Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-02-15
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III recently Calilc- w wy 80.
this journal where church In a httie
Kansas town was in need OF money
and as was their usual custom, ihey
we're obliged to call on the merchants
of the community for donations An
of the merchants responded lloeIalis
Three hundred dollars was raised lroln
these stores. The last man asked "
subscribe was druggist i VIII gIt99
So, said the pharmacist, II you WIN
let me add something to the sunsctlp-
ton list The permission was ac-
corded him and he wrote at the lo0I
of the list: Owl Drug Co. S2'oU
Sears, Roebuck a. Co, 5000 MONT
oomery, Ward & Co, 5000. Inc
Church people saw the point, as ana
the farmers OF the community, Wneh
the minister read from his pulpit the
list Of donations, and ever since there
has been no mail orders from that
Kansas town"
The above was taken from maya
zine exchange a short time ago.
Kansas is not the only state that sui
fers from this commercial detrlment.
Ii reached Vermont long ago ana
nearly. if not quite, every town in the
state sends large sums OF money not
only to the two Chicago firms men
toned but to others OF the same stamp
whose name i legion.
We admit that in a few cases the
purchasers have obtained the worth Of
their money, or think they have
which amounts TO the same thing, bul
in the great majority of cases when the
goods have arrived the buyer finds
that by investing the same amount
with d local merchant an article OF
twice the value, in some Instances,
could have been obtained. Nor Is
this all supposing the purchase is moi
what YOU expected, or for any reason
Won are not satisfied the article can
easily be exchanged for one which Is
satisfactory. These concerns adyer-
tise in their catalogue to exchange, OF
even refund the money if, on invesli-
cation, they are not satisfactory
This statement looks very attractive
when You read il in the big book
which they send absolutely tree Of
charge but what are the facts Not
one in hundred is accepted If re-
turned, aud as for ever getting bach
the purchase price, We have yet tC
hear OF case.
1t is taken for granted that the rea
son Tor buying goods out OF town il
because they are cheaper Aitel
thinking the matter over carefully
and taking everything into cOnsidera
ton it is ten to one that you are pay
ing about twenty-five per cent NOR
than the local merchant charges, not &
mention freight, express or the break
age in transit, which often happens
These outside companies claim no re
sponsibilty for goods after they arr
aboard the cars at the shipping point
/ your grocer, clOthier, etc, delivers th'
goods into your hands, and even theI
his responsibility does not cease as b,
is ready at all times to correct any
error which has been made
4 Yergennes dry goods man tells o
lady who received a garment from ,
Chicago house. and not being Statistic,
with her bargain CD brought it to hin
to exchange, proposing to turn it ia 10
the price paid. The merchant had tht
same garment in stock and was selling
the same article for SlO0 less than sht
had paid. Needless 10 say, the prop
ositiOn was not accepted
And it is not necessary to 90 to Chi
cago to get relieved Of your har,
earned dollars. Two Nergennes oiti
zens, early in the season, proposed u
buy fur-lined oyercOats First tn
stock OF local dealer was examine,
and prices learned Then they be
took themselves to Burlington, intend
ing to leave their money there, bu
after getting prices found that the
would have 20 pay from ten to twent
dollars more than at shome, for ID
same grade Of coats. The Vergenne
dealer made the sale in both instances
/, These are but a few of many case
| which we might cite.
Now, The question naturally arises
why will the supposedly intelliger
American citizen be longer deluded b
the nambOyant announcements mad
by the INSCRIPTIONS and conscience
less dealer in everything that Is mant
iactured Is il because the voluminou
catalogue shows pictures of the cove
ed article and describes il Ia irresist
bic phraseology, making q mountal
out of a mole hill OF is it because the
, have more confidence in stranger
keep his promises than in one who
they have known for years to be d
. honest, upright citizen, one TO be d
} pended upon to stand BY his busine
? pledges or what is il We cam
see.
We're YOU 20 start today TO soliC
] subscriptions for the repairing Of vol
e church, TO finance a new indusu
r which would materially help not on
. the town in which il was TO be esta
lished but all the surrounding town
= OF 10 build an electric railroad desig
+ ed TO open a country hitherto almo
o inaccessible 10 profitable commerce
= would you 20 to these foreign giraffe
who have absolutely no interest in y,
{ or yonr town besides the hard ca
IS you send them for inferior good
Hardly. You wOuld 90 first of all