Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-03-01
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY
why People Sh0uid 'I'atrOniye Home
Industries nnd Build ~ Their
own Town.
(From the Noreennes ENTERPRISE.

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this journal where a church i'm little
Kansas town was in need Of money.
| and as was their usual custom, they
were obliged to can on the merchant,
Iof IN" community for donations. All
| Of the merchants responded ihrrallN.
| Three hundred dollars was raised from
these stores The las, man asked to
subscribe was q druggist. Il vii give
! 81 said the pharmacist. II you will lot
me add something ia the subscription
| list The permission was accorded him
ana he wrote ut the foot of the list:
| owl Drug CO.. $500 Sears. HoCbuCE *
| CO.. 5000: Montgomery. Ward 4 co., S0.0o
| The church people saw the point. as did
| the farmers Of tho community. when
| tn" minister read from his pulpit the
| list OF donations, and over since there
| has hcrn u" mail orders from that Kan
| sas town"
The above was taken from a maga-
zinc exchange shorl time ago.
! Kansas = not the only State that SUI
| fors from this commercial d1trimcnt.
| 1t reached Vermont long ago ana near
! ~. IT. not quite, every town in the state
sends larg" sums of money not only to
| I'll" two Chicago firms mentioned but to
| others OF the same STAMP. whose name
| is legion
! We admit that in = f"w cases the uUr-
| chasCrS have obtained tine worth Of their
| money or think ;hcv have. which
| amounts t" the same thing. uuj IN the
! great majority ot eases when tn" goods
have arrived tn" buyer unds hat 10y in
Ncstine Nh" same amount with local
| merchant an article Of twice the value.
IN some instances, could hay" been oh-
tanned. Nor = this all: supposine tn"
! purchase IS not what sou expected. az
| for any reason You are not satisfied. tho
article can easily ho exchanged tor on"
which is satisfactory. Thcs" concerns
advertise in their catalogue to exchange
or oven refund The money. if no inNost-
CATION. they are not satisfactory. This
| statement looks very attractive when
| YOU read it in tn" big book which they
send "ahsomtclN free Of charge" but
what are tho facts" Not one in Il humid
rcd il, accepted if returned. and as for
ever getting back the purchase price, We
HAY" vet to hear of n case.
( 1t is taken for granted that tho reason
{ for buying goods out Of town is bccauS.
| they are cheaper. After thinking tho
matter over carefully and taking every
| thing into consideration it is ten 20 one
that YOU are paying about - per cont.
| more than thu. local merchant charges.
not 10 mention iroiGht. express or the
breakagc in transit. whrh often hap
pens. These outside companies claim no
responsibility for goods after they are
aboard the cars Al the shipping point
your grocer. clothier. etc.. delivers the
goods into Nour hands. and even then
his responsibility docs not cease as he
as ready at all times To- correct any
error which has been made
\ NcreonnoS dry goods man tells of a
lady who received garment from a
| chicago houSc. and not being satisfied
with her bargain CI brought it To- him
to exchange. proposing to turn it in for
| he price paid. rhc merchant had the
same garment in stock and was selling
til" same article for sloo less than she
had paid. Needless to say the PROPOSE
tion WAS not accepted.
! Aud il Is not necessary To 20 tn chi
cago to got relieved of your hard earn
ed dollars Two Yer grnnrs citizens,
carly in the season. proposed to buy fur
! lined "vcrcoats. First the stock of a
local dealer was examined and prices
! learned. Then they bctonk themselves tn
Burlington intending TO leave their
money there hut after gottiu. prices
found that they would have to pay from
ter e." twenty dollars NOR" than At hou".
r,r IN. s.,,,n ora6a or COATS Tho yer-
ce,,noe dealer made tho sal. in hath i'm
.t,r.,s .rb... ar. I'm, , TOW nr ,n,r,.
! cases which "" might cite
Now ia. oucsiior r.,t.r,ll,. arises v,n,.
will tb,. surno.adl,. ir,.,,ieort America,
, citizen he. lone.r dclIded nv th. fam.
hn>,r, announcements ,,.,d. ly ih. mn
! ,rrunulou. and CONSEQUENCES. d,al,r in
.,e,y.,hi,u thai * nlnnur.,c,urodo II *
L.,..,ils. Tho ,.lon,iuo,i. ,.,tuI,e,,c .I,,,,..
mixtures or the cov.,.a a,,f,l. and dos
,..-h.s If i'm ir,c.tstit. nh,,,.onl,,,.
making a mountains ont of a moi, hill.
| or * If boc,usc thcv HAY. marc cnn,;
dcnco In , str,rno,, to E..,, Ia. ,,ron,, =,
| th,n in ou vho,, ,h,, b.v, l,no,., ror
v.,,. +, i. an honest un,isbt citiz,r
oua T., mo I,.n,ndod imam - stand h,. his
lusi,,.-. ,,loa..... ~. ,,h., - 10 w.. ,.,,-
NO, .c
| y,o,. vou m st,,t tn-d.v ,o .,li,.;t
s,,hs,,i,,,inu. f,,. ,,,, r.,,.i,.i,, at yn,,r
! .b,,r,l, f., r,o,,c.. 81 ,,o,,. ird,,,tr,. c.ti,h
want, ,,.,tcri,lIv bol,, wa, only ,rc ,.,,r
in which it was 70 he established but all
TIA" surrounding towns. on T." build an
r,, li,,l,.to ,l,,., ;n,o,,-.illo .. ,.,,.
iitabl. commerce. would YOU go To these
foreign grafters who have absolutely no
! interest in YOU or your town besides tine