Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-25
NO VALID REASONS
pArRoNIziNo MAIL ORDER
HOUSES IS WITHOUT EXCUSE.
GOODS NOT EVEN CHEAPER
With Freight Charges Added and
Quality Considered the Homo
Merchant Does
Best.

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The reasons why people should
trade at home are numerous, but so
far rs we are able to learn but one
reason Is advanced for purchasing
goods OF mail order houses. That one
saving of money-is often
the express charges or freight and
carriage will bring the cost of an arti.
Gle that as quoted in the price list
seened a wonderful bargain, almost
or quite up to the price charged by
the local dealer. But even were one
able to save q few cents on the pur.
chase price by buying away from
home. It appears to us that the loss
Is infinitely more than the gain, for
he who sends the money which he
earns in the home town out to swell
the Golfers OF wealthy dealers in dis
tant cities cannot fail to forfeit In a
considerable degree the respect OF
those around him, nor al he under
these conditions preserve his self.
respect intact.
The man who pa%trOnizcs mail order
houses must have a %sncaking feeling
that everybody in town knows that
he Is a hindrance rather than a help
to the community. He is not wanted
in public positions, and when ques
tons OF local interest and importance
are discussed, his opinion carries far
less weight than the man who con.
tributes his share to the prosperity of
the community by spending his non
ey where he earns 1t.
In addition to losing in a large de-
gree the respect of others and his
own selfrespect, the man who does
nothing to build up the town in which
he lives fails to find the contcntmcnt
which is necessary to happiness. Hav.
ing done nothing to make the town
better, he Is unable to see the many
advantages 1t Possesses, and is con.
~tinually talking and thinking Of Its
deficiencies. He does not out,
however, but stays on year after year.
a discontinued parasite, getting all he
a and giving as little as possible In
return. There Is an nnwritten law Of
nature that makes II impossible for
one to really taken an interest In a
place until he has done something for
It, and It Is only when we have done
our share toward building up the town
in which We live that 1t becomes a
real home to MS.
Perhaps the local dealers in country
towns do not always have In stock
just the articles You desire, but they
are usually willing to order whatever
their custumers want, and under or.
binary circumstances can supply you
as quickly as you Ear procure the
goods from a mail order house. When
you buy OF the home merchant, the
goods are before you and you see
what you are getting. In buying by
mail there is always a chance that
when the goods arrive they will not
prove to be just what you expected
and desired. In that case you are put
to the Inconvenience OF sending them
back for exchange, or II the need is
immediate and pressing, you are
obliged to accept that which Is not
entirely satisfactory.
lTauc NJ nome III Ordcf that your
home town may have stores at which
to trade. There are many times when
you are In "A hurry for some article.
there IL no time to send to New York,
Chicago, or elsewhere. Your need is
immediate and imperative. You are
glad under such circumstances ia
trade with the home merchant, yet n
other people followed your example
and patronized mall order houses,