The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1906-12-13
THE DOLLAR SENT AWAY.

THE DOLLAR SENT AWAY.
Houses and Gives Reasons Therefor
Allowing that the American citizen
has the privilege of doing as he pleases
with what money rightfully belongs
to him, what becomes of the dollar
sent away?
It is not the loss of the small profit
the local dealer should make on that
dollars worth of goods you buy from
the catalogue house that hurts your
community. It is the loss of the dol
lar to the community. Mail order
buying builds up the large cities at
the expense of the smaller cities and
towns. Every dollar used in this way
by {, resident of this community takes
a dollar out of circulation at home
and puts it into circulation many
miles distant. What is the benefit to
you or yours? The dollar spent with
your home grocer, dry goods dealer,
hardware merchant, druggist or other
business man upbuilds the community
in which you live. These pay taxes to
support the town, repair the streets,
maintain the schools, and build and
sustain the churches. Do the mail
order houses ever subscribe to the
building fund whenever a new church
is to be built or any public improve
ment is to be made? Ifyou were active
in any good work for the betterment
of this community, who would you go
to for financial aid, the local business
man or the mail order houses in the
distant cities?
The mail order business is the quack
doctor of commerce. It promises
much and guarantees nothing. Like
patent medicine the directions are al
ways on the inside and you have to
buy understandable package before
you can find out what they are. No
mail order house helped to build the
little white school house in your dis
trict, or improve the road past your
door. No mail order house ever took
you by the hand when you were in
distress and told you to let that little
account go until after harvest next
year. No mail order house ever sold
you vehicle and spent every cent Of
its profit right in this community
where you and your neighbors could
get it all back again. No mail order
house ever showed its patent leather
shoes under your table and rejoiced
with you when you were glad, nor
spoke encouraging words in afflic-
ton. No, the mail order house is
after money. Every dollar it gets in
it's hands will be jerked out of your
neighborhood forever.
All the mail order houses in chris
tendon would not increase the value
OF your farm one cent. They are par
asites to whom life is only possible as
long as they can suck blood out of the
communities, to the upbuilding Of
which they contribute nothing. They
create no local market for the prod
ucts you have for sale. They have
no property in your county which can
be assessed to help bear your burden
of taxation.
Look at the situation broadly. Is
it not short-sighted selfshness that
prompts US to send our money and
trade to the mail order house. En-
courage reciprocity, and all work to-
gether for common good and the
community at large.
Stand by your local dealer as he
stands by you with his time, his skill
and his money. He helps to build up
the community and he makes it a |
better place for you both to live. His
own success depends upon your pros
perity. Home-Trader.