Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-03-17

Office because there are forty times dur
ing the year when the editor can say a
nt'Ir ~hl''n'he -, p'nen' 10 '"r - ho
cr,. nj. patronage. Otherwise il IL un.
REASONABLE" to expect it.-!Sd Shore Gazette
! That's so-eNcry word Of it. Aud an
'"l"t WI" WOMB -! Goou WI" 81 "
,,,.,n of,ir. on,,I,t ,o In, paddl,d Onr mot.
10 il to ratronll" those who patronilr US,
ana I" -, aN many =, ont itnn"' " y" :"
L,.,d. ,,,i,, A. ,h,n,, ~. II can lac done i'm
/ New lnfL, neither can our merchant scll
h'- g""n, ~ ch'aP" u, 'he new i"lh n,'i-
I ,l,,,. ~ M Yo,L AZ, nu,,L, Ia s,ud "a
New York for onr goods. aud well do il,
rather 'han hny from snrh m'r'hah''-
,h,y Lo,t On far ,n,,nph. There ARE 9TH
rr kinds of work sent of besides printing
IN Mhicn h'ch"iI,'s g'ntrahE arr 'n'rr-
,,' ,.,,,,,,,,i,, &C.,, uhi,.L !, :. ..,, ,n,,r.
! than the amount of the money expended
'dp'fohd"'
| The above items are clipped from the
! Baton Rouge Captolian, and may serve as
/ q text for some remarks upon very i'm
portant question that il briefly expressed
/ in the words, Give and let live"
! We cannot 20 81 far A. our brethren in
/ their criticisms upon those persons who
| ignore home institutions aud go abroad To
get for lower prices work that for slight
advance could he done at home. All
questions Of this kind, we think, should
lie Irft entirely ta the choice of the iHdi-
: 4i-l+.-.4- +.t4a that choice having been made,
no one has the night to abuse or condemn
| him therefor.
II mam should send to New York to
get job printing that he will pay fifty per
cent less for than he does at the home
printing Office, there are good and valid
argument. to sustain him in this action.
1t is to the interest Of every man to be
economical and To save his money, and it
| is beyond the privilege of any one to crit
| iciSr him therefor IT, on the other hand.
a merchant should prefer to pay the high.
rr price and have the work done at home.
he too has good reasons to support the
expenditures he makes. To some person.
they are not Although he pays n higher
price lac sees that ho is saved from loss in
/ this way. He shows dcsir. to enCour.
age home Institutions Knowing that
nothing adds So much to the character
and standing of "a town ~ "A prosperous
newspaper, he contributes his work to
knowing full we'll that although he pays
higher price. the increase is made up to
him IN III" certainty that he will secure
the good will and the kind words Of the
printer as Well n his patronage. He will
sell goods to u planter who controls q
| large trade. NJ II very small profit, in or
der to get that planter influence in bring
! ing Ia him these customers For similar
reason precisely, he pays the printer "A
little more than he would pay for the
same work III New York OF 1T. Louis. 1t
/ II hc mere question nf dollars and cents
and that i, the way We prefer To put il
| Just now--it remains for the merchant or
lawyer to decide in which way he will he
benefited to the greatest extent. whether
F.hy the saving Of the few dollars in the
actual price at the work, or in the increase
OF his bu-n,s. and in the fact that he has
secured friend and the influence and
trade Of that friend
Rv friend We mean only in com
commercial sense, for no matter " hat a
! man hays ar N her, ne buNsit there sLnuld