Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-01-02
OLD METHODS PASS
SYSTEMS OF LONG AGO WILL
NOT WORK NOW.
CONDITIONS MUST Be MET
One Reason for Growth Of Mail Order
System is That the Average 5usi.
ness Man tlss Not Been
Progressive.

Business methods are changing
week after week and year after year.
The systems that our forefathers
swore by, and which are often
preached to us as examples that
should be followed to-day, could v
be made to work now any more than
the people would be satisfied with the
old OK team and heavy cart as a means
Of transportation. The old style con
veyances we're the best known In their
time, and great discoveries have been
made by means of the old sailing ves-
sells. In fact, the pioneers were the
ones who used these slow methods,
but who will say that we can well dis
pense with the fast-fying steam cars
and electric lines or the ocean flyers
of the present?
Business methods are different and
growing more different day by day,
and we must adjust ourselves to condi-
lions as they change. The spread OF
the catalogue house system has been
tremendous, II that word a aptly
be used to express II. There are ele'
ments In the system that are good.
and some elements that are bad. 1t Is
according to the way they are APP
piled. There IL reason why the cata.
logue house exists. They will keep in
evidence until there are better meth
DDS and more equitable systems ar.
ranged to supply the wants OF the peo-
pie, and until the people realize that
while the system as a distribution
agency may be all right, there is much
more to the question that needs o
careful consideration. Soon as the
masses realize that trade In each local
section Is important to 1t, that any
system that takes from n community
the employment that its people should
have, and that the profits In trade are
essential to the best welfare Of the
people Of a community, the sooner Will
the mail order houses find their proper
sphere and the sooner will the mer-
chants Of the smaller cities and towns
come to a realization that they must
adapt their business methods to the
requirements Of the times.
The catalogue house system should
be looked upon AZ an educational one.
The large catalogues that are sent
throughout the land are great DOCKS
from which lessons a be learned
and VIII be earned me masses nave
o mad knowiedge OF Vaiues placed
well In their hands Iheir
education mas been neglected. Inc
FARMER knows a good cow a goou
morse, a o hog' ana II IL nara 10
1901 MN. his educatlon mas oeeh such
that he Is up 10 snun' he Is quite
willing to pay the owner or a morse Just
what mat morse Is WORTH anu WHINE
that the seller should nave the pront
In the transaction. were ne as well
posted In the values OF the thinsS
that ne must buy Tor da'iy use nc
would be the same with the local mer-
chant as ne Is win the man from
whom ne may purchase a morse or a
FLOODED COW or other animal. Inc Dig
tour-pound BOOKS are ca,echisms oi
commercial values n ana
the chiidren OF tine famiiy study them'
n learn more 0 things IN the
commercial word "A rev ORDERS sent
TO the far-oH dealers anu a ie" uisap'
pointments' are suHicleht 10 coh'ince
the inteiiigent man mat ne can 10
better NJ nome.
Communities that a rev years age