Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-07

'A ehis SFh tudt lS s8pplu8 IN
very life blood OF the town.
There are some goods which ou
merchants cannot carry large stock
OF, and on account OF that fact 1t otter
becomes necessary to buy some article
out OF town. but there are many thou
sands OF dollars going out to catalogue
houses for articles that could just as
well be purchased right here In town
and thereby keep the money In circu.
lation at home. and 1t is very import.
ant that this be done.
In the first place, the merchant
must do HIS part. II the customer
wants something which he has not
got In stock. then he should show his
Willingness to send out and get II,
and thus not only accommodate his pa
tron but make commission on the
transaction for himself. This, we un.
derstand. some of the merchants will
not do. and II that be the case then
they have no roar coming II the Gus
SS""' Jul anu sets IL, tOr an
! important part of merchants bust.
| ness Is to accommodate his patrons In
every possible way that he can, con.
sistent with good business methods.
Most of the merchants are glad to send
out aud get from their wholesale mer
chants anything which a customer
wants which they may not have in
stock, for they can furnish 1t to the
buyer Just as cheap as he can get It
on the outside. and still make a profit
for himself from the commission al.
lowed by the wholesale or outside
house.
"We especially desire to call the at.
tention of the people OF ouray to this
very important and vital problem, or
1t has got to be met and something
be done TO eradicate the evil. or at
least considerable portion OF the evil,
for the consequences to this town Is
going to become something frightful,
in fact has already become So
"The amount of money orders
bought at this postoffice for such pur.
poses is alarming In their extent, and
there Is no wonder there is no more
money left for home circulation, for
the bulk of 1t is going out every day
in the year to the catalogue houses,
and never a dollar of It ever comes
back.
Let us all get together ut q public
meeting. now. and discuss our general
situation. like other like and wide
awake communities do. and among 9th
er things take up and deal with this
accursed catalogue evil. and handle II
without gloves. In the first place, the
business men have got to let the peo-
pie know that they are willing to sell
them goods at living rates, and are
willing to do everything reasonable
within their power to do away with
and stamp out this curse and blight
that is killing the business interests
OF the town, and then the citizens gen.
orally must make some concessions
and be willing to pay q TRIBE more
for their goods than they have to pay
on the outside. for the purpose Of keep
Ing the money at home.
This diseases permeates almost
every home In this community, and II
Is no wonder the business and pros.
perity Of the town is going to the devil
and dogs. and II this bad state OF af.
fairs is not stamped out 1t will get
worse and worse. and drive more and
more merchants out OF businesses.
"The worst culprits In this matter
are the women. and 1t Is time they
were given to understand that they
are contributing to a condition of bust
ness and financial affairs that Ia cat
ting the throats Of everybody In town,
themselves included. The average
woman is penny wise and pound fool
ish. They think that because thsJ
save dollar by sending 1t to Chicago
or some other foreign city for All arti-
VIZ ehot shoy hovo oSSoupiAohSu bOuac
thing smart, when In point OF tact they
have lost ten dollars to the town and
made 1t much harder for the other peo
pie to pay what they may owe " the
husband Of the woman who seat the
money out Of the town!
III this internal maiady WAS con
fined to only few It would not make
30 much difference, but 1t invades al
most every house in the city, and Is
spreading financial disease like q
plague. Each one probably thinks,
an! my little outside purchases are
small, and do not amount to much,
but the trouble is that everybody else
IL thinking the same thing. and the re
suit Ii that the express company is
worked to death delivering goods from
Montgomery Ward IL Co., Sears, Roe
buck L. Co. and others in the big cit
les, while the home merchant IL sit
ting around and wondering where in
blazes the money Is coming from to
pay rent with. And the chances are
that the family of the man who col
iecfa that REM IL oua among the many