H E B A u U , 2XEKAOBTOJT, O R B G O K . Much ha* been «aid about buying from mail order houses. I The press generally have advocated buying at home. This is right and proper fo r a ll who have the w elfare of this community a t h e a rt T h e local merchant pays his taxes into the county treasury, w hile not a cent 0 f the m ail order house money goes into the fund from which you may derive any b e n e fit These m ail order concerns cut a big splurge w ith their • • 4 <4 .. «4. thousand page catalogues, and in m any instances claim' th at they sell direct from the m anufacturer to consumer — m aking many o f the shipments from their own fac­ tories. As a m atter o f fa c t we very much doubt wheth- ( ' er there is one of them that owns the h a lf w hat they claim, and to this extent it is nothing but a plain case of humbugging the people. • » The price of any article w ith freight charges added are in a m ajority of cases equal to, if not more than, if bought at home. By buying o f the home dealer you are increasing the prosperity o f the community in general, as a ll are bene- i fitted. The dealer does a better business, is in a posi­ tion to buy his stock at lower prices and to sell still cheap- er t0 you. H e advertises more extensively in the local papers and place* the paper in a position to give better service. In fact, a ll classes of people in every commuunity' should realize that it is better to cooperate together than to fig h t each other. The producer of w ealth in a ll lines is the man who must prosper prim arily before anybody else can prosper. Then the less we pay fo r the expense, o f exchange, the more there is for the producers. — ** v • gr*-'.* • * • r* • -a«-. * Increased wealth means greater revenue from taxes and the burden thereof lightened. Increased revenue> brings much needed improvements, good roads and bet­ H ad the buyer gone to his local mer- 1 V W * - «•» , f chant, he would have obtained w hat he wanted and had ter educational facilities. the satisfaction of patronizing home industry and held w orking against his own best interests. These things are the demands o f the day and whoever buys from m ail order houses is e It Better