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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1925)
Friday, July 10, 102R. Page Ten THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER DEATH CAUSES FEEDING HIM RAW MEAT MUCH SORROW OVR (Hpeclnl . Tin commu nity ih saddened by the tiitiiitty death of Marvin Daniel, the in-year-old son or Mr. and Mrs. If, H. I janlcl, who passed uwny at Hot Iike July 7. where he has hvn employed for I he pant year, J In wun a very la tented young man, taking hnd boys t it Ih club work and an IntcicNt m stock Judging 'mil purebred stock. The eomuiinily extern! I In if yiiii:it1y to t he iamlly. Farmers an- busy mi lint; I i Hi nt liy liay now. II rain Ih ripening J H.St. J. It, Til lln t in on the Hlflt lint. Mr. and Mih. J. It. Klght uim) dacghter, Hetty, of liuymonl. WiiHli., spent 1 lie week-end with n-latives here. J.. .V. Johnson ami family of I,ti Grande spent .Sunday with rela tives at 'ovi. I-MVI-rul picnic parties spent the Fourth of July In the mount a ins. J,. J. Chadwlck Ih hauling wool tliiw week. . M r. ami M is. Leona id i iightim have enjoyed a visit frotu i heir daughter of rend let on, also from another daughter ami family, who lit : in California. Mm. Ueorgc Miller Ih ' hnving )f-v kitchen remodelled HiIh week. JiuniJi'irn are (loins tin work. Mr. and Mih. Nelll Klght mil Mrs. J, I'. Krlsbec wen- huslm-as visitors to La tlrande Tuesday morning. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. A hur ry "U for help in flghllng the most fit rloiifl Klamath forest fir- this urajioii wan received from tin- Aiiic lopc mountain district by the Kla math Forest I't otcctlve associa tion. Antelope monn'utn Ih In the Silver lake duitrlct. Itoports of the blase were inquirer. Forest rung-M-n called for tvn men und they were dispatched Immediately. The fir; was reported to have started from Itf-hluUiR ami wa.s crawling tip t tilopn of Antelope rnountnln. If Hand-to-Mouth" System of. Buying Condemned by Babson FOR HOT WRATH Kit Ioe Cream Freezers GiiHoline Stoves Tenia Electric Fnns F. L. LILLY Hardware Phone M-85 IlAHHf N 1'AKK, Mhiw.. (Hpcnl al) I MirhiK the past wei-U Hok'T W. KaltHoii Iuih h''-n Nlinlyliifc tlx ttMlay l.et w.-.-n tlm lilprh hank rhnrliiipi aihl hIow buitimwH; he. iwewi the reronl hn-aklriK car loaillnan ami th' la-k or onlem. Never beforo In hiHtor' hnvi these oppoHlle romlitlrrnH been wltne.HH- ed at the mitn flini- and opinions differ greatly as to tin muses of this bu.slnesa paradox. .Mr. H;ib noii'h answer Is nt follows; "The nppnrf ni lneonsl.menry In the, prcm ui buslnetw, Riluntion Is dm primarily to ih fun that a malortty of manufart uhth und tn reliimta have jftme on u luind-lo-inout h bu.slM, There are many rvuHoiiH for this ;luuKe. The prl ninry one Is I he fuel that no many biiHlne.iH men lont such sreat Hums on Uielr MiventorlMH In 1021 that they are not going lo be cmiKht In (ieh u predli'ametit (iKain. l-'ur-thermore, as tho TiahHon OrKant KUtlon has been ron.stnntly fore enntlnK, nioHt eonunodltleH have le-en derllnliitf for .some time no t tuii t hose man ti fuel nrcr' nud J I, nietvhaut.H who have been buyltiK cim a iwniM-io-moni n nasi have t)uiB fur been thfl most flucorsHful. In most eases tt has bneti eusy en ouk lo xet poods and usually the loliRer one waited the lower be eon hi buy. This lias enoourftRed hand -to-mouth buying tho name aa a falliiiK" stork market enronr aRe Hhort selling. "It Is perfeelly ware ftt times to sell the stock market short pro vided you are the only one who Is doing II The more people, how ever, who Indulge In Hits short selling, the more risky It becomes. If too many persons sell the stock market short, there develop a corner und nil nro given a terrible licking. The same principle ap plies io hand-to-mouth buying, in n I grudiially., declining commodity market, such as we iuiv been In for some time, u certain number of manufacturers ami merchants ran do well by following a hnnd-to-mouth policy. If, however, too mnny people Indulge In this policy there may be trouble, lland-lo-muuth buying Is safe provided no on foreseen event happens to ills turb the equilibrium by suddenly either cutting off the supply or Increasing the denmnd. Hut If surh nn unforeseen event sudden ly occurs, then there Is trouble. Among these unforeseen events that ut once