The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03
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HOME INDUSTRIES.

If all OF the wages which are
earned in the city OF Plymouth
were spent with the business men
and industries OF this city, Ply
mouth would soon be a booming
city, and its growth would be
fast, and prosperous. 1t is con-
sentative estimation, that the
Plymouth money which is now
spent out-of-town, every year
would easily support Twelve more
business houses in the city. We
believe that the newspaper men
OF the city, are the only ones who
realize the amount of traffic, to
South Bend and Chicago from
Plymouth, for the purposes OF
spending Plymouth money in
those cities. The answer is "We
have larger, stock 20 choose
from Perhaps true, but if you
spent your money with the local
merchants, in a short time, they
would be able to increase their
stocks, and keep increasing them,
with increased local patronage.
Taught in School.
We believe that the patronage
of home industries is a form OF
patriotism. Patriotism for your
home town, to see it thrive, and
grow. With an increase of wealth
comes beauty, new buildings,
prettier streets,-a prettier home
for the business man, increased
wages and more comfort and
prettier home for the laboring
man.
There seems to be no near re-
lief from the evil of spending
money out of town. because of
the fact that children in the pub
he schools OF the city are taught
and encouraged to ignore the To-
cal merchants. Some day these
students will be business men,
and women, in nlyunouthI or
some other place, and then they
will realize what the out OF town
patronage means. We believe
that home patronage, should be
taught in the schools. as a form
OF patriotism. The instructors
should realize that their wages
are paid by taxation of the peo-
pie in the location where they are
employed, and it seems that they
owe that much to their patrons.
For the past three years the
graduates of the local high school
have secured their graduation in
vitations from out-Of-town firms.
The order was given to travelling
representatives, who appear be-
fore the class early in the year,
and close contract with a COM
mittee of three or four, for the in
vitations. We state with absolute
confidence that any local printery
could furnish the invitations, at
the same or lower charge, than
does the out OF town firm. AS an
example, the class this year pays
Z cents apiece for their invita-,
tons. Over 600 invitations will
be taken. Figuring on the same
kind of invitations which the
class has ordered, the Tribune
will say that we could furnish
that amount of invitations at 6
cents apiece, and make higher
per cent of profit than we have
ever charged students. A little
foresight by the students, ora
word OF suggestion by their in
structors, would have informed
them that the expenses OF the
travelling man at from 81 to $40
per day has to be paid by some
one. besides the profit which the
house must realize from the work
which is not a low one.
Barring one or two years, for
the past eight year, up to 1905,
graduation invitations were Sc
cured of local firms. and with
complete satisfaction. No local
firm would seek to make high
profit off its own children, often
supplying work without profit.
The local newspapers especially
should lend all of their aid in as
sisting the local schools, and en-
courage children to attend school
and complete a good education.
Tn return it would seem that
there should be some provision
made to check the education OF
students to go to the city for
something swell.
The idea applies not only to the
printing offices, but every local
Institution. Buy it at home. if at
all possible" should be the motto
OF every patriotic citizen.
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