New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-07-04
DISCOVERS MAIL ORDER EVIL
New Brighton FarmerSpeaks of
CatalOg Houses.
Mail Order Business Has Ruined
His Home Market.
Market Value of Farms Has De.
preciated on its Account.

OANSA "AoS
enough to know that a deserted village
will surely follow the continuation Of
the mail order fever among the farmers
of New Brighton.
The home market at this little Mime
sofa town has been practically destroyed
by the retail mail order business. Mr..
Horrigan considers that his farm, few
miles from New Brighton has greatly
reduced in value because OF this fact,
and he is anxious to bring the matter Of
the present and future of the town, and
the fallacy of the mail order trade, home
to his follow farmers. He presents sorne
new ideas on tho matter and his talk is
therefore especially interesting, aside
from the fact that it is the expression of
opinions by patron of the ''cat" houses.
Having considered the various phases
of the matter Mr.. Horrigan addressed
his fellow farmers as follows:
"To my farmer friends: We IS farmers
are very willing to Admit what the fine
toned orators tell u.s.; shat we are the
most independent people on earth, and
80 we could and ought to be, but are
not. We are simply the serfs and slaves
of that great munstrosity the retail csta-
log houses which are sapping OUT fjnsn-
cial lives.
~ put it strongly because hope to-
awaken you to the realizat5on Of the
slavery you 80 Voluntarily accept and
seemingly enjoy.
II do not claim to I've any diderent 81
better than the rest of you'in this re-
spect, but would like to join my tel
low farmers so throwing off the thral-
dom which new exists.
"Peeple are 80 constituted that it is,
hard to make any important move in. a.
community alone. Our families to- have
equal advantages with. Others, ans so
long as it is popular for families to use
the catalogs for shipping tours, they
will feel that they are deprived of some
of the important comforts of ,,fe, if 10 is
suspended.
II do not wish. 40 be considered' as
arguing from mean spirit toward my
family, but am tired of having; my
family sitting up nights and dsvoting
Sundays to shopping BY mail and buy
log many things which are not necessar3
for their happiness or comfort, simply
because bargain counter is constantly
spread before them.
IL believe we should build up Gus
own communities and enable our home
merchants to give uBsa good market fol
our products by standing by them. W.
can buy all that we need, and on the
,, average as cheaply, by doing Dan bust
. ness at home and, thus make. bette
market for our products.
y 'How can we expect the eountr,
$ stores to thrive aud grow if we as farm
e ers refuse to trade with. them. bat sem
+ our money to some distant city whic
: does not interest us or help, as In tn
= least.
"While there IL always q standsr
price for some KINDS of farmers produc
: how can we expect the country rnerchar
. to buy our eggs, butter, poultry, an
Q other products so vital to us all, if "
it do not reeiproeate to the country me-
S chant.
sit is not an object for us to build u
our market town and make markets t,
[e our products? Does 1t mot add to Il
81 value of our land 70 be able to point
- some thriving nearby town with :eat
:" market, with schools and church adva
% tages? Is not land SO situated wor
20 more than if it is isolated and dista
I'd from anything and everybody.
he "About the only thing the catalt
III houses nave lCIL US luz OuI6cltGS Is B.
n production of babies, and shall not
surprised to see them open fonndli
ne hospitals and furnish ready-made bah
ne at reduced rates avoiding medical {
= penses and the purchase of barrels
), Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
cd eff my farmer friends would unite
ire would be glad to refuse the catalc
yes table room in my house. I want |
a family to have all the fnery and g
IN gaws we can afford, but l want them
go to tho home merchant to buy it, a
he not givetheir trade to some one that
% no other interest than to take our mon
= "By standing by our home mercha
rst we are standing by each other, and
i've standing by each other VIC all thrive 9
vii prosper together.
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