The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-06-14
DO YOUR BUYING AT HOME.

he lOllOWluS euluOTIdl lTOn TO-
days Baltimore american is fully
endorsed by THE REPUBLICAN:
One of the most senseless fads
which takes possession of some peo-
pie is the practice of doing ones trad
ing at some place other than his city
of residence. There is a ridiculous
notion among many that things
bought away from home are of a su-
perior quality. Indeed, those who
go elsewhere to do their buying seem
TO swell up with peculiar pride
whenever they are able to inform
their neighbors of such fact. When
asked to explain why they follow
such pratice, the are usually caught
without satisfactory answer. Were
they to search themselves to find the
real causes of such buying they
would surprise themselves with the
nature of the discovery.
The whole truth of the matter is,
the major part of the out-of-town
buying is prompted by ill-concealed
coXcombry. There are no actual ad-
vantages flowing from it. Baltimore
ans seek New York and New Workers
seek London or Paris, without we'll
substantiated reason. In nine times
out of ten it is merely the pleasure of
being able to tell somebody else that
they did so.
There is no excuse in anybody for
saking Baltimore. The various
stores of this city can furnish as com
plete an assortment of all lines of
wares as any city in the Union. Had
experience shown that this market
was deficient in any important par
ticular, then recourse to other locali
ties would be both natural and prop
er. But there are few, if any, lines
in which Baltimore cannot measure
up to the highest standard. Whether
one be arraying the person, furnish
ing the home, stocking the store, or
equipping the factory, the same truth
holds good.
Baltimore is live, alert, aggressive
and progressive city, and her marts
of trade are loaded with the best the
world affords and at lower figures
than any of her competitors can
offer. 1t is natural therefore, that
she should lay claim to the full pat
ronage of all her people. Those who
get their substance from her have no
IlSIU W Spellu IL W Her dOlNdHldSe.
The growing practice of buying else
where is a quiet but none the less
damaging, stab at the prestige of the
city. The men and women who can
usually afford such things are usual
ly the ones who have gathered the
affluence from business ventures
made in this city. Their fortunes
have been amassed out of this same
type of home support. They, there
fore, above all others, are the ones
who ought to stand guard at the
portals of the city's trade.
This close fidelity to local reciproc-
ity is one of the surest means of
preserving the city's prosperity. The
home market should be secured to
home trade wherever home trade is
able to meet the demands. Wealth
owes her duties to the city which no
pride of purse can destroy. A superb
Baltimore gown makes a Baltimore
woman equally as irresistible as a
gown from Paris. The man who
adorns himself with what the local
stores can furnish is as we'll clad as
the man who is tailor-made a la New
York or London. Nor does the paral-
lei stop here. 1t extends itself
through all the ramifcations of
trade, and it is a truth which the
sensible should both remember and
practice.