The Monte Vista journal., 1907-08-24
4 SIMPLE REMEDY
ONE OF THE WAYS TO cuRrAiL
~ OPERATIONS OF TRUSTS.
HONE PATRONAGE PRINCIPLES
Systems That oppess the Advance
n.snt Of Rural Towns and Asrl-
cultural Communities.

Never before have the people Of the
country been 70 awakened to the i'm.
portance OF home protection ~ they
are At present. The wide knowledge
spread by means Of the public press
q to the operations OF the great trusts
and how tho masses are made to serve
the more favored. classes II having its
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 IL . menace to
the prosperity Of the nation. and d.
rectly Affects every producer. every
laborer and every citizen Of the coun-
try who depends upon his work for
support. .7r-.i..'
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 bust
ness In the large cities. One Of these
systems, most notable In it, Injurious
operations and its force to draw
wealth from communities where 1t IL
produced. IL the mail-order system Of
business. None will say that this sys-
tenn II illegitimate. but NO economist
can show wherein, its principles are
sound. BY the system communities
are impoverished and kept, from pro
greasinG He who will give study to
the 6asls a co0ntry development will
see that 1t 10 the labor employed that
not alone enhances the value OF the
farm lands. but builds up the towns.
When there II little to employ this II.
Dor. the result 10 depression. stasna-
ten and nea-prosrsss. The great evil
Of the mafl-order system which has
grown up. IL Its taking away the
means that small towns have Of EN-.
ploying labor. and the drawing from
each community the profits In COM
the wealth that IL procured. 1t 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. u not . factor In
impoverishing. the community. While
the saving may remain In the com
munity the employment Of labor essen.
tial to every busihess 70, given to the
forsign place. aAA The hons town is
robbed Of this sxempl0gDeot giving
power. Fs tfS
Every dollar that is sent away from
. community where II IL produced
either By the tllliAs Of the soil. By the
growing Of live stock. by the work Of
the day laborer. or by the storekeeper.
impoverishes the eemmunikH to that
sxteat, and this dollar ceases TO be
any factor In the advancement of the
community. Presuming that there are
IN Q community 1000 people. suppose
that each on0 Of these 5000 people
ssnd away TO some foreign place $50
per year. This In the aggreGato 10
100000 per year that, eoss to the sup.
port oe foreign town. Suppose that
each oos eeo1iaG bic 0oaey away
saves ten per cent: the savings for .
year would b Is. and IN ten years 80.
Look ct the other sids-el00. 900 bust.
mess per year would support in the
homo town avoaUpod soores. Each one
Of these stores would Give employ.
meat 70 number OF hands. The small
psrcsntass q proat that would b
made would b retained II the com.
munity and b invested In new enter.
prises. Year after year there wovld
b . ooatinnal iscrsass IN the pros.
psriv oe stAe town. and the baiIding