The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1895-12-12

The following from the CharlOttcs-
vile fVa) Daily Progress is along the
Inc the GOLD LEAF has often written
in advocacy Of. Read it and act upon
It's suggestions:
The only way Il people can BE- prosper
Gus IL to cooperate with each other, and
advance their own interests by concerted
action. There Is no prOy"rb trucr than
that II "hous" divided against itself must
fall There could be- no manner Of en-
tcrprisc conducted successfully ii it were
not for the concerted action of the peg
SONS engaged in it, unless, indeed, which
is rare, an individual may be wealthy
enough to sustain himself This is not
the ease, however, III this section OF the
country Our r.latcd interests are closer,
much closer, than We realize, and If we do
not recognize this fact, our burdens in
Iii" are much harder to bear.
In community like ours, every inter
est is necessarily dependent upon some
other interest. The merchant is drpcn-
dent upon TIA" mechanic, the professional
man dependent upon both, and so
through all tn" vocationS, each is so i'll
tcrningIcd with tn" other, that to injurc
on" il to- hurt tn" other.
4 disposition on tn" part OF some to
send to foreign markets has been excited,
possibly, 10y the alurcmrnts Ofadvrrtisr-
mcnt4 which offer articles II lew cents
cheaper, perhaps, than Il local merchant
can afford to sell thereby attracting Tn"
trade which should be spent at home.
And IT Is very questionable, all things
considered whether those who send away
Tor an article get it any cheaper than the
home merchant offers it. Ii YOU count
postaSc on correspondence, cXprcSSagc,
and possibly other necessary expenditures
there Is Just tn" probability that You
are paying more for your goods, at the
sam" time running he risk of getting an
anterior article, and you are not cOmprn-
stated by the "distinctiOu' of having Dur
chn5ed in som" distant and larger city
Our people should not be led away hy
the attractive bargains held ont in the
papers from other cities. When you
come TO understand the tricks OF tri.l
YOU will find that these prices are mere.
''leaders," that the goods are usually OF
IN inferior quality, and are held ont to
yOu as II bait to catch your cl~tpn.
and that you are really in no sens, ben
Gifted by purchasing from them.
1t is fnr better to trust your home
merchant, and it is the simplest Justice
due to him to give him your cash" pur-
chascs, even though his prices may seem
to be higher, (and they really are not
When YOU have not the money to buy
You do not go to the 'forcign merchant
Tor credit, and ii you did, it would be de-
med you. You go to your home mercl-
ant Tor credit, when it is not convenient
for you to pay cash, and when YOU send
away your cash to enrich another COM
munIty, YOU do II manifest Injustice to
your merchant and relatively toyourS"lf.
We wish our people would think about
thes" things and keep their money at
home. 1t may be argued that the little
an individual sends would not have much
effect, but when the aggregate is consid-
cred, 1t Is plain to see that no inconsidpr-
able amount OF money goes out of the
community, never to return. The money
you spend ut home remains there, and
benefits every individual more or less.
the money you send away benefits those
receiving 1T, and proportiOnatrly Injuries
the sender.
Let us sustain our home institutions,
and let merchants of other cities look to
their own people to sustain them. We
are sure that our home merchants can
furnish any goods desired, and if they do
not keep in stock what is wanted, there
is not one of them that will not secure if
for You rs chcaply as YOU can buy it, and
he should have the benefit OF the slight
profit that NAV be made thereon