The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-02-02

Is not legal monday III Tic otdlS Va
Idaho.
The Germans say they cannot, viii
not, dare not attempt to pay the sun
demanded by the Allies as reparatior
for the war Germany started and lost
This will probably mean another con-
ference and new terms being Offered
to Germany. which seems able to de-
feat the Allies in diplomacy tol
obstancay) if she could not defeat
them on the battle fields.
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1t is gratifying to friends of higher
education in general and the Univer-
sity of Idaho in particular, to witness
the rallying of good men and women
in all parts of the state to the defense
of these institutions and in opposi-
ton to the efforts to injure and retard
educational work in Idaho. The fight
started by Representative Hall has
brought the friends of advanced edu-
cation to the front with their war
paint on and fully prepared for battle.
WILL THEY NEVER SEE THE
LIGHT?
The only way to get new idea into
the head of railway manager is To
use a club. For years it has been
considered good policy in their bust
ness to pay scant attention 70 non
competitive points; in fact to penalize
them for being obliged to patronize
but one railroad. II is time they got
the club.
world have long ago seen the error
of the policy to which the railroads
cling. When A firm gets a customer
who gives all of his business IN
certain line to ii. every care IS AIKEN
to see that such customer does n"f
suffer any loss by such action bat,
on The contrary. makes material gain
by it in service. terms and prices Not
so with railroad policy. The railroad
argument is: "Cinch loyal customer.
He cannot then trade anywhere else
and should we ever need his friend |
ship, it is probable that we can buy
it,"
Here is a case in point. Boise is,
probably. with the exception of term
inal points, the best customer the
Union Pacific system has and IN any
event a very good customer and much
better than Pendleton, Oregon. But
a business man from that city can
make the round trip to New York for
$4,000 less than can the Boise mer-
chant notwithstanding the round trip
from PendIeton is 500 miles longer.
In fact some of our merchants send
to Pendleton to buy their tickets to
New York
1t is unfortunate that there is so
much bonehead in railway manage
ment, for the railway needs the
of the people to recover
from the effects of years OF leglsla-
i've oppression. They need every
.riend they can get They need the
support of local points dependent up
IN them, and such places should be
,iyen assurance that they VIII not
infer on account of that dependence.
Railway officials are obsessed with ,
he belief that railroading is the great /
st business in the world They thinK
hose who have mastered its technlque
re the chosen few of the commercial
inverse. They compete one with an
Their but habitually leave the rest
T the business men out of their cal a
ulations.
When, for instance, one of them be-
ONES general manager Of part OF a
reat system, his ambition is to keep nj
p the physical condition of his line
nd to haul ton mile for less OF
oney than any other manager bl
,ends and get more than any other "a
r doing it.
Such manager when he sends IN -
S report to the general office knows
is not necessary to say whether he al
s. been serving satisfied customers no
not; there is no place in the re- OF
rt for the consideration OF such to-
ature. He reports on his expendi- ma
res per ton per mile and his re- n'
pts.