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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

facts are appreciated the better thu
people who now deal with them Will
be off
The Mail Order Houses do not sell
any cheaper than your home mer-
chant but they do destroy your home
town
Every good citizen who is opposed
to the evils OF capital. commercial and
industrial concentration In the large
cities, and the building up of Illegal
businesses that work against. the in
terests of the masses, should calmly
consider the fact that every system of
business that depIetes section OF
country of the wealth it produces
strengthens the so-caIIed capitaIisrfc
lower. One of Inc nest baneTu, sys-
TENS that at the present is working
cities and towns, and is the greatest
medium of draining wealth from az
rIcultural communities, is the box car
plan of doing business From rural
towns in the west from 40 to 50 per
cent of the trade goes to these con
Germs III this trade were confined to
the home town its business would
be Immediately neutrality-suspicious.
given to many more people, the prof
it's accruing from mercantile business
would seek investment. and within
few years the population of the town
would be more than doubled and its
growth be commensurate with indus
tries that would give the people en-
ployment
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

demonstrated at any time if the Gus
and the cost of transporting and then
compare the total with the home mer-
chants price The catalogue house is
under heavy expense for advertising
profits. Ca it afford TO meet these
great advertising bills and also de-
liver goods sold by the retailer Be
sides this. it is under immense expense
for OUTLAWS in stock. for taxes. salaries
and other items which the retailer does
not have TO meet Obviously its eX-
penses are enormous compared with
the retailers bill In addition. it
takes the patrons money and
does him no favors- The retailer
will. if requested lend one of
his reliable customers sum Of
money for few days VIII the
Catalogue House do this2 The retailer
shows his goods before one buys The
Catalogue House does not The retail
er's reputation is behind every sale
ne makes. The Catalogue House is
beyond the Individual criticism The
retailer pays the farmer almost as
much for his produce as the farmer
Pays the retailer for his purchases
The Catalogue House cannot do this.
and would not if it could. In short, it
is a cut throat institution, conducted
by shrewd men who are out for money
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

mercantile career, said: Il shall build
up reputation for fair dealing. My
goods shall be what is claimed FOR
them. Ny word shall be as good as
MY bond 1 am an expert in my line
and 1 shall personally buy every dol
lars worth that enters my Store-l
shall sample and test everything that
purchase. Not a snide article shall
enter here. and once l catch manu-
facturer attempting TO substitute in
Ierior stuff | shall cease to deal with
him Mine shall be the best store in
town. 1 shall hire good salesmen-
men who know the values and quail
tiles of different grades of goods
Buying keenly. taking advantage of
all discounts. 1 can sell as cheaply
| as any other store, and my claim on
| the public will be anything bought
from me has guaranteed value"
In buying goods ne watched the
market with keen eye. After buying
goods he inspected them personally,
and if inferior to sample threw them
back upon the hands of the maker and
| closed mis- account with that man.
His high principles purified trade If
he ever sold shoddy cloth he called it
shoddy cloth. and did. not advertise
it as all wool He played fair. He
| prospered and when he died his son
| took up the business and ran it on the
same principles as the father. 1t was
! an honorable house wherein a blind
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

tereSts of the place he calls home.
He is working contrarily to his own
good when he sends his money to the
distant city for supplies ne knows can
be secured in his own home town.
The dollar sent away goes out OF cir
oulation and ceases to be factor in
the building up of the community from
which it is sent.
But do these Mail Order Houses pro-
mote the prosperity of your town, or
are they injurious TO its best inter-
estSe Let us examine the facts: That
these Institutions destroy real estate
values: bankrupt the merchant of
small capital: employ help at pit
| lance that viii not suffice to keep
body ANA soul together and thus pave
/ the way for the ruin of many who,
wearied and discouraged by the hope
less outlook for advancement. fall by
the way, humbug and sell" the peo-
pie the way they do business. there
/ is no shadow of doubt. Test the
! truth of our statements. Question any
or every one with whom YOU come
in contact and you will be surprised
at the unanimity of thought upon the
subject-all of those to whose atten-
ton the question has been brought
I from the humblest artisan or laborsG
/ for a mere pittanee TO the small cap
italists with his empty store and resi-
dence property unite in a testimony
| which, crystalized into one sentence
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03
would in effect be a curse upon these

