The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-23
A SIMPLE REMEDY
.1EE OF THE WAYS TO cURTAlL
OPERATIONS OF TRUSTS.
ACME PATRONAGE PRINCIPLES
Sss'ems That Oppose the Advance
-,ent OF Rural Towns and AGri'
cultural Communities.

40 at present The VIDE knNNi"uE"
spread by means of the public press
~ to the operations Of the great trusts
and how the masses are made To- serve
,ac more favored classes Is having its
eject The residents Of agricultural
communities are beginning to realize
the dangers Of business concentration
IN snctious Of the country dominated
by The raWtalIstic classes They are
last becoming aroused to Nh" truth
hat this concentration is a menace tp
the prosperity Of the nation and d.
rrcHy Affects every produce every
.aborcr and every citizen Of ,h" coun.
.ry who depends upon his work for
Support.
Tho building up Of great trusts com.
ncncad less than a score Of years ago.
Al 'hr same time there were other
systems inauguraicd that tended to.
wards robbnE the home towns Of
business and concentrating this busi.
ness in the large cities. one ui these
systems. most notable In It's injurious
upcra'iuns and its force 10 dra"
wealth from communities whore It Is
,rudlcod. Is the maIl-ordcr system Of
business. None will say that this sys.
tom is illogitlmatc. but no economist
can show wherein its principles are
sound BY the system communities
are impoverished and kept from pro
grcss Ing. lie who will give study to
The basis Of country development VIII
see that It is the labor employed that
not alone enhances the yalu" OF the
farm lands, but builds up the towns.
When there Is little TO employ this Ia.
Dor, the result Ia depression stagna.
don and non progress. The great evil
OF the mallordcr system which has
grown up, Is its taking away the
means that small towns have Of ON
blowing labor and the drawing from
each community the profits IN CON.
morcial transactions that represents
the wealth that Is procured. Il Is
sophlstry 10 claim that the resident Of
a community who sends his money to
a foreign town and saves th" ten per
cent that may represent the home
merchants profits, is not n factor IN
impoyrr.shnG the community While
the saving may remain In the com
muni'y the employment Of labor essen
tial to every business is given 10 the
foreign place, and the home town IS
robbed of this employment giving
power.
Every dollar that Is sent away from
a community where Il is produced
either by the tIlling Of the soil. by the
growing of live stock. by the wori, Of
the day labOrer. or By the stOrckccpcr,
imuoycrishcs the community to that
extent, and this dollar ceases to be
any factor in the advancement OF the
community PresumiEE that there are
In a community 1000 people, suppose
that each one OF these 1000 people
send away to some foreign place $50
Ter year. This In the aggregate Is
100000 per year that goes TO the sup
port Of foreign town. Suppose that
each one sending his money away
saves ten per cent; the savings for a
year would be IS, and In ten years $50.
Look at the other side-$lOO000 bust
ness per year would support in the
home town Ave good stores, Each one
Of these stores would give employ
ment 10 a number Of hands The small
percentage of profit that would be
made would be retained in the com
munty and be invested in new enter
prses. Year after year there would
be continual increase In the pros
perity OF the town, and the building
up process would add to the value of
all the town property, and to the
farms within the trading radius OF the
town While by sending away the
farmer would in ten years time save
but $50 whereas by patronzing the
home town the profits that would
come to him in substantial increase
in real estate values would he ten
times this amount. The building up
Of the town would improve the home
market. affordng every producer on
the farms better prices for all his pro,
ducc.
Then there Is another thing, the
town supports the churches, the
schools and other public institutions.
The efficiency OF these institutions are
dependent upon the life and activity
of the town. Where poor towns exist.
the schools do not receive the support
that is necessary to make them good.
neither are the churches Of the high
standard they should be. Home pat,
ronage means good schools, good
churches and all convenlences that
add to the pleasure and enlightenment
of people.
All the residents Of a community
have common interests In 1.-THE
banker, the lawyer. the doctor, the
merchant, the farmer, the day laborer
all have equal interests. Thus we
find that community is In reality a
large cooperative assembly. What is
of interest to one is Of material inter.
est to the other. But more important
than all is that by practice OF the
home patronage principle tho posslbili.
ties OF building up trusts for the con-