The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-12-29
CORVALLIS MERCHANTS.
Bids They are Making for Business
1t is Attracting Wide Attention.

AS never before, Corvallis mer-I
chants are holding out inducements
for Corvallis and neighboring peo-
pie to trade with them. They are
putting out prices that draw bust
ness from far and near. Their ad.
vertisements as seen from day to
day in the TIMES tell a story of
enterprise and business sagacity,
whereby they are able togive goods
to their customers at figures that
startle. If these figures have not
been studied by readers of the pa
per, time should be taken to do so.
A good plan is not to undertake to
read them until there is plenty Of
time to do So. Wait until after
supper when the chores are done,
draw an easy chair to the table
where the light will shine full on
the paper, and settle down for an
hour of quiet enjoyment. AS the
page is passed over, mark such
prices as catch the eye, in order
that the bargain may not be for
gotten, but can at any time be re-
called by a reference to the paper.
There is money to be made in the
process, for the prices local mer-
chants are now making buyers are
a marvel.
The condition is a reminder that
there are a few who still cling to
the idea that it is best for them to
buy occasionally from the Mail
5 Order Houses. 1t is, of course, a
mistaken policy, and is bad for
both the buyer and the community
: The Mail Order Houses give you a
grand catalogue full of glittering
} promises and are hot after your
money, but they do not contribute
| one cent to the upbuilding of you1
community, your school, YOU
church, or the payment of your
public officials. Where in theil
: glittering catalogues can you hne
an offer to pay cash or exchange
, goods for your wheat, oats, hay
butter, potatoes. eggs, wool, sheel
and hogs? How much tax viii
they pay for improving roads and
: bridges, for the support of the poo
s the expenses of the town, count,
and state? On what page is thei
offer to contribute money or serv
) ices in the maintenance and es
d t%ablishment of a church or Sunda,
school for the moral tone of you
e community? What line of credi
will they extend to you when you
: credit is poor, your money gone
when through illness or misfortun
you are not able to send cash orde
tor your groceries. clothing. farr
= tools and crockery? Where i
- their offer to contribute to your en-
tertainment next 4th of July?
In what department do they ex
t. PLAIN to you the increasing valu
of your farm as a result of tradin
n with them? If you find the quel
: les satisfactorily answered bring til
- answers in and most merchant
l. will go to farming and let the tow
It go to grass. Under such condition
no towns are needed further tina
ia to furnish a railroad station, an es
:. press Office, and a case for mai
carriers-a1l of which may be GOV
le cred with one roof.
Meantime all these things tia
the Mail Order Houses do not dc
the local merchant does. 'Whe
he is put out of business by til
:, distant department store, the town
l. will disappear and the country wi
ID have every dollar of public take
to pay, all the improvements
make, and farmers will have to Sc
their farm products to each Other
The man to buy of is the locs
g merchant. Stand by him; b
,e stands through thick and thin, b
you.