Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-11-14
KEEP 1T AT HOME.
The Good and Evil in the HANDLING
of Money.

The way to build up local metropolis
is to patronize home dealers. Every
dollar sent away from Devils Lake to
the large cities for goods which can be
purchased at home lat very slight ad.
vance is dollar donated to the up
building of interests which do not ben.
eft us locally, and dollar withdrawn
from the common fund which gives US
strength and independence.
Last week farmer sold small load
of wheat for $50 He went to one of
our merchants and spent everv nickle
of it for food and clothing. The mer-
chant took thu money and paid his
clerk; the clerk paid his board and his
subscription to the INTER- OCEAN; we
gave our q to Sam Dodd in settlement
Of meat bill, and while performing
this pleasant duty, in came Major Ben.
ham on the same business. Tue clerk
boarded ut the Benhsm house. Just
then = man came in from the Mouse
river with Il fat OK, and Sam bought the
beef on the spot; the stockman went to
the very merchant who got the money
from the farmer and "blew it in" for
winter supplies and fur coat. The
merchant put the money in the bank q,
night, and the next day the banker
loaned it to the farmer at IL per cen,
and no bonus. That $50 made almost
fifty people happy. Tho merchant got
two profits out Of it; the clerk estab.
lished his credit for another weeks
board and secured the INTER-OcEAN for
a year. The hotel man and the news.
paper man played even with the butch.
er; the butcher gladdened the heart o.
the stocllman; and so the money moved
along from one to another until it got
back to the farmer. He went home
with both the goods and the money and
used the latter to pay his threshers.
They came into town and bought win.
ter clothing with it; and in less than a
week that $50 was scattered all over
town, doing good everywhere and filling
long felt want.
Week before last a farmer sold a
small load of wheat for $50. He paid
of mortgage on his team; the money
loaner sent the money to st. Paul for a
box of groceries; the St. Paul dealer
after sending the Devils Lake broker
musty crackers and miserable ham, went
on Change and bought wheat futures
from bear standpoint. This knocked
wheat down to 60 cents; farmers looked
blue; tho Devils Lake broker looked
black. The money didn't come back
and the local grocer from whom the
broker should have bought his box Of
supplies couldn't pay his rent, and the
man who owned the building WAS com.
PEELED to stand the butcher off and lie
to the milkman; the butcher had TO buy
COW from the milkman on credit; this
reduced the supply Of milk and the
price went up; Mrs. Smith wouIdn',
speak to Mrs. Jones because Jones
couldn't pay Smith 50 he borrowed oI
him on the strength of promise from
the merchant from whom the broker
didn't buy his box Of groceries that il
business was good he (the merchant)
would give him (Smith) a situation in
his store, And 10 there was a regular
monkey and parrot time all over town.
Everybody seemed to be unhappy, and
money wouldn't circulate worth cent.
Literally, there isn't word of truth,
in the above, but, metaphorically, it is
first cousin to the gospel. The INTER.
OCEAN is ready to enter into compact
with the rest of the business men of the
town not to buy abroad nickle's WORTH
Of anything that can be obtained at
home. We seriously believe that $40,
600 in cash is sent away from Devils
Lake every month for articles which are
TO be had in local establishments at rea
sonable prices. Every business man in
the town will acknowledge the truth
and propriety of these remarks, for they
know Of many instances wherein the
local dealer has been ignored. Keel
the money in the community as long AS
possible. 1t will do everybody little
good, and the town great deal.