The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-05-10
4 TALK WITH LOCAL BUYERS.
tConmu nicated)

In an attempt to divert suspicion
from himself the spick-pocket joins in
the throng and calls Stop thief as
as loudly as anyone. Look throu gh
the mail-order catalogues and you will
find that practically all of them will
tell you that they are the cheapest
place to buy, that they have the best
facilities. They will intimate that
the other fellow is the one to avoid if
you do not want to get skinned and
that it is the other fellow that handles
the trash
When a dog bites you the first time,
blame the dog. Ii he bites you again
blame yourself. Ii the mail-order
house gets the best Of you once, blame
them and if they do it again blame
yourself for giving them the opportu-
nifty. If there is one logical reason
why you should patronize out-of-town
merchants there are a hundred reasons
why you should give your home
meTcnduGs the preference.
Now in all fair dealing is it right to
ask your local merchant to take your
eggs, butter, beans and potatoes, which
are all perish articles, in exchange
for his goods and then send your cash
money out of town to parties who do
not help to pay the taxes or who would
not lend you dollar or let you have
any goods if you did not have the
money to send.
When you have nothing in hand to
exchange to whom do you 60 for
Accommodations until some uncertain
time when you can pay? Do you not
always find our home merchants
ready and willing to let their goods on
promises, not guaranteed notes, but
verbal promises, trusting to your good
luck in meeting the obligation?
How many farms have been paid for
by your merchants advancing both
the goods necessary to keep life in the
body and cash to meet that dreaded
interest on the mortgage? / asked
some of dur merchants if any OF their
customers ever asked them to name
quantity prices on goods and the
reply was the same, that they had
been given no chance to figure. Is
this fair.
Would you like it under the same
conditions? Would you trust your
merchants in the same way he trusts
you? / am afraid he would have a
poor show for a living if he had to be
trusted.
Now / know that you do not feel
that your merchant is a robber and a
cheat, but like us all, the prices APP
peal to you, and without thought you
order from these outside houses with
out giving them chance.
The most of the goods that l have
seen come from these houses, could
not be sold by your merchants at
prices those houses get simply, for the
reason that you could compare the
goods with others of the same kind
which were much better for the price
asked, and your judgment would
rather pay more for an article you
could see would give you more value.
You will find your merchants ready
and willing to figure with you for
spot cash in quantity even if you do
owe him bill past due and you are
not ready to meet it. The trouble
with almost all of us is that we lack
moral courage to come out and face
things which we think will be un-
pleasant. Do you persume your credit
or standing in the community is inn
proved by Sinking things you know
you ought to do? "Do unto others as
you would be done by" then you will
find things are not as bad as they
seemed before.
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