Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-10-07

WEATHER PROBABILITIES, OctoJcy !, 1879.
For tCo Middle At!anl;c states cloudy or par :
G! 'Hdy weather, With rain cAsterly winds, a1d
sIs"ofary o. lower Temperature srd barotGst:r.
TRADE AT lloME.-ln the Washington Il =
puplc.n, ot'thi5 morning, appears the follos-
lng article. which by merely reading "Altyin
dr'a Whero" Washington occurs, so cIsc u az
pies to this city, that our people can read it
With prcii 10 themselves and their city. and
hence it Is reproduced for their bencG,:
'Iho question CT trading at home lies at the
bottom Of all local prosperity. The city Ct
Washington has its onterprsi0g, up;Ght aud
trustworthy merchants, mloutacturer7 ard
traders, butthcir prosperity aud SUCCESS depend
largely upon the scoaC OF ilsticc aud iioarali!y
Of the people who surround them and upou
whom they mus. Ccpcud for legitimate SUCCESS.
They have ust claims upon This poopic FIR Lus.
uess. They ere CITIZENS. owe properly, nay
taxes, employ labor, contribute largely to the
support OF transportation, and arc intimately
identified With the general Business yrCsperty
and welfare OF tee Gig. Ii instead OF getting
trusted at home wHGn short CT m0ccy 2nd 60
icg to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York
for supplies when they have money, cur eli.
z2ns would speed every dollar il homo trade
among our merchants, mechanics, nscufsour
eI5 and artlSabIs, cur people you'd al b mu2h
more pr0spoTlus and wealthy thaa iboy BOW arc
The merchants wculd bald finer stores AID re
sldences; cur manultcUrlr5 would ty:c0d heir
facilities aud give wider cmplUJmtD;. All The
money CXp.0dcd, except that devoted 10 the
purchase I'll goods, g0@s 20 cJIsu!nci3, WAC
speLd II tor the nc2ccsS aries OF lie alH)ug III!
merchants AID traders, AID thus il keeps III
constant circulation, yielding como profit to ali
through whose EaDJs II passes. y. uvccy Dc!
lar spent among ourselves plr,i0n raturng TO
the very hands that set IT ntlolt, SO Intimately
ara oil our busuGS' interests CONTEST ID and
ramfGd.
I'VE soy again, patron l.! nom, enterprise, f.!
their is millions ia il. 50 to speak. 1--we and
let live, ia healthy rule ia 81 business reIa 3rs
Help one Sn)thir Is a visa maxim 10 aiop. 10
q commurity relations. Thee, Tor iustaoce, we
have merchant or HNGutaciuicr ia our lutst
Who. when he wants till, heads, cards, CIRCULARS
OF dodgers, sends his #0ll: 10 Il .I;lmpre or sonc
other point, itr bis OWE reasons, ha money
paid therefore bo72c to hs cxteut Ct iin.c
returns 20 his eva Il wnGn, # he should give
the employ Lc at ADd tic money to The printers
Of bis own G. y, eVa!y dolav Ct il would fad lie
way into The maris OF homC trade ard would
tJster the Interests Of tn Oily. Cor II rchau!s
aud manufacturers should p2!rariX, hon, l..
dCs:ry, and 10 return The sarli9g, Ct that in
dus.ry should r2turr n them ~ :, r;W.rd Of
their consideration ior hoaa Interests. l1th!s
Gay thTltt may be seemed 20 cTary dapaftmc?t
OF trade within anr Own ely. and i. vii al o. c!
take up step IN The match Of 2rn.iai prosperity.
AL things being fquai-nnd i uo. tllil they
should aC 0Ccc So made st--a7yry cIiiz,u ci
Washington sdGuid spend bis Nancy AZ bone
tor all chat ca be obtaiUcd 10 cur mis-, |
Then all wi! thrive"