The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1909-08-05

him price which gave him a profit
Of Is cents on the 100 pounds. The
next item was Manila rope and
Smith wanted a full coil and
Nelson gave him a price on that.
Still another item was asked and
quoted, when Nelson said to Smith:
IF you have got an order made
out, give me list Of what you want
and | will make you a price on the
whole bill.
Smith told him what he wanted
and Nelson marked his price for
each item. picking out the goods as
he went down the list, showing
Smith what he was going to give
him. and also that he was not max
ing special prices to him to fit his
particular case.
The whole bill amounted to about
$95. which proved to be about $3.50
more than the amount charged by
the catalogue house for which the
order had been intended.
But there was this difference-the
freight rate to Glenullin, N. OAK,
is SLIT per hundred, thus making
the freight charges over 800 and
giving Nelson an advan age of So. so
on the bill.
I Of course Nelson got the order
and Smith saw what he bought,
knew what it was. and had Nelson
guarantee for every article before
he paid a cent.
Well. you say, that might happen
In North Dakota. but it couldn't
happen IN Sterling because the
freight rate to Sterling is only Csc.
on first class. But even admitting
that and not allowing for the fact
that North Dakota prices are consid-
erably higher than Sterling prices,
the best you could possibly have
done would be to save from 8 to 9
cents on the $95.
But. again, you say. what differ
ence does it make whether | send
my money to Sears, Roebuck and
Co. or let Mr. Henderson send his
money to Farwell's for the rug that
| want to buy? docs not the money
go out of town in either case?
Just for arguments sake, let us
suppose that you have set your mind
on certain rug that you can buy
for S35 from the catalogue house
and that MIR Henderson has or can
get you the same rug for, say $35.
His profit on that rug we will sup
pose to be S.. In that case, Mr.
Henderson sends away only $50 and
the SIS stays in town, and pays for
the chickens and the potatoes and
the butter and the eggs and other
produce that he uses in his home;
some Of it goes to the wash-woman;
some to the shoemaker, some to the
grocer, some to SOMEBODY else, and
they spend what they get making
that profit pay over and over again
for things that you want to sell, and
IN the bargain. Mr. Henderson does
mt have to pay the $50 until 80 or GO
DAYS after you get the rug, so that
even the $50 is used half a dozen
times to pay for things and make
profit for half dozen people before
it finanlly goes out Of town. That's
where the difference comes in to
you and your home town,
To sum it all up-in every action
you take, in every move you make,
in every transaction, be sure that
what you do will rebound to the be-
nefit of the community in which you
live.
The time has gone by when every
man was king Of his own domain.
We are all inter-dependent. If it
wasn't for the farmers, there
wouldd't be any towns. and if it
wasn't for the towns, the farmers
would have pretty hard time
of making both ends meet-each
man not for himself, but for the
good everybody in the community,
himself included.