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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1921
Page
4
The office explains delays in receipts and reliance on a private source to cover bills. Farmers' losses hurt the county and job printing and ready print costs have risen, threatening continued publication unless subscribers pay monthly to keep supply lines open.
Robert B. Allen of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association outlines a hopeful outlook for the lumber market as credit eases and housing demand returns. He notes heavy inventories, weak order files in the Pacific Northwest, and higher freight rates, while taxes and materials costs slow building nationwide and rail rates loom as a future factor.
At a Portland meeting, the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen established a new minimum wage scale for Oregon in response to a rapid drop in lumber prices. The move aims to stabilize the industry amid readjustment and market pressures.
Debate over lowering wages to 10 cents an hour from higher rates. old minimum 4.40 for day labor and new minimum 3.60. industry not self supporting. employers seek wage reductions to share slump burdens. mill operators to meet retailers to align prices.
The article rebuts claims that banks avoid financing farmers. It states banks have funded farmers past sale times and notes losses from farmers delaying selling. It argues the Federal Reserve will not re-discount wheat paper and that banks must protect depositors while not speculating on crops.
In the “Everybody's Business” column Floyd W. Parsons argues that crippled electric utilities hurt communities with unfair rates. He notes rising costs and the large financial stake of the public in utility stocks and life insurance assets, urging fair treatment and adequate rates. Mr. W. J. Lawson of Laketown registered at the Hotel Paris Tuesday.
Vice President Johnson of Chicago and North Western reports a broad gain in agent canvassing across Pacific states. After a three week period, retailers plan inventories and expect improvement while grain liquidation and lighter freight traffic persist. passenger business remains fair nationwide.
An advertisement from Homé Builders Supply Co of Chicago claims they will mail a home plan book for $1 and include a one year subscription to Home Today Magazine. The offer targets home loving customers and promotes building homes anywhere with the package.
A short verse proposes a plan to double farm labor by two wives for every farmer to raise larger crops of boys to aid the poor. It imagines the farmer's wife doing half the work from spring through fall.
Poem depicts shifting relationships as two marry for status, leading to separation. Vivid nature imagery shows past glory fading with lines about grass seas, mornings, butterflies, and rainbows, ending with muted joy as the couples drift apart.
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