would in effect be a curse upon these
Many have as yet given little
thought to this subject. We would
urge upon each reader their personal
responsibility in this matter and in
cite them to investigate for them
selves and weigh carefully the evil
dence of all sides of this subject, and
having come to a decision to act con-
scientiously according thereto. If, as
we claim. they are monstrous frauds,
humbugging the public and octopus
like. destroying whatever they can
reach, then surely it becomes the duty
of every humanitarian to aid the pub
lie to get rid of this "Old Man of tine
Sea-" who is riding upon its back.
We therefore make this earnest ap-
peal: Read every line written upon
this subject, and act according to
your convictions. If you admit the
justice of our claims, don't say "Oh,
well. we cannot help it; nothing can
come of this movement" Rather, lie;
each reader whose soul is not eft
for treason, strategem. and spoils" be
q committee of one and say, Il will
not spend another dollar with a Mail
Order House. Take this stand and
soon the monsters, like the Arabs, will
silently fold their tents and stea
away from your locality.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03
APPEAL TO the THOUGHTFUL

That article ON Mail Order Houses
l. devoted to a full and fair discussion
81 a subject which we believe is of
vital Importance To every one.
Right here. let us state that We do
not dispute the risht that belongs to
every citizen thar he or she has the
griVIlese OF spending their earnings
IN whatever manner and where they
wish, as long as they keep within the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

man could get as good value for
dollar as could a man with ten eyes
But now, OF what value to house
Is reputation for fair dealing built
up by fifty years of resisted tempta-
ton and unblemished honesty? 1t is
practically valueless and why? What
nave we got in return for that hon.
esty that is passing out of the mer-
cHntile- trade? We have something
like a Punch and Judy show with
every Mail Order House catalogue
sent out to amuse the buying public
so they will not notice that the nut
meg they get for half price is made
of wood
Do those people who are not en-
gagged in the mercantile line ever
rause to consider the conditions under
" hich trade is ROW done? Those run
ming legitimate store pause long
and seriously to consider the situa-
ton. but do outsiders never see cause
for alarm in the conditions of Things?
What is the condition? Is it not prac-
tically true that the proprietor of a
country store can never tell Monday
i morning whether he is going to do
81 900 worth of business during the
week or 500 worth? The volume OF
| trade is no longer regulated by the
necessities of the people. Orders are
Tot only sent to these Mail Order
Houses which are not their natural
markets. but they hold themselves in
readiness to buy everything in their
catalogue that seems to be offered
cheap The housewife used to decide
that she could afford to buy them
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03
THE HOME PRESS

One of the most powerful Influences
CO the country is the home press. the
local papers. The editor can do much
for his town if he only will, and il
lie receives the support that he merits
from the business interests of the
,.lace where he may reside. His in
terests are the peoples interests. the
peoples success his success.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

In the past two decades many ques-
tons have risen which are taxing the
ingenuity OF the best intellects among
the political and industrial economists
oI the day to solve.
Evils that are gigantic in their
score. which are far-reaching in their
eject, and which are subtle in the
injury to the public and private veal
that they do. have grown up to tor
ment the people.
Among these evils is one that is
paramount, for the reason that it is
sc insidious in its workings that its
true iniquity is concealed from the
eyes of all except the most thought
full. This is the Mail Order House
evil. 1t Is like the consumption, II
veritahle white plague in the business
world as an exposition of its detrc-
mental methods. policies and effects
will show.
Do YOU wish TO sustain the legiti-
Tsate dealers and enable them to re-
main in businesse If so. do you net
know that it is imperatively necessary
- trade with themr
Do you not know that if your father.
husband. brother or friend is in the
shoe business and you buy groceries
or furniture OF Mail Order House.
the wives and families of the grocery
and furniture stores are equally JUS
titled IN buying shoes of Mail Order
houses
Ii your husband or other relative or
friend is a doctor or lawyer. and
the shoe dealer and other dealers are
lcrced TO assign or retire because you
l.atrua;xe Mail Order Houses, do not
these professional men lose patients
and clients.
Is the reliable dealer being properly
flSxronizei and thus encouraged to
continue in businessc II not. are not
tGe members Of the household. or Your
friends household. likely to lose their
POSITIONS Think of this and buy your
goosss exclusively at home and not OF
a Mail Order House.
patronise the legitimate dealers.
1hsy constitute the backbone of the
business interests Break it and yoI
destroy the hulwarS of your towns
!. rosperltS, The home merchants con
SsisaIe the tenantry of our business
blocks, but they are rapidly dimin
sshing because our people send thou
ssnds of dollars weekly TO the Mai
Order Houses,
Remember this: Mail Order Houses
ssnd Box Car Wholesale concerns d.
not sell goods any cheaper than yoal
legitimate dealers. but they do sci
- line OF goods manufactured espc
cially 10 swindle the people. and b.
carefully reading our argument W.
Will prove TO YOU that the line o
goods they sell are dear at any price
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

