Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-05-07
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Editor Herald: Il you viii allow q
little space n your paper / wish to
continue the appeal which Mr..
Schmolke wrote to the public in your
columns Of last week s issue IN your
paper about patronizlng mail order
houses
/ am farmer, having lived here
nearly all my life, and when I
migrated to this place it was COM
paIatively wilderness, but through
the persistence of our local merchants
new settlers were brought to thispart
of the county, SO that now nearly
every 80-acre tract has somebody liv-
ing on same, so that now this place is
an ideal country.
They have established markets for
all farm produce so that now our
market for same is as good for such as
you will find any place IN the county
If the people around here should have
waited for the mail order houses to
establish such they would still be
waiting for the market, and anything
that they may have for sale could
amout to nothing, as they would not
have chance to sell 1T.
What would all your fam produce
be worth if your local merchants
would have to go out of business.
which certainly would be the case If
such treatment continues towards them
for they can never continue to do
business by buying your farm produce
and you in turn send your cash to the
mail order houses. only turning to
them when you would want credit ex-
tended. Why not then turn to the
mail order houses with your tale of
woe, that your are IN need of articles
and that you at present haven't the
means to pay for them7 Their answer
would be something like this: "Your
credit is good. but we don't trust -
and still you have the cheek to ask
your local merchant to do for you
what your friends, the mail order
houses, Will not do under any con-
sideration, and which your local
merchant will be glad to do If, when
your are making cash purchase, you
also go to him. Why not then bring
your catalog to him when you are con-
templatlng sending for a large order
to the mail order houses and give
| him chance to figure with YOU I
am certain that he is willing to save
you the freight which I have had
proved to my own satisfaction.
Mr.. SchmOlke has done more
towards improving this place than any
other one man in this county and he
still stands IN readiness to do anything
that is in his power to do, but which
| he will certainly let take its own
course when he sees that his efforts
are all brought down to naught and no
consideration is being shown that his
efforts are appreciated by the public !;
and it is the same with the rest OF our
local merchants as with him.
! MIR. Schmolke has erected the
cereamery here and made it possible
for farmers to dispose of their cream
SO that dairying now is the life of this
cart of the county. Why then not
pattronlze the home creamery which
was erected for you and not ship it
out of this territory? MIR.
Schmolke is paying l cent under New
York price for butterfat, which the
other buyers also claim; but you must
see that the other buyers also take 1
lcent commission, also the drayage to
its destination which the company
that is manufacturing the article does
not pay out of his pocket, it all
must come out of the cream that you
sell. Therefore you cannot get the
price tor your butterfat that Is coming
to you.
If we would all overcome a little
luminosity ana pull together we could
then promote the county's welfare
better IN this line Better hang to-
sether than hang alone.
JAMES A. DENGEL,
| Farmer