come to my mind are the following three; Kim I tic n Wenr.ier and Style Changes "As I have said mnny times, the weather Is a great, hut or in re tall trade and hence u great fac tor In all Industries. Ninety-five per cent of 1 he inerchantH today prcturc for only normal weather. They count on a certain number of warm days und a certain num ber of cold days; a eertnin bum her of rnlny days ami a certain number of Tair days. They buy thulr goods, either consciously or unconsciously, according to the normal weal her conditions with no reserve at all on hand. This was nlwayH more or less true, but 1i SSS3SSI ; I Li ir Creamery You'll Never Be Satisfied Without It Because a good cook and a thrifty housewife knows that the best butter is not too good for her kitchen and her table. The tremendous Ri-owth in popularity of Meadow Harvest since introduced to La Grande indicates' a quality that cannot be excelled. It is convincing evidence of the uniform sweetness and richness of this fine butter. If you aren't already a satisfied Meadow Harvest user, try a pound next time. Tick this distinctive carton today and every day. It's the same butter used by Mrs. Wiswell in her cooking demonstrations the good butter she insists on having. Your Grocer lias II in Protected Cartons Union Creamery Company under the hund-lo-mutilh system merchants carry almost no reserve whatever. Hence, when an ubrupt change comes in I he weather, such as un early or abnormally hot summer, or uu early or severe: winter, I hey ure caught with no stock and ure obliged to turn customers a way. "The same general principle applies to style changes. The pub lic thinks that the manufacturers make und change the styles, of course they do attempt to do this but they often full. In practice they send samples around to the jobbers us sort of tests. The Job bers send out their salesmen with the samples to try out the mer chants, and the merchants In turn try out the consumers. Thus they find out whtit stylos und colors run best be sold and plan accord ingly. Heretofore merchants have ordered enough to carry I hem through the entire season but now they are not doing this. Instead they are depending upon the job ber to replenish their stock In the middle of the seuson If necessary. Tuder normal conditions this ! might be all right but any mark led Increase in the demand would cause a stampede In the market I for such goods, i ' l iirorsceii Foreign (Pomph J rations j "Affairs in our country ore j pretty much Settled, but con ditions abroad are still very in i settled. This applies not only ! to Kurope, but lo other countries 1 as well. Conditions in China are very chaotic; fhe French are at war with the Mohammedans In Northern Africa; Russia Is still in the hands of the unurehtsts; and we may have a severe break with Mexico at tiny time. Cpon nil of these countries we are absolute ly dependent for certain products. We are dependent upon Japan for silks, on China for tea, on the Kar Kast for rubber, und on Mexico for sisal nud many other products. In past days manufacturers bou- ' ght big stocks of these products j sufficient fop one or two years. If necessary, without further Im portations. Today, however. If the supply of certain foreign pro ducts were lo lie suddenly de creased there would be n famine In the market in a rew months. i "Kvents lo cause a siampede In certain Imported goods are liable to happen at any time, ami in dications at the moment are that this Is especially true in the case of Mexico. Therefore 1 strongly advise manufacturers and mer chants to keep In .stock a good supply of Imported goods. Not only Is It a good policy to prepare against foreign political troubles, but there Is not the same tenden cy for Imported goods to declino In price as for domestic goods. Owing to the steady decline in exchange and unemployment, 1 abroad. American buyers have thus fur been able continually to force down foreign prices. This, however, will not continue for ever and the time is fast ap proaching when exchange may turn in the opposite direction und when there may be more unem ployment In the I'nited States than in Kurope. tniaM For Labor Trouble "The Fulled Slates has been very free from labor trouble during the past two years. There ware fewer fewer strikes and fewer men out on strikes during ft24 than during any of the past i'n or fifteen years. Manufact urers ure even beginning lo get cureless and of n It that 'red Ink wnrnlng which we uel -we on our order acceptances and P Her-heads disavowing ant lia bility In ease of strut .etc. Kither these nia nu f uct n r-rs are on strikes as the regular part .of their routine of business or else I hey have reuched the time when they think there will be no .more labor troubles. 