The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-12-12
THE BUYERS STRIKE

The representative of a large car
pet manufacturing concern in Phila
delphia, in an interview given out
few days ago in Boise, made the as
sertion that what is known as thu
buyers strike is off and that the pub
lie is again buying to supply its needs
He says that during the postwar de
preston dealers allowed their stocks
to run down, and that they are now
buying to fill in these depleted stocks
and to supply the demand Of the
trade, which, he states, is for the
better class Of goods, due, according
to his theory, to the fact that during
the period of high wage and high
prices the American public acquired
a taste for the best, and that this
taste, once acquired, is lard to break.
The ability to buy the best, is due
to the hidden resources of the nation,
according to this eastern man, who
says: "a farmer will tell you he is
1921 crop instead of $780, 900, but at
the same time he has the $4,000 and if
he needs anything he is still able to
and does buy it. The are
here yet, no matter what the calamity
bowler may say. In Europe it's diff
ferent When a European says I'm
broke he hasn't a cent and can't get
any"
The statement of this man who, I'M
doubleday, is we'll informed, is partly
correct, but not entirely. Conditions
are not bad in many districts of the
western country. and especially in
this favored territory, but the fact re-
mains that the farmer who received
$4,000 this year as against 10000 in
1929, produced the 1921 crop at a cost
not SO very far below the production
cost Of the 1920 crop, SO that his
profit for 1921 is very much below
the profit he received on his invest
ment and his labor the year previous.
If the carpet salesman had been able
to tell the farmer that the gigantic
concern that he represents is able to
opP iOSai dColCl WILL luClI D1O-I
duct at the same price which existed
when wheat was selling at so cents
before the war, the farmer and every
one else would be interested, and he
would find a still greater demand for
his product.
Pa - ~.
The Idaho Statesman, in the south,
criticizes Senator Gooding for his
activity as chairman of the a~gricul-
tural bloc, organized by congress for
the purpose of forcing through con-
gress legislation favorable to the
agricultural interests. The Pend
d'Oreille Review, in the north, up
holds the senator and his bloc. The
agricultural bloc was organized by
senator's from the middle and western
states, and includes both Senators
Jones and Poindexter of Washington
The Review takes the position that
while it may not be the ideal way of
across legislation, it is eff
fective and those in the bloc are
playing the game in the interest of I
he people that they represent. At s
is called to the fact that "big {
BUSINESS" has it's representatives in !
he enate and the assertion made that :
he farmer are entitled to the same y
light. a
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Moscow can justly take pride in her q
modern equipment for fighting fire. h
md the community should, and does, il
,ppreciate to the full the public spirit p
f the men who make up the efficient v
'ody of fire fighters, known as the !;
Volunteer Fire department. t.
organization has a record to be Il
of and many a Moscow man, i'll !.
past ten years, owes much to the -
Willingness and the ability with which e1
hese men have worked to save prop p
rty from the flames. The record of "
ne organization is exceptional
it was only right and good dt
usiness that the city should add to CT
equipment the modern fire fight ve
lg machine which has recently been e. a.
er
Thirty members of the K. P lodge tn
moot fo nonfor fo Du1Ipoon Man1,1 fC