The gold leaf., 1898-03-24
BUILT UP BY A PULL TOGETHER.
A Lesson in Home Long
Pull, a Strong Pull, A Pull All To.
Xether.

To build up State or a city or
town and make it prosperous and
cOntented is feat of no little conse-
quence and often of very great mag
nitude. 1t requires full understand
ing of conditions, of necessities. of
available material and of aids abroad
Cities have been developed bv fortu-
nate railroad connections. Others.
like Augusta, Ga. or Charlotte, have
been greatly and chiefly pushed for
ward by manufacturing, aided of
course by easy railroad communica-
ton with the markets. Wide-awake
people are quite apt to be on the
alert for opportunities. They are
prompt to seize the epochal hour, and
to grasp the means presented for
reaching wider and greater fields
They are ready to invest in whatever
plans that promise good to the city.
and to place money in such invest
mentS as seem to business under
standing to present guarantees of
success. Lately in several ncwspa-
pers in and out of North Carolina the
Messenger has noted editorials urging
the people in the towns to keep
their money circulating at home and
to make purchases of their fellow cit.
iZens and shares in burden bearing.
The Messenger had something to say
on this matter some month or two
since. 1t has many times insisted
that the people living in any commu-
nifty should as far as possible make
their purchases at their doors instead
of ordering what they buy from the
North, and whenever possible to do
so to be sure to patronize home en-
terprise and town industries.
We try to practice what we preach.
Begging pardon for personal refer
ence, we can say that we have not
bought a cents worth of personal
wear since we reached Wilmington i'm
1876, outside of the town. 1t is only
in books that we have gone from
home. and that was very infreguent.
and partially necessary, but have
purchased through a Wilmington
house.
1t is only by Keeping your pur-
chases at home that business can
be built up successfully to meet all
your demands and give you the best
advantages as to prices. Doubtless
bv judicious ordering you can save
some money, but you are injuring
home business and cutting off pros
peritv all about you. If everybody
should do as SO many do-order
whatever you need from aliens, and
sometimes even enemies, the grass
would grow in the streets of all
Southern cities, business would COM
pletely stagnate, stores would be
closed, people would have to flee to
escape starvation. Do unto others
as YOU would be done by under like
That is golden rule,
and follow it.
How much cash goes out from North
Carolina in a year to support and en-
rich strangers and to the in ury of
home people seeking to make a liv-
ing, we do not know, but doubtless
some millions of dollars. We suppose
Wilmington does an active business
in ordering from Northern dealers in
stead of buying from friends and
and from them you know.
Turn over new leaf and quit this
way of undfriendly and unju ust dis
Give dealers at your
door IA living chance and demand in
turn fair dealing and living for
yourself. Not only buy your goods
at home. but buy whatever is manu-
facturcd in your town where the pro-
ducts are satisfactory as to equality.
The Augusta Chronicle discusses
intelligently the benefits Of patroniz-
ing home industries-m manufactures.
This, too, like purchases from home
dealers, is important. The Chronicle
gives this to show what benefits
would accrue:
.'Let us glance at some Of the ef-
fects of such policy First, it
would insure the success of a home
industry, giving employment to skill
ed workmen. Third, the wages paid
these laborers and the profits made
bv the manufacturers will be expend-
ed for living expenses in this com
munitv or invested in local property.
and last but not least, the object les
son of this industry's success will
induce similar investments in other
lines. Just let it become established
that Augusta is Il community that
patronizcs home industries and there
will be many new and diversified
manufactures springing up in the
city"
A pull altogether would greatly
improve the business outlook in any
community. 1t should be worked
well.-Wilmington Messenger.