The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-10-25
DON'T BE FOOLED.
Keep Your Money For Home Circulation.

The Historian reiterates its former
advice: keep your money at home
and don't be deluded by promises or
representations of those who want
your money for almost nothing. The
post Office is daily filled with clrcu-
lars from eastern firms Offering every
thing in the way of jewelry. clothing,
etc, at what seems to be cheap prices.
We have talked about this so much
that it is probably tiresome to some
of our readers. Thousands of dollars
are sent away every week for goods
that are either not needed, or are
bought because people living here
think they can get them cheaper than
from Astoria stores, and then, when
they are swindled, Lord! how they
kick!!
Astoria business men pay taxes,
rents, help to keep things going and
sell at very low per cent of profit;
if what they sell isn't satisfactory
they are here to make it right, and If
one doesn't suit, his competitor in
business will try to do better.
When You buy from far away es-
tablishment you send good money
away, take your chances on getting
anything like what you order, pay
very high express or freight charges,
and if you are fooled it serves you
about right.
And three-thirds of the time the
goods can be had just as cheap from
our own people who are trying to
build up business at home.
Here is case in point: Last week
a lady was showing at the house of a
friend, an article of ladies' apparel,
"And just think,p said she, 81 only
paid 81 for it. 1 bought it in Chica-
go, you know"
The lady of the house looked at it
very attentively, went to her ward
robe, and brought out an exact fac
simile of the garment; one like it in
every respect, cut, texture and style.
81 bought this" said she, sat Coop
er's. Mr.. Ryrie charged me $3.50 for
it."
Further inquiry showed that the
purchaser of the wonderful Chicago
cheap bargain had paid 70 cents post
age, Counting her time, writing let
ter, postage on same, ETC.. at % cents
more, here was SIS she spent-in Chi
cago-for what she could have had
for $3.50 at home.
The money was sent away; was lost
to this community just the same as if
she had flung it in the river, and
every time she wears that garment it
makes her mad-it would make any
woman msd-to think that she fooled
her good money away without having
a chance to examine what she was
buying.
And those New York and Chicago
and San Francisco folks don't trust:
they don't give credit; bless you, no:
when you want credit you can GO to
the Astoria merchants and stand
them off; il you buy from abroad
send the money order or the postal
note, or the draft With the order and
don't you forget it; if you do forget
it, no goods, unless, maybe, as a spe-
cial favor, they come @. o. d., and
you pay for sending the coin back by
express.
There is no form of drain SO inju-
rious to our local prosperity as this
habit of biting at every little bait and
sending money away that would bet
ter be kept at home.
Having written thus far on this
popular mistake, the article was
closed, when a subscriber from a
postoffice about fifteen miles from
here who was in to renew his sub
scription, said: 81 wish you'd put in
q few lines warning people against a
couple of slick fellows who are now
on Young's river. They've been at
Chadwell, on Clatsop plains, at Skip
anon and elsewhere, selling goods
and got into several Of us. They
have sold one of my neighbors and I
$50 worth. That is, We paid them
$3.50, and they told us we'd have to
pay $500 for the same goods in As
toria. but, when We got what they
sent, we reckoned that 800 would be
big price to pay for them any
WucIc.
Here is the same thing in another
shape. A couple of irresponsible,
ere-to-day- and -gone.to -morr o w-fe l.
lows going through the country gul-
ling any one foolish enough to buy
from them.
1t is the same thing, IN whatever
shape it comes, whsther in a circular
from an eastern clothing or fancy
goods house, or a plausible, smooth
talking agent who goes around get
ting orders for the goods to be sent.
Every dollar so sent away is lost;
its value is not received, and those
who do so send their money away are
doing all they can to keep the COM
munity poor and drained of ready
money. A city or county that adopts
such course will be poor so long as
so silly practice is kept up.
We send away for a great deal that
it seems must be sent for. Butter,
eggs. fish, meat, canned goods, nearly
everything we eat or wear is bought
from the east or California, to the
constant surprise of all who stop to
give it q moments thought, but the
crowning mistake Of all appears to
the writer the mania, for it is nothing
else, Of sending money away for gew.
gaws and gimcracks and things that
are not really wanted, but are bought
only because they seem to be cheap,
when, as matter of fact, the same
stuff can be bought from our local
merchants for the same money.