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1 * I The sage brush is full of amateur economists who claim that prices of Clothing, Shoes, Dry Goods, Groceries, Etc., will shortly return to pre-war levels— Will They? YES, They Surely Will — 1 When telephones are back to $1 a month. When income and excess taxes are abolished. When clerk salaries are back to $40 per month. When steaks are back to 15c per pound. When skilled labor, now $1.50 per hour is back to 35c and 4oc. When money is back to five percent. When haircuts are back to a quarter. When movies are back to dime. , When a modern house in American Falls can be built for $lo00. When Railroad fares are back to 2 c a mile. When Gasoline is back to 15c per gallon. When taxes are back to 2 y 2 percent. When a square meal is back to a quarter. When farm labor is back to $25 per month. When Dry goods frieght rates to Chicago now $4.33 are back to $2.81. When Grocery Freight rates are reduced accordingly. « - 'Jfc* ♦ •*» * I M * WHY expect the retailer to go the route alone? WHY expect us and the farmer to go back to pre-war prices. For the Love of Mike! Why Pick On Us? Haven't we got to work it out together? Haven't we gone much faster and much farther than the average in reducing prices and making adjustments, w and the farmer? A very obvious fac'but one that is often overlooked. The public reads that certain prices have dropped fifty percent and coupled \vi it is the memory that retail prices in question advanced 100 percent. To one not daily familiar wi'h such figures their may be an apparent discrepancy. please remember that a fifty percent decrease means a hundred percent increase back to normal. We Certainly Have We are Ahead—way ahead of the procession, except for the farmers. Now let the movies, the Railroads, 'he Standard Oil, the. Landlords, and the Rankers and the Draymen and the Barbers and the Coal barons and the Butcher catch up with us. ITS TIME FOR US TO PICK ON SOMEBODY ELSE. The Retailer Has Been Made the Goat Ever Since the War Began We are doing our share to get conditions back to normal. To prove it and to enlighten those people who continually insis' that prices are down, we are quoting the peak prices and the today's prices on a number of articles ( and there are many more) which show the decline since We are continually reducing wherever we can. not coming last October. Peak Prices .5.00 .5.50 .3.75 .18.00 .500 Now GROCERIES COMPARE OCR PRESENT PRICES WITH THE PEAK PRICES. Peak Prices / 2.50 10 yds Bleached Muslin. 10 yds. Best Grade Percale 3 yds. Linen Crash Toweling 1 all Wool Blanket .. 1 Cotton full size Blanke 1 . Children's Cotton Hose. Ladies Lilse Hose.. Now 3.00 .09 .27 Sugar . Flour. Bacon. Milk . Beans . Syrup. Coffee ... Cheese .... Soap . Tomatoes Lard . Butter. 2.00 3.50 .5.65 70.00 .60 .38 3.00 .12 1-2 .08 1-3 20 _ 22V> .55 .40 .65 1.25 .79 1.40 MEN'S FURNISHINGS .40 .55 9.95 17.75 Florshiem Shoes . Knppenheimer Clothes Clothcraft Clothes . Tiger Hats . Umderware .. Koveralls. Overalls.... Neckties ... Socks . Caps (Regal) .— Work Shirts. Cordovan Putteès . .25 .45 75.00 55.00 40.00 30.00 .10 .04 .12 1-2 ... 20 . 8.00 5.00 .35 .18 2.50 1.25 3.75 .43 .. 60 6.00 3.50 1.75 1.50 2 for 25 DRY GOODS .3.50 20 .15 1 spool J & P Coats Crochet Cotton 1 yd. Berkley 60 Cambric. 1 vd. Outing Flannel . 1 Gingham House Dress. 1 Womans Coat or Suit Ladies Shoes . Ladies Silk Hose. .35 .60 .29 1.75 1.75 .75 50 .25 .75 3.00 2.00 7.00 22.00 50.00 25.00 9.75 14.00 Total $320.79 $170.72 2.25 3.00 J Your $170.72 will buy as much goods as the $$20.79 would eight months ago or it is worth $150.07 morethan then. . And yet we are told almost daily that retail prices have not declined. We are doing our part to get conditions back to normal, selling dependable goods at the lowest possible price. If there is anything you want in the way of summer merchandise, harvest supplies, e'c, it will pay you to come and see what we have to offer. Our prices are as low as it is possible for us to sell merchandise of quality. FALL CREEK BETTER BUSINESS FOR TflE # MERCHANT MEANS BETTER TIMES FOR YOU BOOST YOUR TOWN ROOST LOCAL MERCHANTS AND, BOOST YOURSELF MERCANTILE CO., Ltd. _I