Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-11
BUSINESS ALMOST
NORMAL, OPINION
| LUMBER DEALER
PEOPLE ARE LEARNING THAT
INFLATED PRICES WERE
ONLY CAUSE or WORRY.


said John 4. Hill. vice president and
general manager Of the Panhandle
Lumber Company. In conversation with
a representative ~ The News II feel
that the facts are ~ well known In
Amarillo about the situation here that
] should cOnfine my remarks "a other
points where our company has inter.
ests. I am glad to BE- able to say that
] have observed a marked Improvement
at every point. The -.eople are feeling
much better In every way. The first
shock incident TO INSTRUMENTATION. or
settling, or reimbursement, ar whatever
one TO all. We had grown tn believe
that the conditions prevailing year
ago represented n true normal. that ",
many NJ us did. Then came the rcac.
ton. called by some the beginning ~
deflntlOn. however ugly that may
sound. The prices of all commodities
had scared away TO the skies. and the
wage scales had kept pace with them,
and we were off our feet In great
shape.
AT this juncturc the meat man WIS
willing for the dry goods man To cut
his prices. the worker was willing for
both of them to slash their prices. hut
he was unwilling tO have anything cut
from his daily wage. Thus, there was
an cry.fcllowfor.himsclf feeling fol.
lowing closely upon the brothorly love,
self.fCrgotting regime, and We had a
condition. while II looked busy. and was
busy, IL was far from good and sound.
Men who had thought ahead and tried
10 see through the gloryEzc OF the
setting sun OF big, booming business. "a
safe landing place In the dawn OF the
,oncuming day, realized that "a change
was ~ hand.
This change came. M " with the
morrow. and there was disappointment,
gloom, muttcrings declarations. but all
~ these did not stay the storm. The
bubble had been puncturod. the dream.
or was awake. the earth was cold b..
meath his feet he was out NJ the air,
and thc next thing was To- pull himself
together and get In shape for the reali
ties OF the daylight after the gaudiH
tinted debnuchcd night OF high prices.
inflated values. wild demands. was
ended.
Tho people thought. and some Of
them though the matter To the end.
They realized. as have realized. that
there must be- more making and less
spending. there must he more economy
and less cxtrayngance. there must be-
more work and less ldlcness. there must
I've more honest cndcavor and less uf
sham. This realization has been the
share OF all the people. and II has had
a SOLDERING influence. I, has brought
order out OF disorder. II was a stop
with jerk. and this always diSar.
ranges things: the people were per
turbcd they were stunned. they did
not respond AZ once but just ms soon
~ they got their bearings. they demon
stratcd their MISUNDERSTANDING went
10 work to make the most Of the situa.
ton.
This IL the point where they are nj
prescnt-they're an the job again. and
that with the finest determination ever
witnessed. whether ON or of the battle
field. The people would not admit a de-
feat. and they are laying out their
lines. they are preparing their lands,
they are building their houses. they are
calculating the cost of their future op'
cmtions. they are going AT II zane. In
the points out OF Amarillo where We
have contact. there ~ a decided cvi'
dence uf better things In every line.
The people have themselves In hand
again. They are not specializing. they
know that their future rests with them.
They have accepted the situation "a u
h. and not as they dreamed II was. or
ns they might wish II to he.
wheat has never bccn more promis
Ing at a similar date In the history of
the Plains Country ~ Texas, The mois
ture IN general and deep. and the spirit
Of optimism needs hut little stimulation
To bo all pcrvading Even those whose
dreams were almost suddenly ended,
whose false hopes had led them TO dizzy
heights. are feeling a sense of relief
from the strain. They arc glad to
breathe more easily and Ia understand
that they are stili upon the earth and
dependent upon II Tor their future we'll
being.
Before the close NJ the present year
you are going 10 see "A soundly based
prosperity covcrinR all 81 this south
western territory. We have the coun'
try. and then We have the people, the
latter being even more essential than
the former. We have wnnNg schcd.
ulcd ana We are going To- make H. The
people are safely and sancly planning
and working Ia that end. They have
gained something by the experiences
through which they have passcd--wc
have passcd They have lcarnvd-ycs.
we all have learned. In measure never
APPRECIATED before. that there IN no
such thing as n law Of something for
nothing Everything must hc paid for
In full. somewhere along the line. There
N no such thing as having things
given us. without rccompcnsc. The So
called good times ~ the past few years
IN a business way. demanded their toll
IN anxiety. care. apprchensions, read.
ius,mcnt. dcflation, and 10 many Of us
n has been a cruel demand suggestive
Of the conditions imposed on Ne Ger
mans by the allies. except That ours
,..,. t....,t,, "a l.ast ungpful while thgN