The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-09-12
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ONE or THE WAYS TO cuRTAlL
OPERATIONS or TRUSTS.
HOME PATRONAGE PRINCIPLES
systems That Oppose the Advsnee-
ment Of Rural Towns and Agri-
cultural Communities.

country been 80 awakened to the i'm.
portance Of home protection as they.
are at present. The wide knowledge
spread by means Of the public press
a. to the operations of the great trusts
and how the masses are made to serve
the more favored classes is having It's
effect. The residents Of agricultural
communities are beginning to realize
the dangers OF business concentration
In sections OF the country dominated
by the capitalistic classes. They are
fast becoming aroused to the truth
that this concentration Is menace to
the prosperity of the nation, and di.
rectly affects every producer, every
laborer and every citizen Of the coun-
try who depends upon his work for
support.
The building up of great trusts com
menced less than score Of years ago.
At the same time there were other
systems inaugurated that tended to-.
wards robbing the home towns Of
business and concentrating this busi--
ness in the large cities. One Of these
systems, most notable in It's injurious
operations and its force to draw
wealth from communities where 1t is
produced, Is the mail-order system of
business None will say that this sys-
tenn is illegitimate, but no economist
can show wherein its principles are
sound. BY the system communities
are impoverished and kept from pro-
crossing. He who will give study to
the basis Of country development will
see that 1t is the labor employed that
not alone enhances the value of the
farm lands. but builds up the towns.
When there is little to employ this la
bor the result is depression, stagna-
tion and non-progress. The great evil
Of the mail-order system which has
grown up. is Its taking away the
means that small towns have Of en-
ploying labor, and the drawing from
each community the profits in COM
merclal transactions that represents
the wealth that is procured. It is
sophistry to claim that the resident of
community who sends his money to
foreign town and saves the ten per
cent, that may represent the home
merchants profits, is not factor In
impoverishing the community. While
the saving may remain In the com.
munity the employment Of labor essen
tial to every business is given to the
foreign place, and the home town is
robbed of this employment giving
power.
Every dollar that is sent away from
community where it is produced
either by the tilling of the soil, by the
growing of live stock, by the work OF
the day laborer, or by the storekeeper,
impoverishes the community to that
extent, and this dollar ceases to be
any factor In the advancement of the
community. Presuming that there are
in community 1000 people, suppose
that each one Of these 1900 people
send away to some foreign place $50
per 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 q
year would be S.. and in ten years $50
Look at the other side-$1 $100, 900 bust.
ness per year would support in the
home town five good stores. Each one
of these stores would give employ
ment to a number Of hands. The small
percentage Of profit that would be
made would be retained in the com.
munity and be invested In new enter
prises. Year after year there would
be continual Increase In the pros.
perity OF the town, and the building