The great Mail Order House is not
the friend of the farmer, nor anyone
else, as it pretends to be- 1t cannot
sell goods, on the average, at rates
same quality, when the item of freight
is considered. This has been demon
strated more than once, AMI can be
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03

law. No one will dispute the farmer.
any place that he wishes. and buy
goods he needs wherever he wants to.
But there is an economic side of the
question that. should not be over
looked. The resident of community
should be active in furthering the in
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03
HONESTY THEIR TRADE

of trade in which honesty was the
best policy. A man. in beginning a
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03
The Home MerChantS-In Buyinp
Mail Order Goods You Deal
With Strangers.
By Buying Goods at Home You Are Dealing With
Your Neighbors Who Have Their
Capital Invested Here.
Your Helps to Keep Up Your
Schools Churches Why
Not Treaf i'm

COPYRIGHTED BY d. W. REIp)
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-10-03
Why Build Up Outside Concerns and
Tear Down Your Home
Trading Point.
BY Buying Your Goods at Home You Not Only
Increase Your Home Values But
Reduce Your Taxes
Homo Merchants Want Your Trade Wilt Sell You
he Goods Cheap Any
Mail on Earth

COPYRIGHTED BY d. W. REID
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27

people, of the absence of greed and
graft and oppression and vice, what
story would have to be told? Bread
and all that the term means has no
power to make men better. Feed men,
clothe them. put them in good houses,
with the best of plumbing, give
Unless there is religious conviction
and principle all these things may be
and are ministers to vice. Religion
alone can keep man human and society
safe The heart Of humanity today,
as in all the ages past, is struggling on
with the same joys, the same SORROWS,
the same heartaches, the same prob
lens; and bread alone gives them no
solution, no hope and no peace With
out God, all is vanity of vanities.
The Spiritual Uplift.
Look at the world as it is, at this
community as it is. On the one hand,
materialism, eating, drinking, toiling,
enjoying, with no sense of responsible
ity to God for the gift of life, and no
sense of religious duties. Suppose no
one cared about anything else. Sup
pose no one had any spiritual VISION
or vision of righteousness. Suppose that
no one cared whether there was a
Lord s day, a Lord s house. or wheth-
er there was any responsibility of the
individual for the use which he made
of life. Suppose there was nothing
here but sugar and stocks and steam
ers and money and houses and food
and dress, and the pleasures of the
V wit bOnt
people in it having spiritual vision
would be an awful place. There are
places in these Islands where few
men and women with the vision of
God in their hearts keep humanity from
sinking into hell.
Ny friends, the lesson of our forty
years. is that no real happiness, no
lasting happiness, no solution for the
problems of life, no hope for the world
no hope for eternity is found apart
from the Eternal Father as revealed in
the Eternal Son and kept alive in the
hearts of men by the Eternal Spirit.
You say, perhaps, this is a. strange
Thanksgiving sermon. No! Any man
who is really thankful has deep and
solemn thoughts. Words profuse from
the lips do not mean much If a man
has some great blessing come to him,
such as a good woman's love, it is
shown more in the life which he leads
than in the words which he speaks
With deep gratitude there are ALWAYS
solemn thoughts of responsibility for
blessings The most thankful man to-
day is not the one who eats turkey
and has good time generally, but the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27
THANKSGIVING DAY

