The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-05-10
FOR THE CONSUME
FACTS OF VITAL INTERssr :,
GARD1Na HOME PArRoN.,s
Menace to Local Prosperity IN a
buttons to Centralized W. SSaO
of Metropolitan Con.
Germs.

Dear MI consumer What shan
profit you If in saving S25 ga oua
$500 on the one hand you in,rs. w
self $50, 500, 5000 or 81 .OOO ", wa
other?
We are writing to you at M, !.
says the Retailers Journa, =, ~
cago, to say that we believe evos.
lar you save by buying goods y
from home costs you two. ~
If you are a farmer. did w.
stop to inquire what makes von,
valuable? 1t is not the Land 4.
nor you; that's certain.
Suppose your land, with all T..
natural fertility, and your snls,s
methods of cultivation. were lo,a'
in the middle of Texas, with No ~
cultivated ground and no ran,ss
within hundreds of miles of /,
1t wouldn't be worth much w..
it?
The sole reason why your apd /
of more than nominal value is hoc..-
a community has grown UP aroma
If you acquired your land yearv Z
when the neighborhood in which II
live was sparsely settled, you have /,
the pleasure of watching it grow N
value as the community has pmr,
and prospered.
First came the neighboring farm,
then the towns, and finally the ,,0
roads, which the towns brought ma,
to your land, all contributing to yOu,
and the general prosperity.
1t must be clear to you, in the li,h
of history, that your interests can On,
tinue to grow and prosper only II M.
entire community in which You I'm,
shall continue to grow and prosre
II your community goes backwas
you go backward; if it's growth and
prosperity are retarded, the goyt,
and prosperity of your individual IN.
terests are retarded.
How, then, can you expect to al
vance your interests by taking a pound
weight from the prosperity of YOU
community for the sake of temp
rary, personal gain in the measure d
pennies?
The greatest menace to this coup
try is admitted to be the centrazs
tion of wealth, which carries with It
under our present economic system
the tendency to build to tremendOu
proportions few chosen communi
ties, at the expense of the many les
favored ones.
Yet, let us tell you what you of th
smaller communities have done in
single year to hasten forward thi
tendency, instead of resisting 1t a
might have been expected of you:
In the year 1905, out of the none
earned in your communities, and be
longing to the commerce and indus
try of your communities, you contrib
uted to two mail order houses alont
located in the city of Chicago, the STU
pendous sum of SS0,000,000!
Think of this for a moment, an
then consider that it is only the b
ginning; that dozens of other col
Germs of the same kind CLEANED frOl
the farms and the small communitit
of the land golden harvest of sil
which only can be guessed at,
Startling when you try to realize
all at once, isn't it?
Contract this tremendous accuml
lation of your money in a few hand
for the benefit of concerns in whiC
you have no interest, located in con
munities from whose prosperity yC
derive only remote benefits, with Il
commercial conditions in your oW
community.
The two institutions which al
sorbed $S0,000,000 of your money
one year, although the largest of the
KIND in the world, still are reachlI
their hands for more. One already hi
expended not less than S1,0OO,0OO Il
an immense new building, and the oil
er has bought the site for an addition
al structure which will cost as much
If the business OF these two gian
shows the same percentage If incres
during the present year as in lst
their draft upon the country for Il
year 1906 will be over S10O,0OO,OOO!
VIII you give it to them?
Superstitions of Farmers.