Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-05
spend That Dollar At Home !

Anyone who is not in a position to
know has very faint idea of the
amount of money that is sent away from
Custer every day, week and month in
the year, by the individuals, for the
necessariCs Of life-articles that are kept
for sale by the merchants of our town.
Persons who get ia the habit Of looking
over the catalogues of eastern mercan-
tile houses, and then sending in an or
der whenever they need suit of clothes
4 pair Of shoes, or box Of groceries
probably do not realize that they are
doing their own town and their fellow
citizens an Injustice. But il is so never
theless, and ae aggregate Of these or
ders and he little amounts Of cash that
accompany them is startling. II is all
wrong. 1t may truly be said to be a
refusal to patronize home industries,
and In the end works great injury 20
ones self, and the community in which
We live. In the first place, the man or
woman who makes a practice Of this
never finds himself or herself ahead a
single copper in the long run. The
chances of getting poor quality OF
goods, when purchased without an OPP
portunity to examine it, the possibility
of a misfit, an the expense and trouble
of mail orders and long delays, more
than balance the slight difference which
there may be between the quotations OF
the eastern house, and the market price
Of the article right here in your own
town. Then again, IL is the duty Of
each member OF society to give his
patronage to the institutions Of the town
or city in which he finds his support,
and which edncates his children. II
you have moved here recently from
some point thousand miles or more
east, you will doubtless notice a slight
increase in prices, but when you do,
bear in mind the additional fact that the
in nsestment Of time or money here,
brings you return from 40 to 100 per
cent greater than it did in your former
home.
Every merchant of our town adds to
its valuation anywhere from five TO fifty
thousand dollars. They put up nice ap
pearing, substantial buildings, they pur.
chase large stocks of goods, sufficient to
meet your every physical need, they
pay heavy taxes, and do more to keep
the town alive and growing, than any
other class of people. Their presence is
necessary to the towns existence, and
yet they can't remain unless you give
them your support and patronage II
they can't have it, they must 60 some
where else, taking with them the capital
which they brought with them, or have
acquired since their coming When you
send a dollar to Omaha. Chicago, or
New York City, you expect to save the
profit which would otherwise go to your
merchant. But you can't do it, for he
spends thousand dollars to your one,
and even Montgomery Ward & Co., or
Nugent * Bro. cannot afford to retail at
wholesale prices. On the other hand il
the dollar is spent at home, the profit is
saved to the community, it is in reality
so much money put into circulation to
come back to your own purse through
other channels 1t is not only in Custer
that these conditions exist, but in every
town and city similarly situated. How
ever. it is III Custer that we are all
vitality interested, and it is Clusters in
terests that we are all bound to work
for, and what is beneficial to Custer is
beneficial to each OF us individually.
Think Of this matter, dear reader, and
ask yourself, isn't there right here as
much need of the practice of reciprocity,
as there is between our nation and
others?
John II. Marble of the Hill City Min
ing News is contemplating removing to
Lead City, and engaging in the news