The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1890-01-02
..AUK CENTRE HERALD.
THURSDAY JANUARY 8, 1890.
STAND TOGETHER.

There is no surer way to build up
town than for it's citizens generally, no
matter of what business or avoca-
ton, to stand together and fight to-
gether, if need be, for the common well
fare. A united community is not only
strong but prosperous, and whatever
contributes in legitimate way to the.
prosperity of one helps all. Impress the
outside world with the idea that you
live in little the best town to be found
elsewhere and the surest way OF doing
this is by exhibiting public spirit i'll its
behalf. If you have a dollar to spend
contrive SO to spend it, if possible, that
it may not be withdrawn from home cir
culation. lift can be made to aid some
home business enterprise, one that in
time will aid you, make it do so. Do
not help build up foreign business at the
expense of home business. And if there
be large element of labor in the article
purchased there is donble reason for pat
ronizing home production-yon thereby
contribute to the prosperity of employer
and employee. Labor is the source OF
all wealth, and it naturally follows that
the more labor actively employed in any
community the more prosperous that
community, provided always that such
labor is fairly compensated-carns some
thing more than the bare cost of subsist-
ehce.
To make specific application to illus
trate the idea, take the new cigar factory
located here. Hafer & Lewis have man.
ufactured about 10000 cigars since they
commenced business, and have disbursed
nearly 81, 500 for labor alone, every dol
r IF which is expended here. 1t is con-
coded that they give satisfaction to both
consumer and retailer, and equally good
cigars cannot be purchased cheaper than
they sell their wares. How much better
then for the entire community if every
smoker would use none but homemade
cigars. You may think it a trife-the
labor involved in nickel cigar-but it
represents one-fourth of the retail price,
and i'll the aggregate means liberal sup
port to this industry. Competent per-
sons estimate the total consumption of
cigars per year in this city alone at 25U,-
600, enough to keep ten men steadily
employed at fair wages, and our smok-
ing contingent would insist upon having
these goods only, fully $4,000 would be
kept in circulation here for labor alone,
which otherwise would be sent to enrich
some other community. Cannot our
dealers see the advantage of keeping this
money at home? But it means double
or treble this-for if this concern could
be assured the home trade, it would be
stimulated to extend it's business far and
near, expanding it to any extent war
ranted by outside sales, assured that it
had firm foundation upon which to
build.
This article does not propose to enter
into any discussion of the merits of the
goods OF this particular firm, for such is
not it's purpose. 1t was selected at ran
dom to lllustra e the principle and to
show the forces that may he employed
to build up community. 1t applies with
equal force to any other enterprise which
develops either capital or labor. Every
citizen is dependent upon every other one
and the more strongly this mutually is
Inc, shall
be- The way to build up strong bust
ness centre in the aggregate is to encour-
age business interests in detail.
What may be expected OF nation, a
city, or family, which pcrsistently dis
eliminates against those with whom it
is bound up in common interest, by ma
tcrially contributing to the prosperity of
others in preference? The best market,
other things being equal, is that nearest
home, and that market can be made
still better by liberal patronage from
those who are benefited by it. Selt-in-
terest is involved. No matter how Sc
ductive the inducements may be to tempt
one to depart from this principle, they
are fallacious. A present triaing gain
may seem apparent, but greater loss
turks behind it, and will appear sooner
or later. The apples Of Sodom are fair
to the sight, and would command
good price in the market, if for no other
reason than that they came from afar.
Ashes, nothing but ashes.