The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-02-25
TRADE WITH HOME DEALERS
Pert and Pertinent Reflections By
Prominent Citizen Of ST. Adams

The following article. written by E I
Royce of St. Adams and published in IL
ST. Adams Messenger of Feb r. is lul
as pertinent here as il Is in that city Il
that If necessary being to substitute Bra
tleboro for st Albans, wherever the f
ter appears in the article
As no one, to my knowledge, has eve
touched upon subject which is Of ars
Importance to every merchant in St, A
bans | take the liberty of presenting 4
few facts.
1t is what call the mail order mania
| frequently have had people price som'
article and then say: well, | certainly
shall not pay your price | can send a
'Rears and Sorebuck' or Montgomery and
Nord' and get the same thing for one
fourth that figure"
Same thing is where they trip up|
There are Just two WAYS of dealing with
the matter II the person is open to ar
gument YOU can convince him that he i
wrong. Ii he is not. there is Just one
way ct him Try il, Ii this does not con
''AANt iAAiAl, Atlt vase II nDNSlt>s. Nt Aht,h
know good from bad.
Every merchant. whether he sells cloth
ing. dry goods, furniture, carpets, jewelry'
drugs. hardware. crockery, groceries. sta
tionery. elephants, or tin cans is entitled
to legitimate profit. and if he has an
ounce OF brains he is not going to soak
customer or hand him any lemons He
can't afford 10 do it. His welfare and sue
cess are depedent upon giving his patrons
square deal and full value for value Re
ceNed. and the merchants OF St Adams
are dong this every day, His customers
are personal friends with whom he is IN
constant touch. Their business. great q
small. Is of vast Importance to his wei
fare, and he can afford to take no chances
on the other hand. stop and consider
what Your dollar or your hundred dollars
means TO one Of these mail order houses
a drop IN the bucket, You are simply
mierohe IN their system. II you ever send
them another orier-well and good, Il
YOU don't, there are plenty of other fish IN
the sea. One of nv friends who is
knight of the road" told me his expert
ehce last night. When he went to house,
keeping. he bought all his furniture and
hxlngs of Montgomery and Mord
ne sent ms little bundle Of long green and
got ms prize package. He said the turnl'
lure looked great. There was Just one
YOU sat down on any Of i,
YOU ruined 1t, The carpets also had disad'
vantage. They wouldn't stand daylight,
ana 1t he walked across them in hurry
II removed the felt He didn't have much
to say about the pictures and other art
treasures They gave the family acute IN
digestion in three DAYS time, so he put
Them IN the barn, Next day his horse
he'd He SAYS he didn't blame the horse!
Now, he holds up his right hand and says
Never again" He is cured,
i, u you are loyal citizen of st. Adams
! YOU love your city. ii YOU are interest
u in bigger. better, buster St. Adams
Is an to YOU to make your purchases Of
iour local merchants who are putting
er'h every endeavor to please you and
i've You square treatment. II they
mNeh what you want. give them
nance to get IL before YOU send else
vhcw, II it's anything within their pow.
!, 5 a sure bet they viii fill your wants;
he more business YOU turn into the local
'ea'crs the greater their power will be to
I'd N the growth and welfare of this
'eautihl city,
ana lastly, rrmcmher that a fat, gaudy
;ns'esne, elaborate pictures. and 'hot
+" cover multitude of cheap junk