The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-08-10
4 SIMPLE REMEDY
ONE or the WAYS TO cuRrAiL
OPERATIONS or TRusTa
HOME PATRONAGE PRINCIPLES
eystsms That Oppose the Advance
mont h Rural Towns and Aort
cultural Communities.

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mont h Rural Towns and AorL
cultural Communities
Never before have the people OF the
country be~n 90 awakened TO the I'm
portanos OF homo protection AZ they
Are n present. The wide knowledge
sur>sd By means Of the public press
a. 20 the operations OF the great trusts
and how the masses are made 10 serve
the more favored classes r. having IT.
eject The residents OF Agricultural
communities are beginning TO realize
The dangers OF business concentration
IN sections OF the country dominated
by ths cspitaiistsc classes. rhey are
fast becoming aroused 70 the truth
that this concentration 10 . menace 20
the prosperity OF the nation. and d.
rsstiy Affects every producer. every
Isbeser and every citissn Of tia counr
Try vho dspsoAs upo. his work Tor
support
Ths building NO - great trusts CON
msussd less than SCORE 81 years sgo
~ 8Ak4N GtDU AAk8t0 WV w.
systeas inAusurstcd thAt tss<sd To
yasds robbtng the homo towns OF
business and concentrating this oust
ness IN the large cities. One OF these
sxptsuas, most notAbss In sts inturfous
operations and NJ Sorcs TO draw
wealth from communities where u 10
prvd~sed. " me mail-order system Of
Deafness. None win say that this sys
TEN 81 iilegitimste. but no economist
can show wherein its principles are
sound BY the system communities
are impoverished add kept from pro
gressinG He who wiz give study TO
the hasls of coustTy development VIII
see that n In the labor employed that
net aioas enhances the value Of the
farm isals, bet bufids up the towns
lwhsa there n httis 10 employ this In
lbor, the result 10 depression. stagnA-
ton and non-progress. Tho grcaf evh
OF the nAii-osdss system which has
grown un h In tAkias away tho
means that small towns hare q en-
pioyiAx labor. and the drawing from
each community the proats In Cola
mereial Transactions that represents
The wealth that n procured II II
sspAistry 70 claim that the resident a
a communify Who sends his money 60
n foreign town and saves the ten Per
cent that may represent the home
merchants proats. Ia not factor In
impoverishiag the community. While
the saving may rcmain In the com
manity the employment Of labor esson-
tiai 60 evcry business 10 given 70 the
foseign place. and the home town Ia
robbed a this emSlovment giving
power.
+, Every doilAs that Ia sent away from
a community where Il N produced
either by the thing OF the soil. by the
growing OF live stock. by the work Of
the day labore<. or by the storekeepsr,
impoverishes the community 10 that
extent, and this dollar ceases 10 be
any factor In the advancement OF the
community. Presuming that there are
In q community 1000 people. suppose
that each one o. these 1900 people
send away 20 some foreign place Sc
per year. This In the aggregate is
$4,000 per year that goes TO the sup
port OF foreign town. Suppose thai
each one scoding his money away
saves ten per cont; tho savings for q
year woulA DO %. and m tea years 500
Look ut the other side-s10o 900 busi-
ness per rear would support In the
homs town 1ve good stores. Each one
of these STOKES would give employ.
ment 10 a number OF hands. The small
percentage az 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 proc
perity OF the town. and the building
up process would add 20 the value OF
all the town property. and 10 ne
farms within the trading radius 81 the
town. While by sending away the
farmer would In ten years time save
but $50. whereas by patronizins the
home town the profits that would
come 20 him In substantial increase
IN real estate values would be ten
times this amount. The building up
OF the town would improve the home
market. arording every producer on
the farms better prices for all his pro
duce.
Then there IL another thing. the
town supports the churches. the
schools and other public institutions.
The efficiency OF these institutions are
dependent upon the life and activity
OF the town. Where poor towns exist.
the schools do not receive the support
that IL necessary 10 make them good.
neither are the churches Of the high
standard they should be. Home pat.
ronase means good schools. good
churches and all conveniences that
add 20 the pleasure and enlightenment
OF people.
All the residents Of a community
have common interests In 1.-THE
: banker. the lawyer. the doctor the
merchast. the farmer. the day laborer
ALI have equal interests Thus We
find that community is In reality
large cooperative assembly. What r.
OF interest 10 one Ia OF material inter.
est TO the other. But more important
than all Is that by a practice OF the
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