1 don't want lo be a erep hunger, but because labor is quiet is u pretty sure sign f hat sotnet hlng Is brewing. The very fact thui we have few labor iltsi urba rices at the present time is one of the best reasons why I hey may lie expected to develop before the year is over. "Cnder the old system, when buxbiess bought a suppl v of raw materials and merchandise cov ering u year Or more in advance, fit rlkes Were Ilol u Sffloils priee fart or. If, - however, strikes should occur today In certain in dustries, prices of certain raw materials and products would shoot up to high figures because manufacturers "have on ham) suf ficient supplies io carry their trade over a period of prolonged labor trouble. The supply of .such products would rapidly di minish; Jobbers would be cleared out; and merchants would be un able to get goofls except at very high prices. This Is a reason why manufacturers and merch ants should curry sufficient re serves of domestic raw materials and manufactured goods, as well as imported raw materials and merchandise. As nbove stated a certain amount of hand-to-mouth buying Is good, but too much of It Is dangerous because some un foreseen event Is ulways liable to happen and business men should be prepared for such. lont Yutfk Out The .lohtx'rs "If we are to continue hand-to-mouth buying, the jobber is ab solutely essential to trade , and rommerce because he forms sort of a cushion between the manu facturer und0lhe retailer. Yet the tendency today Is to eliminate, tho Jobber. Manufacturers are trvlng to reach Hie retailers and l,v Oj'tciimer.", direct; while con sumers are endeavoring lo huv products direct from the factory or from the mine. I am not dis couraging this practice, as it has Its good features; but I must sound a warning note ugainst climinat -ing the Jobber. It a merchant is to get on without ilie jobber, he must take the jobber's place and carry a big stock of goods. If h he Is to do a hand-to-mouth busi ness, the jobber Is absolutely es sential. I am not making an ap peul for speculative buying. I do not believe in speculation at all, as U Is dangerous If nor unethical. On the other hand, 1 see ihe dan ger of the present tendency of ",l business going on a hand-to-mouth basis. A appeal for a middle road policy. Manufacturers and merch ants should take a medial position between that of the speculator and that of the hand-to-mouth buyer, or course this needs an under standing of fundamental condi tions arid the trend of commodi ties, prices, supply und demand, a mourn produced und consumed, etc. There ure, however, several ri-liable siatlsiical Ht-rvh-v which furnish this information making it available to nil ut a yrnall co.-i. Money so spent Is well spent. 'In conclusion let me say that (hi b:nid-to-inoul h policy must be most carefully watched by every In j vest or. especially while money rales 'are now so easy. The declaration i of peace a few jeurs ago caused business men to -be caught wnn great Inventories dm- to whi. h cor poration and Investors lost -great Minis of money. Today an untore-se.- event may cause almost as great loss.s when these same peo ple find themselves with no re serve tmpplv of raw materials or merchandise. Therefore, this pul ley of hand-io-inouth buying is be coming dangerous nicior in tstoek market us w"H as In general huslness. Of course none 01' tin-He (things have yet .begun 10 show on 1 "tie MirfllCe. lilisiliess COllllmieS nmund normal, the Tlahsonrharf showing ' l - l"r ,,-bt above nor mal." . K In inn tli Lawyer Appointed KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. IhivM It. ViniiicntH rg. deputy district, m. j torn v. received notice or his op. Jpoinimeiit us Kin math county at ! foriiey for the slate bonus consuls ision. lb' succeeds J . II. Cnritaluui, who resigned two months ago. Vandenberg came here this spring from I'riitlaii'l. or. 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