The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-02-20
SKILL IN BUYING
LEADS TO WEALTH
Purchasing Agents Pre-
pared to Help Save
Money
SERVICE IS IMPARTIAL



An ultimate saving ~ untold mil
lions of dollars 90 Americas buying
public may we'll bo anticipated from
tho information about market and
supply conditions now hruE com
piled systematically uud at regular
Intervals Ig the National AHoDit.
tuu of Purchasing Agents. Iu tu"
opinion uf o. v. Borden secretary
OF fh, Purchasing Agents uaauDIJ-
ilou ~ oklahoma and huId ut th"
national committee on public rr.a-
lions
National commodity .omwl'fDoH.
with one representative, from each
Uf tho so branch uwo,IHilunH which
compose thr national Organization.
have been appointed. covering each
of tho commodities Joe which mem
bcrs OF the association arc iui"r
petcd Detailed rrpura ON general
market conditions stock conditions.
transportation fraur,F I'm fact.
every phaa" ~ hu|uc's life which
has ever 800 slight a. hearing on CO."
commodity iu question. are fnrWnrd.
cd regularly 90 tho New York oftco
Of tho assoc. Itiuu. Hero these reports
arc tabulutod, analysed and their
economic phases set up into a con
rirc monthly bulletin, which is FOR
vardcd To- every affiliated purchas
ing agent.
This information. having boon
gathered by the purchasing agents
Themselves ls absolutely uulUNu.
cuccd 10y tho Hlightcsi desire 90 color
market conditions, Mr. uutj,u stat.
cd There are q number ut rDu-
uomic services available 10 tho mod
Urn business man, but these are of
necessity founded upon data obtain
able only from salca sources. They
must. also, Of necessity, reflect COM
ditious as seen from sales angle
only such service Is ~ little value
20 tho men Interested solely in tho
opposite Hidc uf the general qurs-
tlon. Tho huvor should not ho do
pendent alon" upon Information
cmauatlug from tho stl's side OF
the commodity
Mr. Tsrdcn forecasts automatic
elimination Of the "stock conditions
prupagandlst.' when these national
commodity committees swing into
fun stride I'm the past the pur-
chasing agent has had to depend
solely on such Information as the
sales department was ready to Is
sue. During tho past two years this
condition of affairs has resulted in
the tying up of millions OF dollars In
stocks Of various kinds, since there
wac no information available TO the
buyer through which he could deter
mine tho true condition of affairs
and thus Judge his purchases"
The fly-by- might broker will also
bc eliminated through these COM
modify committees, Mr.. Borden he
llcVCs. "With accurate data mt his
command the purchasing agent win
not be obliged. ms In the past, To ac-
Ccpt the word Of this gentry AZ final
IN general stock conditions through
out the country. ON the other hand.
tho purchasing agent VIII have facts
and figures. unColurcd by selfish
motives, at hand TO materially assist
him I'm determining the extent 20
which any Of these commodities had
best he purchased at any time
FunCtiouiug Ot the national com
modify committees Is explained 10y
Mr., borden as follows. THE first
four committees to begin work were
those OF fuel, lumber. iron and steel
aud paper The iron and steel com
mttec has representation from the
iron mines, the steel manufacturing
ccuters and from all consuming dis
tricts. Tho Purchasing Agents asSo-
citation Of oklahoma is especially
Interested In this committee, since
this rs the commodity of which We
purchase the most In this territory
Tho paper committee contains mem-
hers located at an strategic points
beginning with the cutting OF pulp
wood, on down through tho manu-
featuring districts and to the final
pOint Of consumption. The fuel
committee includes all the primary
fuels used I'm the United Statcs and
Canada today being coal, coke and
fuel oil. The lumber committee In.
cludes representatives from cuCh OF
a. O. In D.
try and Canada, the manufacturing
rcuters and the major consamins
ccntcrs.
"The committee having In hand
Tho lumber reports viii have IN ltS
membership men located in th"
great northwest district, as well ~
iu the redwood territory, men In
tho Canadian forests, as well a. IN
tho yellow nine districts These
members viii furnish first -haud In
formation covering the lumber Quos-
llun from n producing standpoint
This will include the statistics ON
footage standing, rciurcstauou data
information M 10 filled and unilll'u
orders ca hichlN important phasrl
all figures on transportation tacih
ties. production conditions IN larN
every item which has any bearing
however indirect, ON tho question of
lumber at its source.
"Erom other points viii come tho
reports OF committeeman which VII
Indicate the conditions prevalent as
related 20 lumber CONSUMING STA
nstlcs. manufacturing data. pro.
Grams Of development which Include
lumber in any Of lts stages I'm 'H.'
aU of the Information which, WHOM
completely assembled and ,u.Hldu
ptcd with the other factors r'i"rn.
into the question of lnmn"r. WI "N'