CONTINUED from Page One.)
Mrs. Mott Smith, Mrs VIM. Whitney,
Miss Hall. Miss Sheffield, Miss Bying.
ton, Miss Harbaugh and Miss Hopper.
Altos-Mrs. Weight, Miss Clark,
Miss Judd, Miss Needham, Miss Mac
aulay, Miss Mccormick, Miss Whine,
Miss NewsOme and Mrs. O'Day.
Tenors-Messrs. Wakeman, Baldwin,
Nieper, Forbes, Porter, Hum, G. g.
Livingston and Ebersole.
Basses-Messrs. Andrews, Arnold,
Fletcher, Tracy, c. E. Livingston,
Warren, Rosenberg and Ewing.
Organist-Mr. A. B. Ingalls,.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27

one who thinks and seeks to have vi
sion.
Only Two Conclusions.
When thoughtful men look at the
world today they arrive at one of two.
points, they either become pessimistie
or they turn to God as the One from
whom men must seek power to keep
man human. Real thankfulness to God
is in serving Him; this is the lesson
of the day to the nation Tn vain is a
proclamation issued, in vain do people
meet in family reunion and social
feast, in vain do they meet as we do
to express with our lips our thankful
ness, unless behind it all is the heart
which seeks to perform the whole duty
of man to God and his fellows Peo-
pie can only really show thankfulness
to God by recognizing the truth that
bread alone can not satisfy the human
heart
The truest and highest patriotism is
that which seeks to set its own heart
and life right with God and then
seeks to do its share in turning the
hearts of others to the vision of God
and righteousness
Be thankful, Praise the Lord, o
my soul Let all that is within me
praise His holy name. This is the
spirit of the day.
AT OAHU PRISON.
A feature of the Thanksgiving SER
vices at Oahu Prison yesterday was the
reading of the Thanksgiving Day edi-
torial which appeared in yesterday
mornings issue of the Advertiser It
was not on the program that had been
previously arranged, but John Martin,
who had charge of the services, said
that he had often asked Walter G..
Smith to make an address at these
meetings, but that Mr. Smith s other
engagements had prevented him from
accepting. But in this editorial they
could all feel that they had a direct
message from Mr.. Smith for the occa-
sion. The editorial was read by Mr..
Horton
President Roosevelt's Thanksgiving
proclamation was read with much dra-
matte effect by Lionel Hart, and Gov
ernor Frear's proclamation by Philip
Naoine. William Love gave violin
selection. and was twice recalled by his
appreciative auditors.
Others taking part in the service
were Mrs. Grace Crockett, Mrs. Horton,
Miss Florence Yarrow. the girls from
the Kaiulani Home. William Estee and
Ed. Towse. The latter made an address.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27
Old Thanksgiving Sermons.


When 1 was young man the Thanks
giving Day sermons which I used to
hear were full of glowing statements
of the advantages which Americans
had over the people of other lands and
for which they should give thanks.
There was statement of the vast re-
sources of the nation, and a portrayal
of how much better the condition of
the people of the United States was
than the "down trodden pauper hordes
of Europe" as the phrase went.
This spirit of boasting has largely
gone. The very conditions existing in
Europe which we supposed we had es-
capped are found in all our large cities.
The slums of New York or Chicago
repeat in kind the slums of London or
Paris. The troubles between labor and
capital which early in the last century
no one imagined would come to the
United States, have brought frequently
bloodshed and destruction. IF greed
brought oppression in old countries it
has brought oppression of a different
kind but no less severe in the new. If
power has been often merciless in the
old world, it has been heartless and
crushing in the new.
I mention these things because no
one can read the ardent hopeful words
of men in the early days of this Re
public and fail to observe that men be-
lieved that with what seemed unlimited
territory, with inexhaustible resources,
with free institutions and manhood suf-
frage, with these in a free and new
field untrammeled by hereditary caste, |
that here in this great country grind
ing poverty would never come, labor |
would always be free from old world |
troubles, and that in office the best
men. the men of the highest character
would always be chosen.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27

Whenever I read the chapter from
which it is taken 1 am profoundly i'm
pressed by the great truth which it
brings home to the heart of one who
reads it with intelligence that every ma
ton is on trial If a nation trusts in
things, in possessions, if it has not
spiritual ideals it has no real and last
ing strength. A nation which trusts
for it's life in bread alone; that is, in
material resources. that nation will as
suredly perish. No man, no community,
no nation can live a real human life
without having spiritual ideals. The
reasonable service of a human being is
the service of God To ignore God is
unreasonable. The word that proceed
eth out of the mouth of God is of
Infinitely greater Importance to human
life than are the bread, the gold, the
stocks and ships and skyscrapers. No
nation yet has persisted from poverty,
but history is strewn with the wrecks
of those who have put their trust in
the bread which perisheth, for the word
bread stands for the materialistie view
of life.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27
History of Thanksgiving.


