The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-07-22
PATRoNIzE HOME PRODUCTS.

Ill DuSln6sS Ut OtueT unueTIhkluSS
which conduce TO the general health,
wealth and prosperity. 1t must be
confessed, however, that there is too,
much selishness in every community
and too little regard for the welfare of
those not of our immediate kith and
kin, to create that feeling of COM
munity interest so desirable and
necessary. How many persons in
this city. for instance, make it the
in%variable rule of their lives to pat
ronize the home dealers in the var
ious commodities which they require?
None too many, we venture to say.
A prominent grocer in Provo tells
Of q lady coming into his store, and
while trading she was deploring the
hard times. telling that her husband
had been without work for months.
At the came time two articles were
placed before her, the one made in
Utah and the other in the east. The
price Of both were about the same,
but she preferred the foreign article.
Somehow" said the merchant, "the
women in nine cases out of ten ignore
the homemade article"
In that little incident is a theme for
a sermon. 1t ought to be preached
from the pulpit in Utah as of yore,
that unless our people p~atronize home
industries we can expect many
men to become idle in our communi-
ties. The lady who called for the for
eigh article and ignored the home pro-
due might not be aware Of the fact that
she Yves adding more enforced idleness
upon her husband, but she was, never
theless. The money she spent for the
eastern article goes out of the terri
tory and may never return TO circulate
in Utah and help in making the con-
dition such that her husband may
find work here. On the other hand,
money spent for the home product
goes to pay for home labor. It must
be plain, then, that the more we pat
ronize home interests, the more work
we are creating for our laborers. We
sometimes think that our ladies are
not mindful enough Of this fact; and
as they do most Of tho shopping, tina,
they ought 70 be taught the necessity
Of regarding home interest.
Reno Gazette: When we take into
consideration the fact that over $500 0
per year is sent out of this little town
alone through postal orders and notes
besides what Wells Fargo and the two
banks take, is it surprising that we
have "hard times?" A mechanic of
Reno, who has been getting 81 u day
for the past two years, went to the post
Office the other day to get a money
order for $1S in favor OF a meat ship
ping firm in Omaha. Postmaster
Krause ASKED him what he was send
ing for, and replied "Ham." With q
touch OF indignation the postmaster
asked him why he did not go to
Omaha for work, where he could prob
ably get 81 y day, instead of buying
his ham at Omaha and expecting TO
earn 81 a day in Reno. The fellow
replied that that was his business. We
are supporting TOO II any people like
the Omaha ham man 10 be real pros
porous.
Reno is ever better in this regard
than Bishop, for this much smaller
town sends (from records) $4,000 OF
more every year which should be
| placed in the hands Ct the local mer
chants, who are expected, during sea
sons of scarce cash, to credit and carry
the same people who export cash. This
cannot be justified by any sort of
reasoning. One merchant who used
to to business here has mentio ned the
iset men have asked him for money
loans, saying they had to have A., etc
and then within a day or two he