Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-03-30
do YOUR SHOPPING HERE
Buy What You Need From Mar
tinsburg Merchants.
SPEND YOUR MONEY AT HOME
Keep II In Circulation Here and n
VIII Come Back TO You and HeIp
Pay Your Expenses.

Al this season OF the year when es-
cry man. woma and child is purchas-
/ ing Easter apparel, the Herald desifes
70 call the attention Of its readers "a
the fact that harrisburg merchants
should not be overlooked when max
ing purchases.
Every up to date merchant in the
city has gone to considerable expense
and trouble to procure for their
patrons the best that the market az.
fords in their several lines and have
bought literally of the goods decreed
by Dame Fashion, which can be HAD
by simply going to their stores and OBJ
tanning the necessary supplies. thus
avoiding the needless expense and Ia
Dor of buyers going outside their home
town
Home buying should be given CON
siderable thought by purchasers be
fore they decide TO 20 elsewhere. In
no other town in the country can the
same quality of goods be purchased at
lower cost than right here in Mar
tinsburg. Many metropolitan depart
ment stores advertise attractive
prices to their wares. but II the PEG
pie here at home would only take the
time to consider and compare the
goods sold here and elsewhere. they
would soon learn that merchants In
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington cannot afford to sell
$500 values for csc any more than the
merchants here at home can
II one will compare the daily en-
penses of the big department stores
with local merchants they will be
more than convinced OF this fact than
ever. Where our merchants salary
bin reaches probably $40 or $50 a
week, the metropolitan merchants
runs into the thousands. Again the
| formers rent reaches the maximum Of
$500 a year, whereas the city mer-
chants approximates several hundred
thousand. Knowing these facts how
can anyone argue that the place to
get bargains Is In the city department
stores. Who pays the enormous salary
and rent bills, taxes. insurance and
/ other items to be met by the big
/ house Isn't II only reasonable to pre-
sumo that the buyers do? Who else
can?
This is not the only question which
should help us to decide. Home buy
ing encourages home enterprise that
I cannot be stimulated in any other way.
| When our local merchants see the snn-
/ shine OF prosperity shining on them
/ they begin to look around to find new
channels in which to invest the sur
plus Of their business enterprise. Do
they go TO the city or other towns to
do this? Not much. They look right
here at home, and, as a consequence
home merchants sell building material.
home merchants sell every little detad
needed for the new enterprise, and
home mechanics do the labor neces
sary for the erection Of the home
plant. Can anyone doubt the wisdom
of buying at home?
We make our money right here aad
it is only the act OF self-preservation
TO spend 1t here, where we have a
chance to again come into possession
Of It. Can we ever hope TO again lay
claim or title to it once we spend IL
away from home. Hardly. The mer.
chant In that town uses it for the fur
thering OF his interests and helps TO
improve and make greater an already
large city. These results can be OBJ
tanned right here at home il We VIII
only do 1t.