices Efaces Gains of War Boon

CIX months have added an ex-
\ tremely interesting, if painful,
chapter to Wall Streets stock
market history.
Shown graphically, the curve of
stock prices, as expressed in the
averages from day to day and week
to week, has continued to swing
downward, falling away at times in
most precipitous fashion, interrupted
by only moderate and temporary re-
coveries.
In the further pronounced fall in
stock prices since January / the
market has continued the decline
which started late in 1919, when the
great bull market of the postwar
period, running through the most of
that year, reached its climax in a
surge of industrial stock prices in
the average to 118.43.
Stock in their long decline, run
ming back to November of 1919, have
cancelled most of the sustained rise
which had it's inception in 1915, after
the war panic of 1914 had given way
to the feverishness Of the first of
the remarkable war boom markets.
The average price Of thirty repre-
sentative industrial stocks, a group
used by The Tribune In it's daily
tables which includes leading issues
IN various industries, ia approaching
the end Of the half year less than 20
points above the extreme low that
obtained when the New York Stock
Exchange closed it's doors in the
summer Of 1914 to prevent complete
oplltefation Of values because of the
deluge of liquidation let loose bv the
outbreak OF war. And the same in
dustrial average stands nearly go
points under the peak touched at the
elimination of the 1919 boom. Cur
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

express business, the sleeping car bust
ness, the discovery of coal lands, the
increase in land values, etc, and that
the United States companies had not
done so.
i. The. railroads are facing crisis in
Canada as we'll as in the United States,
but for different reason in part. The
Canadian Pacific operates about half
of the roads of Canada, and the Can
adian governments has been forced 10
acquire the other half and is operating,
or will soon be operating, something
over $4,000 miles of line Under fair
competitive conditions and with rates
which will permit the government
owned railroads to earn even operating
expenses the Canadian Pacific can earn
its 10 per cent dividends with an ample
margin of surplus to reinvest in un-
productive improvements. Canada has
possibly quarter more railroad mile
age than it can at present support, but
this is not Canadian Pacific Railroad
mileage. Where there is competition
on long haul through business the Cam
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

iu"f"cs is now experiencing began in
iha closing months Of 1919. The spec-
u'"tive boom of the preceding year had
reached climax when the average
price of thirty industrial issues bulped
TO 1883. From that high peak the
average entered upon its long decline
which is still apparently under way.
Going back before the war. the chart
shows pre-war decline in the avcr-
ages starting toward the end of 1912
which ran, without much interruption.
through 1913. 1t was checked in the
early months of 1914, but had been re-
sumed several months Before the
actual outbreak of the war. The pre-
war fall, as shown in the averages, has
cen viewed by many market experts
as rejecting increasing tension in the
worlds financial markets caused by ap-
plehension of an impending catas-
trophe
The terrific smash in average prices
when the war broke cut, in August
1914, is still fresh in the mind Of the
Street. The exchange was closed for
four months. When transactions in
stocks We're resumed, early in 1915.
there began the most remarkable Sc
lies of bull markets in history. Both
industrials and rails rose spectacular
ly. War orders had begun to fow in,
and the market anticipated the in,
crease in earnings that was to follow
The movement that started in 1915
carried the industrial average to an
lroximately los at the peak in 1916.
and the rails had touched 95 the in
dustriais by this time had outstripped
the rails in the rapidity of their rise
when the famous "peace panicv un-
leashed forces which caused decline,
running with periodical rec yeries
through our entrance into the war and
into November of 1917. Then, with the
end of the war less than year dis
tant, new upswing began which went
on through 1918 and became sensa-
t'onally violent in 1919. when postwar
IMITATION produced wild riot of spec
New-York tribune., 1921-06-26

pre-war and postwar performance,
disagree with its analysis of postwar
Referring specifically to the question
of prices, this ironmaster asserted:
steel prices, for such principal prod
ucts as bars, plates and structural
shapes, which formerly sold at from
35a cents to 10 cents pound, have
been reduced to from $50 to 1920, or
an average reduction of more than fifty
per cent; labor reductions range from
32 per cent to 40 per cent below war
rates. But few industries can show
this progress. Compared with these re-
adjus stments, nothing worth mentioning
has taken place in transportation and
the building trade, and no change what
ever in coal mining costs, and yet an
academic demand exists for lower steel
prices in certain editorial sections.
"If such an athority as Ironu Age is
consulted, these advocates of lower
prices will find that steel prices for
such products as bars, plates and
structural shapes in January, 1918, sold
Mt about $40 ton. These same prod
ucts can now be purchased at about
S42 ton, or within per cent of the
1913 price "