The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-13
Voice Of the People.
HOME PATRONAGE.

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| Richmond People Urged to Buy
1 Fro,r, Own Merchants.
s,Itor 6 the Tesi s gaerea a. interest
aye reti liz I i recent r1blicn Tons bear
ing uIot. Tho p,irohasn ?f tlle s',yrr r nrr
yIco ror rn e.,, riTg n ,ss az f' voir columns
n rot l,oweyer viii IT. "I Sl,rpose to crllcsp
aty q ts CONNECTED .n,,e,sS, YIN t,
k sv iAi 10 ihe w loo frenucnt dsregnrd for
is e torrod "a a,ovo viii
~ tno ooinn'.He I ,sn thn,r raar sinnlv
~ ~ ,,i1s; w 1naA,n,,ch rs Off tner.
statn IT. "a l., toct frnm thu
Ssa.e government anu, ~ 1n.s, MN
nItn1 sou ~ or tia .i,vnr .,orvine, would
Wn!c!i ~ u'y ~ .uus SIM \ ~ rronnr I,
i nv i'vu ,s nISm Sr,n sot,,n Virginin
aeaier7 i was seemingly oogh
couId have come rem G, n o9n ro1npotitioii
t ~ "a h v@ssrm,n cIties. - -
~ mitrhi ,s III orestInr 10 Virginia mcr-
chants to know how little OF the furnish-
i,nes;nrht tia stnfn through our own
ineiShnnts. would any one venture TO
s,lgEest that our furniture and carpet
nn,t q, Gernt;on for the merchants
| Of our State have referred 10 tho above
! and 10 t1cplore Buot legislation us tends
| to tax our merchants for tho benefit o.
| those who have no irtercst IN us DcSohu
! that which thoy can mako out Of US.
! 3 Now. lot us como hon1e--to Ricnmonu,
yes Richmond, OUR Richmon aa end no na1
| indeed It is; born and reared mere, most
OF us. About six miles north OF our NiC!s.
mond, almost hidden by n nsnss 1 1nr
weeds, STANDS a mohuneni unsu'e e., nnn
s EST s Ml Rnhmnnd Kit sacrificed
Nls llfe.' NOW WINE ltlcnI,,o..u - - tho
Ing moro credllnpio ilonu''ia' ,I ~ S,
montory o, tH,s I 10 srro,,ninss Of tie
oyer tho brook. while Klchmo ono c t3yse 20
ahead erectlng 'nonu,.e,os ~ 80 .vhn like
stuart gave tnolr llves. ms M 4 i. 'ii
brings mo TO the p oln1' 49,, :, ,oh1o Nor,
o ,VGuf peup.e av9 founht ana died FOR
1lichmond. ana our sh'e peoP,o ,Sma hnnny
the memory OF the brave nh oe ~ he
Hur Elf fhn i,u,np ou s,rrslng! heavily tux
ed mefsnahts ~ ,,,,n Wu' evarw Ina Of mer.
admit mat IN aimoss eyerS liz ~ nj 70
enana,se mere arg 9,e so Sse md that It Is
natural that It would not 20 prmo. .t,s, -
for 1t to be otherwise; rs the demand , Is
nnnGo nnnned er
lief lief t that entire satisfaction would obtain,
and q noticeable Improvement would u pre- e
merchants l5ff 81
"a / have visited seVeral OF OUT !etp1nh
stores and carefully noted tho stocks car
ried and possibilities to supply the de-
inands OF rcasonableness, and am con
strained TO emphasize that which VIII en-
courage our people to awake to the posi-
billtles at home and to discourage tho ten
/. am prepared to prove that many,
MANY goods have been purchased in the
North BY our people that were already on
furnished ut from 10 per cent. to Is per
cent. less. tht an,s
t..lt Is not my purpose 70 ucplSc !.l ~
North or US waresI1,1or there ,ynrs nay h ~
founa me nes. az We, ., IN tho hest also.
We buy our goods from tne sans =. ia, w
tories and at me same pr'Ges. "a az ,ess.
expenses neavlet ~, ~ ,,ns anneni
Cannot then we sen as chcaply hppeuu''
to the thinking man. -,
have heard It SAID OF some o, our g '.,tn
people that their VOICES had SOUNDED :, WIN hsr
Of Commerce in advocacy, OF home PRO, pro
lection and homo interests, WINE t,ie,t
backs were covered VIII floInes opu =, -
nished from|thc North. z
I29am renaply ), NV WA \ nir jn1erests
citles, WHOSE 2eup,ue h,ds fo,. siinplies
at t eair' o,y woI hom u where here was req
sonable competltlon' ~, 1'c ~ shal, va
awake 70 to rs ssh oTn 10 such evils when
sleep nno ,o spen' end discourage our mer-
chants? ..,,o,,, ~ ,act
INJURY as 20 6 bop, n,rchase furnishings
that s1ms OF mem others from
the North and west: oroh,nt 1,orth
Is the suPport OF w me- 1n. .ns,yer -
anything? Let the no.et man rca Editions
mere ade ~ some of our hotels at this
ame Wt hon1 wIl he nrotlts Of their bus-
ness go and what interest N gelsf a. INF sh,p
be rccognized7 :,