Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-05-25
why HOME TRADE PAYS
Good Ar9uments Against
the Catalogue
Houses

4. So u
It Was only lately ! saw ore Ct the the
leading farmers In this community
carving . large. bunglesone cats-
loRue from . Chicago catalogue house;
home with him. It happened that !
was drawn into discussion Ct THIS
question with him and WAS actually
surprised to hear him express him
self as he did. In the drst place. l
feel proud of the fact that ! have new
or Iatronixed one of these concerns
in preference to dealing with home
merchants. Probably ore reason why
have not felt inclined tt send my
trade away from home 10 because, it
has only Teen . few years since l
found my financial condition such that
it became necessary for me to arrange
with someone to carry my account
over q crop season. In fact, it has
not been more than asyesr since I
found it necessary to run an account
for short time and am not one so
forgetful Ct accommodations as to or.
der from catalogue hoe SEES and send
them the money with tie orders when
our home merchants nave been good
enough to extend credit to me when l
needed it. But l cannot say this m.
fluence has been the only one to cause
me to trade entirely at home. l know
If I, or any of my neighbors, want to
buy something. if they would only 60
to one of our home merchants and tell
what they wanted, he would furnish
1t to us just as cheap az catalogue
house. Now I don't mean he will let
Us have first class goods at price We
would pay them for second class
goode, but mean that for the same
class of goods they will sell just sas
cheap az those other fellows In 6gur.
ing the cost Of goods from catalogue
houses, We don't want to forget to
figure in the cost of sending the
money and pAy ing the freight or ex-
press. If it is any thing liable to
Feed repairs. cur home merchants can
get them for ue, but it Is almost i'm
possible to get them from catalogue
house. OF course the n erchan!s In our
towns cannot afford to sell rs goods
just as cheap as these catalogue HOUSES
and wait six months or year for
their pay when these other concerns
require us to tend the cash with the
order, or as soon as the goods a-e re.
ceived. They could not afford to do
that. remember when one Of our
no;rhho,s not nth a loee rs oeor1v
he h.d ~ " e. ,v1s o ~ 49,
ve ~ .1 rts5 ~ =" - ~ Ia IN ooiiact;on
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them thru abont IL: hit do not 81.
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m 10 a dollar.s worth. but WIEN anv
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honee When The atove came II
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sc welghed about one half or two
thirds 8 much the same size stove
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