The Ordway new era., 1908-09-18
AN OBJECT LESSON.

business OF this subject, the possloiiF
ties of the cumulative results, the cui'
minaJion, the crisis, your own rum, II
you keep up the practice below re-
fcrred to-,
GONE FOREVER
Six wears ago in Weber county, Utah,
I farmer put his initials on dollar
bill. Next day he came To Ogden ana
! spent IL with merchant. Before siN
months had passed he got the same
dollar back. Four times in three years
the bill came back to him for produce
and three times he heard of IL In the
pockets OF his ueig hbors. The last
| time he saw the bill was three years
ago. He sent ii to mail order house.
He will never see that bill again. lhc
dollar bill will never pay any more
school or county taxes for him, Will
never build or brighten any more
homes In the community. lie sent IT
entirely out of the usefulness t" him'
self and hrs ncighbor> when he sent II
to the mail order house.
MORAL
Trade at your own merchants store,
where your dollar buys most any ythInG
and where you may get 1t back again
and boost your own town and incidrn'
tally your own Interests. Did you
ever see 4 depOpulatcd country village
1r town. Did you hear tho reason,
and don't YOU remember II was lack
II patronage and support: Wash I
Il sad sight Don't you know that
the death Of that town cost every far
mcr tributary thereto mans dollars
He had to haul his graiu or stock FUR
thcr He was deprived OF the conven-
fence Of petty trading, shopping etc,
and hundred and unc little pleasures
and cunvcnicuCes all worth money 10
uim. Who can tell but 1t kept the
farm lands within miles around from
ldvaucins 10 price, because farm lands
tributary tu thriving. successful cOuu-
nv Villages always command ! higher
crI-e per lrre. Had yuu ever Thought
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6szlce> - over charges, 90 annoy
4-ce. q ihls kind Your merchant
stands oslNesn !oG and aud such loss.
I>n'l that money IN your pocset: Had
you ever figured Oh that aben you
compared cheap grades, catalogue
house goods with good goods, the real
stuff, which you could see with your
own eyes, and handle with your own
hands before you paid your good mon
ey You didn't have to wait either
and run the chance OF losing your re.
mittance by mail, or be told by the
catalogue that they were behind in
their orders and you would have to be
patient until the clerk could run
around and see where he could buy
something cheap TO Ill your order, as
these houses do not carry these goods
in stock for days and sometimes
weeks. Finally when it did arrive it
wasn't what you were led to believe
by the picture in the catalogue and by
the wonderful description. Didn't
you see then that If you had bought
from your home merchant friend you
would have received better value for
about the same price, everything con-
sidered? ? And in the bargain, would
not the fact that your dealing at home
had helped every one In your commu-
nifty, been some satisfaction Every
time you patronize your own town
every one is benefited either directly
or Indirectly. You also profit in the
same way by your neighbors buying at
home.
We have noticed Mutuals springing
up everywhere as a protection against
the so-called manipulators and sharks
in large commercial centers. Do you
| know Of greater or more DANCE rous
centralizing power, manipulation or
shark, II you will, because it is com.
munity destroying, life sapping power
than the present catalogue house sys.
TEN? It's sapping your comfort, my
comfort and your neighbor's, in wip-
ing out trading centers and all on a
sham. And why is it SO? Because
these promoters are smoother than