Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-14
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there will be misunderstanding to just what we
va and the position take this question: we
# desire to little in addition rather to add
M codci were, to what we have already said We
~ have had with several ladies recently who While thew
81 buy most everything they at home, told of
s. times when they bought out Of town The invariabe
reason given for doing because they could not
get what they wanted here and the local dealer could
not or did not show disposition to get it for them
Or when in city and visiting the large stores
M they something that pleased them and bought it.
81 We have no excuses to offer for merchant who
s. what they want. And could not blame anyone if
while in the city, they visited the big retail stores and
81 when there they bought something they particular
~ lked especially it it be goods OF such character
8 that they would have to believe that their
S home merchant would not have the thing, We
desire to be fair and realize that there may be ex
A tenuating circumstances which would justify anyone
s. puyng outside their home town What little might
ogh to speak about Nor do we wish to create 1 the
preston that we have the idea in our head that
because we are selling goods in Audubon, that
eAs O71yth17lS anywhere else.
~ What We have said in the past in regard to sending
away referred to people who persstently send go
away for everything they have buy regardless of the
TACT that the same goods at the prices could be
A they have anything of Importance to buy send go
H away for it Buying at home only the things which
# they were in hurry for which too insignif-
cent for them to bother to send for themselves Peo
a pie who will not investigate prices and goods to
M find out if it true that they supply their
AZ wants at home who send away and then declare that
So they can buy cheaper, without knowing what they
sa would have had to pay here.
as 1t appears that about the only concern in
|A Audubon who have had the courage to say pubcay
Is what they all say privately. We do not think there
q is merchant in town but who has said on this sub
mNTd fHonE hoyo oyo1c in nI1,op
i say because they do want people to know it Per.
that they charge than city stores. We are not
be- because someone mght find out had opinion.
We have been told that saying what do will stop
no one who wanted to send from sending which is
undoubtedly true, arr is exactly what said in
.oA..ss vesrfisen We did hope, however, that
it might Dc. agr6 amendable to
and who would look at the Question with business
and fairness and would in the future if they have not
in the past give their home merchants equal chance
s. We all know well that when Audubon is boom.
SA ing, when times are good and when merchants
selling lots Of goods that property Of all kinds will
sell more quickly and for better price than when the
# town is dead Values of property is regulated to
certain extent by the conditions Of the business done
in place Let enough people refuse to patronze their
u home merchants and it won't be long before vacant
a stores will appear and the few merchants left will
IA soon assume the tactics of crossroads grocer;
stocks carried will degenerate in all respects, trade
" that should come here will go to some other town
s. wdeawake: The longer these conditions prevail the
S would the conditions grow until property values
A would shrink one:half, and means Of making lvli
hood would be taken away All these facts are so APP
parent to anyone who will stop and think about it.
q that seems strange to that people who inter
as ested in the welfare of Audubon in financial
III well many other ways will persistenty do the very
" thing that will hurt themselves in the end much or
81 more than they hurt the merchant at the time.
Sd We know many salve their conscience by saying
H that Mrs. SoandSo sends away for what she buys
ga therefore they have the right There is ques
s. ton about anyones right to spend their in
az Rule which some people would be long time
81 berng if some one did not remind them of it!
M Nor do desire to make excuses for ourselves OF
Is anyone else if they buy goods from away that
M they could have bought we'll cheaply and sat
81 isfacory from local dealer Nor do think any
Y justified in sending away because else
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