The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-04-09
Nels Daring Vas
Here Saturday.

llah0na CITY, was in Viulsa las;
Saturday and delivered tao ad-
dresses under the auspices n slie
+ business men II the city. Hs spoke
al the Commercial Giue loon lnths
Ifofen0ou ta the business BsN, ANS,
lin the afternoon. he spake n sFt
auditorium 8 tic rapls ihe slh.
ie1t 81 ~ Darling afternoon at-
dress was lh Community u III.
ifetests. ~ Darling Is - ahl
speaker ana la tbs gougse u BIS
lfemafks BE- set forth a itW rlaln
Truths which should M taken nsQ
account II every elilsen 81 THIS
EeommuaIty ~. Darling SAYS that
1.-THE greatest 3angef thar lhfe0lens
lthls country iodsy IS lanQ n'fased
wealth. That the making q The
luthfllhef naturally makes DE peor
poorer. fbat the way b ha.li ur
/ good county IS g spend the mpusy
az h0me-With home people. As an
Illustration q What S hsinr dome %
the way ot accAmNlalln* iafge fer.
tunes. AZ Daring cited the bic
mail ORDER and catalogue houses, he
stated lhai fifteen years aga tle.
ltad.g man Ia enc q the blEkesi
mail of1er houses 81 this country
was a telegraph operator drawing
$40 month. To-Day this man IS
lmultmAllona5fe and only last year
d. paid million dollars f0g 4 splen-
l1lA pRce os residence rfenefiy 30
Chicago the its n which hls bust
aess S located. TIE moiNy which
lWens Into tM building ps this mans
fortune EaHe from .A country
towns o%the west il was mQney,
which, & kept ai hoae would have
/ lhcen uv3in tie aphui1ea q heme
institutions But. tlN proposition
docs naf lnd wlh th making 81
lone immense infiue etNf nal
lor3,F men have grown feA n tHf
last ieN wears an3 they agf sl
/ growing nlhei as It's days So Isl.
4 efp dollar seni i0 mau aflef
house adds Is the wealth g The
lmMi order men an3 taiHs away tia,
much f0m the we3ta e iic
community WhleH le>es If u every
leoay rgiionsed tae mail ofdef
houses, the local merchant would
s0en 40 into h8nE.faptsv lht t0Wns
Throughout TIE country would Csc
aiv property would te worthless,
land farming lands would decrease n
value. When q horne seeker comes
Into community ore g the first
questions he asks u the real estate
Imam IS, How close does this land
ite q a good country town, Il ! buy
liz, can have a good local market Tor
lmy farm products Have YOU good
lehufcheS and seh00ls'" he never
asks II Il is possible for him to Fe-
Iceive goods at this point from a mail
order house. Ne never asks how
lmany Of the neighbofS send away
Iron home for their goods, but be
| may ask L the people are cntefpfis-
ing and are striving for the upbulld-
Ing u home interests. The neR
Eomer sill pay more for land near
! good town than he VII tof land
uear = whistling station which does
no business except receive express
and freight shipments from F1ail ef-
1ef houses.
| IN Illustrating 4 point. VI. DaT-
ling cited the state q loSa, which
| for some years has bsen losing In
population. iowa was Il one time
lone 81 tie most lively states IN tAe
lunign. The mail order houses have
.nalnej hey small toans. Property
/ has decreased Ia YalHe, store build
lIngs are standing vacant ln many
Instances. ani instead q having
lpfospcfIiy at home, the pe0ple have
maH oftIr haENaIrS and the
prosperity IS Ia Chlsago. the point
from which tle goods are shipped.
I The experience e loNa should b a
/ lessen g every state in the great
southwest
Mr. Daaa explained n det9Ilthe
I methods used IS tle mail order
/ houses 10 seClre customers.
/ He showed that. contrary q their
own statements. they eefe noi ln
position @ sell goods cheaper than
The home dealer. and. be proved
every peint IS he made t, tie stated
/ auihoriiNely thai there are noN
three indictments pending against ans
0f TIE largest maH of3eF houses IN
The country. ne house being charged
Wlth using tie nails 70 deiaad. n
, enc q these instances the mail 0fdel
people had stated positively that
they owned enc u TIE largest paint
; factories III fhe United Suites ans
that their paint contained the necesi
slfy quantities q White tad puf.
Illnseed 81. ETC.. q make L thl
ealaI II any dthAf naSnt an the mar