Arizona silver belt., 1891-08-22
ynr SUPPORT oF moxE INSTITUTIONS

| plea that is both reasonable and sound
 It deprecates the practice, so common
 in Arizona, of sending abroad for mer,
 chandise procurable nt home. How.
 ever, we have little'hope that the in.
 diyidual who sends to Chicago foi
 needles and thread, will be impressed
 by any argument that can he made in
 favor of supporting the home merchant.
 Niggardliness can not be removed by
 argument.
 It may not be amiss to suggest to the
 Star that 8 newspaper with frec trade
 proclivities, in national economies, is
 somewhat inconsistent in advocating
 for the Territory or town 'the liberal
 support of home industries as against
 foreign competition The United
 States should be, if it is not, one big
 community with reciprocal interests
 and obligations, n is 2 ssll-eydent
 proposition that every dollars worth of
 goods of home manufacture displaced
 by the foreign product causes a direct
 loss to the country which is not to be compensated hy the difference of few cents in price. Foreign competition means the restriction of the fomo in dustry and consequent loss to the nan ufacturer and artizan. Fteo trade with the countries of the old world is pre- posterous unless We are willing 10 sub. iect labor to the same oppressive con ditlons which prevail there
 The Star is right in advocating the encouragement of home enterprise, and truly says 'It is home industries which gives employment to citizens of the community and retains money in home circulation. The mincr UT mechanic who comes tc Atizonn does So because he is paid better wages and caI save more money here than he eould in tue East, and he should feel that some ob- hgation Tests upon him to spend his money, so much at least as is necessary, here where be earns it. It should be remembered that while }abor commands better pay here, so is the cost of every merohautablo article enhanced, More capital is required to do business; trade Is eireumscribej; salaries of employes are larger, and freight changes form no inconsiderable part Of the cost of many articles. it is unreasonable therefore, to expect tho Arizona merchant, and especially when located n town far from railroad, to compete in prices with California and Eastern firms.
 But there are merchants wbo will applaud this reasoning who are not themselves free from the same taini They are not public spirited they with hold encouragement from any propos- ticn for the benefit of their town or section which implies monied sup port. An advertisement of their buci- ness in the local paper is viewed by them as n gratgity .o the publisher, and they do not scruple to send away for printing which could be as well done at home. Neither Is the man in this neck of woods who takes three or four daily and weekly publications from abroad, but whose name is not found on the subscription list of the Eon5e paper, and ihgre is lnother class which condesceud5 to taks and read the little weakling, but never think it necessary to pay their sub. 
 There is no business enterprise which | lecomphshes so much for town or locality as the home paper Its con- stant aim is to publish to the outside world the resources of it's section and i the advantages offered to the investor md immigrant Every industry is written up, and no sign of progress is 1 overlooked. But as an exchange has ! we'll said "No publisher or editor pre- ] ends that he risks his capital, gives ime, labor, thought and care to the | making of newspaper for charity's ake. Publishing a newspaper is strict y business, though there is no other business on the face of the earth of which philarthrophy and patriotism are Q largely a part
 The primary aim of every one is, of onrse tt get on in the world by help- ng himself, but at the same time none f us should forget the obligation We we to the community in which We gain
 livelihood, and by liberally support. ng home institutions and eyincing faith n the district we wll cohyince others hat We are prosperous and progress i've people.
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 Comparative ly few years ago the 'tanderd Oil company, now said to be be greatest monopoly in tho world, gas aa Ohio corporation with a capital f only S100,0O It TOW controls