Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-05-12
Bu;;d Up Your Town

forts of the people of every
community to strive to build
up the public interests. Every
dollar put in improvements is a
benefit TO all, everything that
gives employment to men is a
benefit, providing they are
|reaay TO receive it. But when
q man invests thousands of
Gollal employment and
supp@ ]. :. .susllDer Oi needy
and deserving families and re-
celves i'll return a small unprc-
fisable and grudingly extended
patronage, is compelled to give
long credits, while the best
part Of tie trade Is sent off and
higher prices paid for the same
artlcle than it is sold for at
nome, it is not a benefit. The
town that would prosper should
keep its money circulating at
home. Merchants, manufac-
tureTs, mechanics and farmers
should see to it that II ey never
send a dollar away for any
thi7g that can be produced at
home. II you pay your neigh
Dor ten dol als and by night it
gets back to you, it may have
been Of service 10 ten men and
thereby counted one hundred
dollars for good in the town,
but it you enclose it in a letter
and send it away, IT'S usefulness
ia your town has ended 1t is
foolish to suppose that you can
buy goods cheaper away from
home than you can from your
own merchants, or that a man
that you never saw will be
more willing to accommodate you
and sell You goods for less than
your own personal friends. Did
you ever have a stranger wait
on you as long for a little bill
as your merchants have? Did
you ever send to another city
for a silk dress and pay S. a
mon on it? Did you ever buy
sue I, tea, coffee, etc, on tllif
.ty Gays time and pay for ii. i,
year after? We think not.
When you want favors go to
your home merchants, there.
fore when you have a favor to
bestow go to them, give them
your money and they will give
you It's full value in goods, and
if at any time you are unfor-
tunate and need a favor they
will gladly bestow it.
A number of towns are push
ing the sale of goods made at
home, on the theory that every
dollar spent with the home
merchant or manufacturer is
distributed again 10 home peo.
Ole and j.. therefore, Kept in
.he com:uuniiy. 'lh. pseposi-
zion is a good one and should
Be followed by the merchant.
In some towns a special gisy 0,
week has been set aside for the
purpose Of special adver tisire
II home made goods, to The
an;i hat tie purchasing public
nay come - knew jus! What i
ass:.ifactuHet ly 'nsaie people
l'Ai i:!an is also a wise orc.
,in..e II is safe ~ sss ;'lst vvr,
MAN people a,a not nafcfmcG
IS to just what manufactured
products are IL ade at home and
are frequently led To purchase
ut cles made elsewhere whe1
.;ticles made at home could bs
ade to serve as we'll.
The support Of l,.ssae irsl;tu-
lions is IL some extent al leass
ehe result If home prize. Citi
zens ii any community, il loya
to that community, arc anxious
10 see its institutions thrive.
Tbey realize that they arc Ger
tain TO prosper when ts3e indus
trial institutions Of the c5i:,.
nuuiiy are prosperous M
they need to know is that their
wants in certain lines can be
supplied h. home people II is
thereforv, The lu'v Of isomt
producers to arG'i;l Mt home
consumers witt Witt .Hey have
10 sell. This can lie done by
maintaining .lis,4isn ; uf .E,eir
products in convenient l,%cas,
by lntei,igeilL NEWSPAPER auvef-
tising and by persistent solici-
tation of home people. The gen
eral public can aid By devotirg
special davs to exploitation Of
home made goods, from butter
to brooms, and in this way TIE
total sales of such articles csn
be materially increased.
County Attorney Smith of
.ooan was in this citv todav IN