1t was at the time of the Revolution
that Congress recommended thanksgiv-
ing days on several special occasions.
These were the first national thanks
givings Washington the Churehman in
1889 and Madison the Churchman in
1915, both appointed days of national
thanksgiving. But it is only since 1868
that the Presidents of the United States
have year by year appointed the last
Thursday of November as Thanksgiving
Day. In case the President should not
do this the Church in 1889 provided
for such a day in her Prayer Book.
In ISIS the Roman Church decided to
observe the festival.
This historical review will perhaps
enable you to understand that this is
4 National Day. and I wish briefly to
speak to you on the subject of the text.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-11-27

one who thinks and seeks to have vi
sion.
The Glenwood post., 1908-05-16
TT REACHED THE SPOT

Mr. f. Humphrey, who owns a
large general store at Omega, O..
and is president of the Adams
County Telephone company
County Telephone Co., as well as
of the Home Telephone Co. of
Pike county, O., says of DR..
Kings New Discovery: cit saved
my life once. At least, think it
did. 1t seemed to reach the spot
the very. seat of my cough
when everything else failed" DR..
Kings New Discovery not only
reaches the cough spot; it heals
the throat, lungs and chest. Sold
under guarantee at All dealers
SOC and $1.O0. Trial bottle rec.
The Glenwood post., 1908-05-16
NEW YORK MAN
A DIaCoYERER

Travelling from coast to coast.
from one health resort Of the
world to another, in vain search
for relief from bunions, X. Wolff,
owner Of the Bellvidere hotel in
New York city, this morning
made discovery that he believes
is.,without a parallel. Yesterday
he wandered up the river bank in
an easterly direction until he had
almost reached the mouth Of the
railroad tunnel.
Here he found a clear little
spring trimmed around with green
moss. That bunion had begun to
wake up and take notice, 30 he
sat down, took of his shoe and
applied some of the moss. He was
relieved at oncs, and b speeding
the glsd news to his friends
The Glenwood post., 1908-05-16
DRAGGED TO DEATH
BY FRIQHTENED HORSE
ON Saturdays Daily Post.

From Saturdays Daily Post.
With his skull mashed to a
pulp, a dozen or more bones bro
ken, and numerous dislocations,
11-year-old Lloyd Blue, son of
Harry Blue of Carbondale, was
picked up yesterday afternoon
four blocks from his home, after
he had been dragged by a fright
ened horse for several hundred
yards, and died an hour later
from his injuries.
The funeral will be held this af-
ternoon from the Methdist church,
Rev. Bennett officiating.
The little fellow was still con-
scious when he was picked up,
and suffered untold agonies until
death came to his release.
He and his brother saddled two
horses that their father was keep
ing with a number of others, and
started for ride. They separat-
I'd after they had gone short
distance.
Lloyd had ridden but few
minutes when the saddle turned.
frightening the horse. which be-
came unmanageablc. The boy fell
to the ground, but his foot was
caught in the stirrup. With ev-
cry step of the animal his body
was beaten against the hard
ground until he was thrown with
terrific force against tree, which
snapped the stirrup.
Eye witnesses to the accident
carried him home and medical aid
was summoned. Three ribs were
fractured, his left leg broken in
three places, both shoulders were
lislocated and he sustained inter
nal injuries. These, in addition to
The condition of his skull preclud-
I'd any hope of his recovery.
The Blue family has lived IN
Carbondale four years, the father
being a farm laborer. He has
been keeping number of horses
md it was one of these which
caused his sons death. lloyd
vas one of four children.
The parents are prostrated with
grief, and the sympathy Of the
community is extended to them.