The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-04-14

Aor Eooos Wnere the demand Tor them 10
light, and where but limited quantity
can be sold. This applies. OF course. to
the higher priced class Of goods rather
than 10 common necessarics OF life, but
II We will give our home dealers our
trade We can put them in Q way not only
to keep the goods in stock, but to reduce
prices on those that may be considered
luxuries.
All classes Of society are mutually de-
pendent upon each other. The laborer,
the mechanic, the tradesman of what.
ever depsrtmebt-each needs and must
have the patronage of the other in order
to succeed. II the day laborer or me-
chsnic, for the sake of q saving of few
cents Qess, we may safely say, than the
value Of the time wasted 10 the doing of
it), may 60 elsewhere to buy his supplies.
then, for an equSly good reason. may
the business man send abroad for work
men when he builds his stores and ware
houses and dwellings. But in either
case 1t is q short sighted policy. The
money paid for labor and improvements
ought to be expended at home, and so
make it possible to make other improve
ments. To send to foreign countries to
buy all our dry goods and manufactures,
or to get all our laborers and skilled
artisans, would be no more idiotic and
suicidal for the nation than for the peo-
pie Of town to pursue the same course
with regard to their home industries.
How, for instance, can the dealer in
hardware afford to keep in stock an as
sortment Of goods If the builders and
people on whom he must depend for his
trade 60 elsewhere for their suppiiesi
If he invests his money in the business.
and treats his customers fairly, he is en-
titled to their patronage, and can reason
ably claim 1t as q right. The fact that
another dealer. fifty miles away, who is
doing business of $50. 900 or a 500. .OCO
q year to his SIC, 600 can afford to sell .
trifie lower, does not alter the obligation.
The customer can afford-on account of
the convenience and for the sake of
building up his own town In Q way that
will eventually, if not Immediately, bring
increased wealth to himself-to pay q
home dealer a higher price than q for
eign one for the same article. This Is
not only true of all kinds Of merchan.
dising. but also OF home manufactures.
The man who puts his capital into build.
ing and machinery and material and
manufactured articles-as, for example,
furniture and cahinet-ware has claim
upon the patronage Of the people. Such
an establishment adds to the wealth and
desirableness of town, snd Is q benefit
to each individual, even though many
may not need to buy an article of that
kind for the next ten or twenty years.
Nor is the case altered IL the prop, ietor
should ask more for his goods than they
cost in larger towns. We can afford to
pay from 8 to 10 per cent. land for small
bills even more) for goods at our own
doors than buy and ship them in from
abroad, and save money by the operation.
1t can only be from want Of reflection
and right appreciation Of our real in
terests, or q selfishness that permits Us to
get the most superficial and narrow view
OF the sources Of prosperity that has
given rise to such notions of thrift and
economy.
But what surprises US more Is to see
men who are themselves engaged in mer-
or manufacturing. practising
the methods We have tried to show to be
to home interests, apparently
willing, for the sake of q temporary ad-
vantage. to break down important indus
tries, almost essential to the convenience
and comfort of every thriving com.uu-
nifty. 1t certainly ia great mistake,
and we hope that better views may pre-
vail /; that such an unselfsh ambition
may inspire us rs shall make US willing
and glad to see our neighbors prosper as
we'll a. ourselves; and that we may have
that larger idea of the importance of
home enterprise that may make US will
ling even to sacrifice something for the
good Of the community which We ought
all to desire to become prosperous in as
many different branches Of trade and
mechanic arts as possible.
II We need dry goods, let US buy of
our merchants, who are siraining every
nerve, and carrying larger stocks in many
classes of goods than their custom will
warrant, in order to meet the demands
Of home trade. If We need groceries, let
us purchase az home of those who. keep
goods uu, xceiled in quality and price =
II We want clothing. don't let US 60 out
of town when We can get both ready and
custom-made at less prices than afford h
reasonable profit, We ourselves being
judges; or, II we need harness or saddles
or furniture or carriages, let US buy of
home manufacturers, who use good ma.
teiisl and do honest work, and let us not
be guilty Of investing In shoddy, even
though it has u bright exterior and has
come all the way from Cleveland or Gin
cinnati and when We are tempted to go
abroad at the loss Of day, and two or
three dollars expense, in order to save
ten cents on a PAIR of shoes, or Il rec
dollars on suit Of clothes, or as many
more on bill of dry goods, let US ask
ourselves whether il is wisdom or econ
omy, and, above all, try 20 understand
how we would like /; il We were in place
of the dealer who is hardly picking up
decent living for the want of the patron.
age and support We honestly owe him.
But If We can be influenced by nothing
but selfish motive, let us consider
whether, If by building up home ioier-