The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-03-10
PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY.
A Good Citizen Spends His Money
Among the Local Tradesmen.

Ihe member OF community wht
habitually ignores his home mer
chant, mechanic or brakeman ano
makes his purchases and spends hi:
money in other towns does not de
serve the name of good citizen anc
should not be countenanced by those
who have the best interests of theil
own locality at heart. That it pays
to trade near home is we'll estab
lished fact, and no town or city ever
prospered whose citizens, enticed bs
the alluring bats held out by the
merchant in the big cities, spend
their money with them.
The local merchant and mechanic
are interested in the progress and
development of the town and coun
ty in which they live, and every
dollar that they amass is reinvested
and remains in the neighborhood.
AS they prosper their taxes increase
and just so much those of others are
Ii;ghtened. They assist in keeping
up your schools, churches and 9th.
er public institutions and chart
ties. But the person who spends
his money in some distant city puts
it beyond assisting in any local en-
terprise. The man in the city upon
whom you bestow your custom has
no further interest in you or your
surroundings than the cash he re.
ceives from you. 1t is no concern of
his whether you are as devoid of so
cial, church or educational privir.
eyes as the inhabitants of Borrio-
boola. Cha, or whether your streets
or highways are well made or
an aboriginal Indian trail. The sur.
plus money which he has to bestow
will go to enrich the exehequer OF
institutions from which you will
never receive any benefit and TO add
to the wealth of communities in
which you have no financial interest
And, further, there is no good
reason for this impolitie and unbus-
inesslike diversion of trade. The
business men in the smaller cities
and towns can and do sell goods
year in and year out as cheaply as
do those of the larger places. The
lower expenses, cheaper rent and i'm
munity from the exorbitant munici.
pal taxes which prevail in the great
cities enable them to do so and still
make living profit. But the shrewd
city merchants, by advertising GER.
tain goods at ridiculously low prices
manage to attract gullIhle patrons
to their places of business, with the
knowledge that they will succeed in
selling them other goods at advanc
ed prices to reimburse themselves
for the loss on the leader and leave
themselves handsome profit
The home merchant is established
here and expects to pursue his bus
mess among us indefinitely. The
continuance of his trade is depend
ent upon this fair and uniform treat
ment of his customers and the quail
ity of his goods. His field is limit
ed, and should he resort to shady
methods or foist dishonest wares
upon his patrons his reputation
would be gone aud his trade conse-
quently lost. But the metropolitan
merchant has wide and an almost
unlimited field His patrons are
from all parts Of the country, and if
he can be so fortunate as to get one
good deal" from each one he does
not expect them to return. The
ideal community is that in which
there is reciprocity of good feeling
among merchants in all branches of
trade, mechanics. professional men,
workingmen and farmers, each avail
ing himself as far as possible OF the
others services, buying his goods or
employing his labor, as the case may
be. The community where this
practice obtains is always found to
be an exceptionally prosperous one,
populated by cheerful, honest, neigh
borly and enterprising people, and
a good place for the home seeker to
locate in.