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Much ha* been «aid about buying from mail order
houses.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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
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