Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1921-04-16
Farmer and Business Man Show
Faith in Country During Pc
riod of Reimbursement.
HAD THEIR FUN, NOW PAYING
Forget the Experiences Of Last Few
Years and Get to Work in Har-
mony With New Order of
Things, Slogan Now.
BY e. J. HAYWOOD.
My country it's of thee,
Sweet land of liberty"

ed by the finest people under the sun.
Once In while, when the tide Of
business becomes riffled and taxes are,
as we think, little high, we may
harbor some thoughts about our coun-
try, thoughts which q moment later
we are ashamed Of. Just lately some
few Of us had an idea that every
thing Is going to the bow-wows. But
don't you believe it.
In this readjustment we have all
taken some pretty hard wallops, and
at times have felt tough luck was
coming to us in bigger chunks than
to our neighbor. We have perhaps
been little bit resentful and sore,
inclined, perhaps, to retaliation.
Because we are Americans, living in
this "sweet land Of liberty" this idea
cannot, and has not persisted. Ev-
erybody knows better.
All In Same Boat.
Everybody has been hit and hit
hard. But what of 1t. We are all in
the same boat. The merchant has
suffered no more than the manufac-
merchant. All lines of business were
affected in this REIMBURSEMENT, and we
all expected 1t.
No one believed for a moment that
things could go on indefinitely as they
have been going for the last few years
increased food costs, mounting
wages, soaring raw material and mer-
chandise prices and back again to
higher food costs.
1t was a vicious circle, bound to
break, sooner or later, break Of its
own weight because the idea support
ing 1t was wrong economically and
because it was converting generally
sensible and healthy people into a lot
of nervous wrecks. We couldn't stand
the pace and just had to stop. 1t was
some spree and good fun while 1t
lasted.
Every period of dissipation must be
followed by period of headaches
and expense accounts. And no one
escaped this time They couldn't.
Everybody was in the game and
couldn't get out until their share of
the music and the fireworks had been
paid.
But nobody squealed. Like good
sports, which is just synonym for
good Americans. they paid and went
back to work.
How the Farmer Is Thinking.
The farmers story Is about like
this: II lost money In 1920 due to
high cost Of seed, farm machinery,
fertilizers, labor and everything else
When / was ready to sell my crops I
found that the prices of the things l
raised had gone down overnight. But
l knew 1t was coming. Food is the
thing people buy the most Of and the
price Of food had to come down be-
fore wages could be adjusted And
l suppose the price slide might as we'll
start with me as any place. While
I lost money in 1920 find 'when av-
erage things up that the last five
years, including 1920, have made more
money for me than any other five
years / can remember, and I hope the
next Ave are just as good. Whether
4
lieve hustling is the answer, so watch
my dust"
Merchants Idea of Things.
The merchant is not outdone in this
spirit of optimism and his reply to in
quiry is this: Eyes, | went into red
figures on my readjustment of prices
January first. But what of 1t? SO
did everybody else. The farmer OF
course, get 1t first and l am sorry.
He has had hard row, but If he
will average the last five years the
same as l, he will decide that fortune
has been pretty kind to him. We are
not saying much about our losses be-
cause the other fellow has his own
troubles which are enough without
listening 10 our tale of woe. The
thing to do Is TO forget the experiences
OF the last few years and get 10 work
in harmony with the new order OF
things. Resentment and harsh words
won't accomplish anything, and there
is no occasion for either. We have
had our fun and now we are paying
the piper"
Manufacturer Believes In Work.
And then the manufacturer comes
in with his story: ut was some party
while II lasted and now we have TO
settle. What we were fined for our
little dissipation was just what we
deserved and expected. 1t came lit
tie sudden and caught us with lot
of raw material and contracts for
supplies at the worse than war prices.
The other fellow though was caught
the same way. There Is no use cry
ing over spilled milk, so we went
ahead and adjusted our costs to the
new order OF things put our sales
force through some intensive training
and sent them out after business. The
orders are not coming as easy as they
did once, but we are getting them and
expect to be ON full time very soon.