Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-08
Home INDUSTRIES.
A Good Citizen Spends His
Money Among Local
Tradesmen
PATkONIZE HOME TRADE
It Pays to Trade Near Home
and Help to Build Up
Your Town.

| The member of comm nifty
who habitually ignores his home
merchant, mechanic or tradesman
and makes his purchases and spends
his money in other towns does not
deserve the name Of a good citizen
and should not, be countenanced by
those who have the best interests of
their own locality at heart. That
it pays to trade near home is q we'll
established fact, and no town or
city ever prospered whose citizens
enticsd by the alluring bats held
out by the merchants 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-
try 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
lightened. They assist in keeping
up your schools, churches and other
public institutions and charities.
But the person who spends his
money in some distant city puts it
beyond assisting in any local enter
prise. The man in the city upon
whom you bestow your custom has
no further interest in you orsayour
surroundings than the cash he re-
ceives from you. 1t is no concern
of his whether you are as devoid of
social, church or educational privi-
leges as the inhabitants of Borrio-
boola-Gha, or whether your streets
or highways are we'll made or an
aboriginal Indian trail. Tie sur
plus money which he has to bestow
will 60 to enrich the exchequer 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 impolitic and unbusi-
nesslike 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
low expenses, cheaper rent and i'm
munity from the exorbitant munich
pal taxes which prevail in the great
cities enable them to do so and still
make living profit But the
shrewd city merchants, by advertis-
ing certain goods at ridiculously low
prices, manage to attract gullible
patrons to their places of business
with the knowledge that they will
succeed in selling them other goods
at advanced prices to reimburse
themselves for the loss on the
"leader'' and leaye themselves a
handsome profit.
The home merchant is established
here and expects to pursue his busi.
ness among us definitely. The con.
tinuance of his trade is dependent
upon this fair and uniform. treat
ment of his customers and the quail.
ty of his goods. His field is limited
and should he resort to shady method
or foist dishonest wares upon his
patrons his reputation would be
gone and his trade consequently
lost. But the metropolitan merch-
ant has wide and an almost unlim'
tied 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
working men and farmers, each