The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-03-01
PALACE DRUG STORE
The Best at
Right Prices


. the goods he used as soon as his none,
was used up, for he would not hav
money any longer than he had marke
for what he produced.
People as rule do not want to bu,
goods by mail, and only do it in indi
vidual cases in which they feel sure o
making a saving. Merchants are az
much given to this practice as anyone
and should discontinue it themselves il
it is wrong or damaging to the com
munity. For instance, the salesman in
a general store wants some fine dress
goods for his wife, and instead of buying
it in store that handles ladies furnish
ings, he waits for drummer to come
along who will get it for him. If he
wants silverware he gets it in the same
way, and if the furniture dealer wants a
time piece he may get it of drummer
and have it come with their goods. The
jeweler gets even by buying his furni-
ture out of town. The miller and his
family do lot of shopping out OF his
home town, and the merchants get even
by sending away for -four The wife of
the drygoods dealer buys her new hat
while visiting in the city. and the mil
liner sends off for her dress goods. The
newspaper. man sends away for bicycle
because he can pay part of the bill in
advertising, and the local people sub
scribe for newspaper printed in St.
Louis or San Francisco because they
can get more paper and ink for the
money The merchant can get his sta
tlonery printed where he buys his goods
and have it come by freight with other
goods and save some money on it at the
expense of the home printer. When he
wants to advertise he can get out mail
ing card or circular letter and mail his
announcement direct to the people and
pay out money for stamps instead of
paying it to the local newspaper for space
in the paper. If he buys stamps the
money goes to Washington, D. G., and il
he buys space in the paper the money
stays in town or better still, stays right
in his store to apply on the store bill Of
the editor or his employees.
All these practices that take money
out of the community without giving
or leaving profit with
some member of the community, are
wrongs to the community and all must
suffer in some degree for it. These
habits which we have formed will be
hard to break up, and it will require
some honest, earnest effort on the part
II the individual, to overcome them.
Each person should be willing to make .
some personal sacrifice to deal with
nome people, for all are more or less at :,
ault, and the sacrifice on one side will
% made up in most cases by advantages I,
IN another.
At this time merchants should be
more careful to keep in stock the goods ,,
which are not much in demand, such as
customers are likely to send away for,
md customers should give the merchant !,
very chance to become acquainted with
heir needs and get the goods that are !.
lot kept in stock. The merchant should
'e willing to make special orders on such
margins that the customer will not care
O send for the goods himself.
The merchant must bear in mind that
better civilization calls for greater and
,reates variety Of goods, and if he I
would be successful dealer he must
hange as the times change, and be al
vays adding the things his customers I
7ant.
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