The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1908-04-11
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When yeu are in need ~ deserye i
yeur hsme merchant win hetp vow eut
q He hSlps 70 kesp .Sp sthS .peAaelh Az
ri TeA6fchSs. He contributes HIS shase 10
the roads, etc. where there u use 70,
{ special fund he usually hesds the Hst
| When there Il ! picnic or faif FOR til
church or : society = y usually there
and that y why We say you get NOR,
than the mere goods from your home
dealer. Another thing, you probably
have . family. Some time one Of youl
sohs may think of'going into business
for himself. Where issthers . chancs
for the young man with . limited capi
| til To- ever become 8 merchant wbe1
the people send their money ID build ~
these gigantic corporations to compsti
4 with yonr son or your sons sonf True
citizenship is not al 10 rallying around
4 &he Star SpAAged Banner or ons. eoun.
try and singing, Hail Columbia"
1 The spirit Of true patriotism is shown
by the man who patfonizes home indus.
| try first, last and al the time. II il
quite amusing to read the smooth talk
they use in their cstalogs to deceive
the readers to send their orders. They
say that goods are sent in plain pack
ages because many merchants who buy
Of them to sell again object to have
their name appear on the boxes, etc.
Iwant to tell you that / honestly be-
lieve that not single merchant in this
! United States has ever ordered any
goods from these concerns. He cannot
buy from them and stay in business.
The statement is made to make you,
Mr.. Reader, believe that you can buy ~
cheap as your local merchant. Now be
honest yourself, buy. At home, help sup
port your own town. Make your own
homes more valuable. Put dollars in
your purse. Let Mr.. Humbug sell in
his own town. Instead Of his fooling
you, you fool him by trading at home.
know that it is fact that many
articles are priced in these catalogs
cheaper than you find in my store or
any other store. Have you ever
thought of the reason why that is? 1t
is not because cannot get these goods
and sell them to you at just as low
prices, but it is because ] am afraid to
sell you articles that have no merit, be-
cause you can reach me daily and ex-
pect me to make it good, because you
expect to get goods of satisfactory
quality or may lose your trade. am
your personal friend, and am afraid
to sell you goods cannot recommend.
If ] had never seen you or expected
to. and was several hundred miles away
and got the money first, would be in
a different position. Remember don t
want to say that you can't get goods
from these concerns, for ] know you
can, but these better grades cost you as
much and more than they do at the
stores in Skanee or L'Anse.
There is still one more thing to bear
in mind and which think a serious one
Surprising the mail order houses could
sell goods cheaper and everybody
would order from them. The local
stores would soon be no more, you
would then be obliged to send for
everything. Remember, store can
not be kept up with the small purchase
if the money is sent away for the big
things. Yon have then succeeded in
running your home trade, you have then
helped to build up an enormous corpor-
alton in some far away city. Your home
consumption and market would de-
crease the value of your farms or your
houses would become less valuable, as
you will know. You know if town
goes back, the value of it and the sur
roundings decrease. Send your money
away, you get nothing but the goods,
spend it at home and it will come back
to you in better towns, better stores,
better schools, better churches and
better social advantages. Is not the
building up of your county seat and
surroundings more to you than the
building up of some far away city? Is
it not fact that if our town had 10,
600 population instead of $50 it would
be better for us all. Would there not
be much more employment, would. not
these people consume more products
and consequently make better market
would not the small homes with one lot
be doubled in value and every farm
within a radius of thirty milesbe worth
from IS to $50 an acre more? Then is
it only good thing for the merchant
or. tradesman if you buy of him? Is II
not, just as good a thing for you? ~
Every dollar spent in Baraga county
IL q Bsraga county dollar. Don't for
get II, that every dollar spent away ia
a dollar lost to Baraga county. Don't
forget that Baraga county dollars mean
Baraga county prosperity. II Il up tc
you. The catalogue houses never re-
turned dollar to RersRA county, fixed
. road OF built ! b6ilding or paid q cent
Of tsxtS in Bartk1 county. .Evefyone
knows who = building up Baraga coun.