Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-06-04
For the Reporter.
Patronize Home Industry.


est, upright and hard working man to
make. But such would be very sure
of patronage after little, if none 9TH
ers made the same plea. But those
who make this plea the loudest are not
always worthy men-they are some
times lazy and shiftless, and their deal
ings, like their steps. are not upright
and regular. Their works and their
charges, when once seen and known,
testify against them. Hence a very
proper reply to this plea would be-
Sir, wait q time, you need not be so
urgent, have patience while you can be
tried, and if found worthy Of patronage
you shall receive it.
The farmer, when he comes to mar
ket, is expected to bring good hay,
grain, butter and eggs. This is what
people wish to buy and are willing to
pay their money for. If he never brings
only an inferior article-hay so musty
that his own cattle will not eat it, the
refuse Of his grain, tainted butter and
cast-otf eggs-what rightful claim has
he for patronage? Or if he sometimes
does this, taking advantage Of the ig-
norance Of his customers and seizing
the opportunity when he can to cheat
them and palm off poor article for A
number /, first quality, taking a good
price for it-what more right has he to
claim liberal patronage, or reason to
complain if he fails to receive it
Men who pay ont their money have the
same right to a fair compensation for
it as those who bring produce to mar
ket, keep merchandise for sale, OF work
at any Of the mechanic arts.
IF, therefore, Mr.. Miller would have
home industry palronized, he must ex-
pect-frst, when customers bring good
wheat to his mill, to return them GOOD
flour,-and secondly, to return them
the grist minus the toll, and not the toll
minus the grist. If Mr.. Blacksmith
would have Home Industry patronized
he must expect to perform the work
entrusted to him, in a workmanIike
manner, at the time agreed upon, and
make only reasonable charge there
for. If he bungles and botches his
work, and merely sticks things togeth-
er that require to be welded, and then
charges two or three times as much as
would pay for good job (as | once
knew q smith to take 20 cents for mend
ing ork-tine), he has no right to COM
plain if those who have trusted him
with first small JOB, do not trust him
with second large one. If he fails of
patronage, the cause will lie inside
himself And, as | am writing for your
columns, Mr.. Publisher, if you would
have Home Industry patronized you
must give us paper worthy Of patron
age-you must return to us in reading
matter, entertaining and instructive,
the value of our money. The press
YOU know, and so do we, exerts a
mighty influence, wffieh may '''help, aid
and assist" the cause Of virtue or the
cause of vice, according as it speaks
and whichever side it espouses, and we
expect you to so before us with your
counsel, admonition and example, al
Turing Us onward and Strengthening us
for the conflict, that we may overcome
our besctting sins and rise to heights
Of virtue which we have not yet at
tanned. All! Mr.. Publisher, there are
many ways In which the value of our
money paid TO you, might come back
to us through your columns, insuring to
you the full patronage now given and
being the guarantee of generous in
crease. In future communications, |
will refer to some Of them and urge my
plea to bring them at your disposal.
/ Thus in every department of labor
in trade or profession-in physical or
intellectual pursnit-he that would have
patronage, generous and permanent,
must prove himself worthy when tried !;
and this done, he will be certain to
have it. So thinks
SQUARE s COMPASS.
| ADVANTAGE OF BEING A W WoMAN.-
\ woman can say what she chooses