The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-05-16
y EslAss fi4BET,
~ Iich Ought 20 ',e Checked for
ihe General Prosperity OF
Gar CITY.

Everybody his read the little "history
OF dollar written for children. 1t
shows how a small sum of money, going
from hand to hand, day after day, re-
lleyeS first one want and then another,
giving food to the hungry, medicine to
the SICK and pleasure or comfort to all.
Ii was always the same dollar, but 1t
performed the work of hudreds by be-
ing Kept IL active circulation. The story
Illustrates the value of keeping our
money Ill the community, and how the
daily earnings OF labor, however small,
add 10 the general welfare. We are led
INTO tins tram Of thought by a habit of
certain classes OF our population, pre-
vaIIng to q much greater extent than
would be imagined 10y those not FAM lar
with the facts, of sending abroad for
many articles w lch ought to be pur-
chased at home. and can be bought as
cheap, with reasonable encouragement to
dealers, right here IN our own city. The
outside purchasers embrace especially
dress goods and c othing, and those who
send thi5 money TO other markets for
these articles belong mainly to class
of our people who are especially interes-
ted in the welfare ard prospe, jty of the
city. Ihey are necessarily PERSONS of
wealth, and derive their revenues more
or less from Investments made here
Their houses stores and dwellings,
are rented to those whose revenues de
pend upon the profits of trade, and it i
not only unfair but suicidal to deprive
them of any legitimate part Oftheir bus
iuess. When tins money is sent to New
York, Baltimore or some other city, it
ia.,,rac no
OF the community that much the poorer,
and the merchant or dealer especially,
paying h'gh rents and bearing
heavy expenses otherwise is primarily
! the sufferer at The hands of
| those who are vltally interested III
| his prosperity and the prompt payment
Of rents The history of every dollar
| spent il this way comes to an abrupt
! Diet rminutior rs far as its mission of
! good IN tbs community is concerned.
/ 1t no louger nay the lab"rer his wages
! or goes from hand 10 hand relieving the
| daily wants of the people, but swells
! the hoprd-o wealth OF the rich manu-
! factureT or ina orter, and no longer
reaches the .oIIlng masses here at home.
! 1t l. no excuse 10 say that such goods as
| are ordered from abroad cannot be had IN
! Woo. Buyers have only to create the
demand and the enterprise of our mer-
| chants " be equal to the occasion
The goods So " be here as fast as light,
ming can order and steam bring them
and at prices which, we have no doubt
viii compare favor bly, With
retail cost IL the great
/ cites. While on this sub
ject We N cht advert to other channe!:
through witch the money which ought
to be kept Iu circulation in the cOmmu
nifty IS sent away, and with perhaps less
return thai IN the first instance cited
and to the 3 at encouragement OF lie
gitimatc business already established
here. It ought to be, and it is thoreti
ca' y al Re a. the pI-ie Of every either
of Waco to foster trade and encourage
enterprises which build up the city, anC
the inclination to neglect home people
and patron outsiders who offer really
no better Inducements. is INDUCED il
without serious Thought of the conse
quences The prosperity of our legiti
mate trade means the welfare OF all. and
especially of property owners, and the
nimble dollar that stays at home, going
from house 10 house on Its errand OF
supplying daily wants, is better thar
hundreds made one day and sent abroad
the next.