American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-11-04
GET ACQUAINTED WEEK.

Let's have a get acquainted" week
in American Falls Its a fine idea for
every community, and the resultant
good will Is OF fare more value TO all
parties than any small savings which
are used as an inducement.
Webster defines acquainted" as
understanding, to know, to familiarize
with and that's what we OF this com
munity need.
Our merchants have put up a very
good argument that charity begins at
home, that the dollars spent in our own
community stay In our community and
works back TO the benefit OF those
spending them; a result which every
right minded person Will help TO en-
courage. But a thoughtful person Is
inclined to enquire, do they stay In
our own community? How about the
money paid out to the Fruit Growers
Association (Which is only a commits
sion merchant) for measley, green,
fruit TO sell TO u W people for an
%exorbitant price while our nearby
farmers fruit lays In waste, the said
farmer thereby shorn OF his buying
power as a result, and If he makes
any extended campaign TO dispose of
his wares he Is bounded out OF town,
or compelled to sell to the merchants
at a loss; the same story Is true Of
his vegetables, with acres of them go
ing to waste and the town people do
ing with only half they need just for
the want OF a central distribution
point that will be willing to take some
thing less than a three hundred per-
cen profit for the slight trouble of dis
tribution.
How about the money that goes out
OF the community for flour when If
we bought and used our product
we would be able to sell more wheat
at home and thereby save the unjust
freight charge.
How about the money which month
ly goes out TO the Big Packers to fetch
meet into our territory when our
farmers are suffering for the need of
the money out of his meat stock, which
IL for sale, which he nor any of us
gets when It's shipped to the Packers.
The Packers and the Railroads alb
sorbing all the surplus which should
go to our Bankers and Merchants to
discharge the farmers obligations to
them.
IL the merchant buys anything at all
of the farmer he demands 1t be taken
out In trade, but he would be highly
indignant II the farmer forced the
same conditions on an exchange OF
wares the other way around. The
merchants put up a fine howl when
people send to Chicago for their
clothing and groceries, but why mott
Chicago is the only n who viii buy
what they have to sell, and is only
business ethics to buy from those who
buy from them.
Our community is composed of three
units, the producer, the consumer and
the distributor. All three classes are
producers In the final analysis. All
three classes are In every
sense but the distributor Is the public
servant OF all three classes, Ser
want" o giving service. In his
business giving service means buy
ing as well as selling, being an actual
distribution point for the products OF
customers TO customers.
The Merchant can't pay bills unless
his cutomers buy goods. The farmer
can't payb Ills unless his customers
buy his goods. The customer can't pay
his bills when his whole. income is
absorbed In providing the bare ne
cessities of life. Circulation is the
law OF life, s%tagnation kills, we are
killing each other and ourselves by
forcing stagnation. When IL there
would be a more general application
of the Golden Rule business would be
benefited. Let us have a regular
round table session and get better ac'
Quainted with each others needs ther
put into practice the results of oul
knowledge,
II the Merchants OF American Fails
see their noses being cut off they ma,
thank themselves for furnishing tbs
knife.
CONSUMER,