The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1907-02-01
You Can See Quality and
Quantity in the Local
Stores.
PAYS TO TRADE AT HOME
The Purchaser Must Take Mail.Order
House Goods on Falth-keep
the Money Of the commu.
nifty at Home.

disc he Is interested in three things
quality, quantity and price. When he
goes into the store of his local ,mer
chant he sees the goods that he Is tc
pay for displayed before him; he car
determine whether the quality Is first
class, and whether the quantity is al
that is claimed. These two points
settled, he should have fair idea as
to whether the price asked Is a fail
one or not.
But how Is 1t when he attempts to
buy Of the big mail order houses Of the
cities? The only guide he has to the
quality and quantity they are offering
Is what the catalogue says, and the
catalogue Is prepared with the one OBJ
ject. In view of selling the goods.
When the consumer buys Of his
local merchant and finds the goods he
has purchased were not as represent
ed he can promptly take them bacl
and receive his me ey. When he buy.
of the mail order house in the large
cities he has practically no recourse
but to take what he gets and lool
pleasant at the results.
1t Is cheap goods and short weigh
that Is making mail order house
profits. They can buy but little, 4
any, cheaper than your local merchant
can. First-quality, standard merchan
disc is manufactured on a very mar
row margin OF profit, but the mai
order house can win and pay big divi
dends on enormous capital IL they car
sell to the people an inferior quality
and short weight quantity of merchan
disc at the prices they ask. Your
local merchant could do the same
thing, but you would not buy the same
goods Of your local merchant that yol
buy Of the mail order house at al
equal price.
Here Is an item clipped from tht
Parma, Mich, News which shows tn,
nefarious system Of the mail ordel
concerns, and how they victimize theil
patrons:
"A farmer purchased two sacks o
binding twine Of large Chicago cata
logue house, and upon its arrival thi.
morning ball was unrolled and meas
ured with ball of Plymouth twine
sold by local dealers, when 1t was
found that the Chicago article was JUS
306 feet short of that sold at home
There being ten balls in sack, 1t will
be seen that the farmer lost 6,120 feet
or over a mile Of twine on two sacks
by not buying at home. Then, too
the mail order house product was o.
an inferior quality, being full of knots
and one farmer standing near durinl
the measuring process remarked tha
II would never work on binder. Nov
We wish to ask you, does 1t pay tC
trade at home? If there Is anyone
who is skeptical of this story, just
call and we will show you."-Parma
Mich, News.
Bankrupt stock, merchandise thai
reliable jobbers would not handle be
cause OF its poor quality, the refuse
OF the factories made over into cheaI
merchandise. These are the things
the patrons OF the mail order houses
are buying. Here is an extract from
an article that appeared in the Siou,
Falls, S. d., Leader which explains
this point:
"The mail order house selling vehi
cles by the catalogue route, is more
than pirate, it is a turkey-buzzard
1t takes the freaks and failures that
have died for want OF real merit, and
tries to stifie legitimate business by
selling the embalmed remains at a re
duced price.
"The whole nefarious mail order sys