Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-20
Audubon, Iowa, April 20, 1905.

scraper and would, the same principle that some
people condemn whole church on account of one
hyPocrite, condemn all local sellers of merchandise In
TACT there are more people than you would suppose who
rest In their contention that they can save money nv
sending away, in just some such one thing as this
Now one other point We desire to impress on the
reader Is, that not claiming that The better oues
a eas1 OF The catalogue houses are dishonest or that
'hey substitute cheaper things for what you order. or
anything OF the Sort They're "just as square, asother
sellers OF goods, BUT contention is that they can
not, even II they would, sell goods any chesuer than
we sell them.
BESIDES lh's in trading with u.s. or any local mer.
e"a"' you see the goods before buying, they can be
more easily exchanged II you so desire YOU are assist
Ing In building local business that helps TO build 10
your town. 10 add value your land and property who
helps pay the expense OF building roads, BRIDGES schools
and churches, who is one of you and part Of your
local life.
we ask, how much would your land be worth how
good would be your Schools your roads, your churches
how desirable would Audubon county be as place 10
live II every town in il would cease 10 exist.
The foundation Of every country town is the stores in
Them Would The professional men, the mechanics the
iaborers, or anyone else stay In Audubon II ali the
stores we're TO 60 How many people, do you imagine,
the professional men would see how many Jobs wouId
The mechanic have TO do how much work would the
aborer get II all the stores In Audubon ceased 10 do
business.
But we don't ask penny from any one on that
account. All we do ask, and we believe all most mer.
Gk 10 NJ h,y
you buy as cheap or TO as good advantage YOURSELF
as you can by going or sending away.
II you can buy dry goods cheaper by sending away,
then we have no occasion TO "kck" or II YOU want
finer goods than can carry in Audubon, and they
are OF such nature that cannot get them for you
then we don't blame you for going away for them But
mere isn't family In Iowa who buys everything they
use which Is Of such high order of merchandise that
we do not have some of H. and even II II is no more
than spool Of thread, why moi buy that much al home
We admit that there some things wanted by lust a
lew people that we cannot afford 10 carry could we
furnish In any other way satisfactorily TO them as
would be for them 10 20 TO Chicago or some city 10 get
II. This Is where price Is not considered But we
carry, right here in Audubon, u class Of merchan-
disc, as good as 90 per cent Of the people around
here want, or rather we should state IT., 90 per
cent of the wants of the people here and we are fully
satisfied that our prices much lower than any
city store and as low if not lower than any cata-
logue house in existance.
Yet we have no doubt but there some people so
preudiced in favor Of catalogue houses, who are
so selfish that they can't bear to some one at
home make profit, or some who have idea that
anything coming from Chicago direct TO them Is so
much better more stylish than If it passed through
our hands and we made the profit instead of the
store there, or others who wish TO convey the idea
that they all fired "high toned" that they
can't find anything in Audubon good enough for
them, and others who think that by sending away
they are going to have something exclusive. These
people, we suppose will continue right on to go
send away for what they and much OF what they
eat, regardless of all say. But if they wanted
sell their farm, property, business would first
tell the prospective purchaser what good town Au-
dubon was, and how good stores it had.
With us, its good deal like the preacher who
scolding his flock for their shortcomings, when he
said he did not expect them to do different, but he
had to tell them what he thought about it, to keep
from doing something
F.. S. If its good you will find it at Russell's.