Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
SHOP IN r. q
As has Been said frequently

large number of excellent stores
greatest attracting in this city is the
Few cities of this size possess the
advantages in this regard that are
to be found here. Perth Amboy has
come to be the natural shopping cen
ter for all this section of the state
and hundreds of people come into
town every day to make their pur-
chases. There is only n reason
why all these people come here. They
find 1t greatly to their advantage 20
do so. If 1t did not pay them they
would go somewhere else where they
could get the most and best for their
money.
Perth Amboy merchants have moth
ing to fear from the New York or
Newark department stores. The local
business men are not depending on
charity. The time has passed when
they must appeal to the people to
make their purchases here because
this is their home city, because mon
ey earned here should be spent here,
and all that. This used to be the
plea but it does not apply any long.
CT. There is no need to build a tar
if wall around the city to protect In
FAINT industries, as the professional
politicians would say. Perth Am
boy merchants, like the great cor
porations, have grown sufficiently to
take care of themselves and not only
are not afraid of outside compcti-
ton, but are able to go into other
fields and successfully meet their
competitors.
If we are to put up the cry of
home trade merely to help the local
merchants and in order to keep our
money circulating in Perth Amboy.
we must, to be consistent, urge all
the residents of neighborlng towns
to stay at home and make their pur-
chases for the same reason. But
oDor 30 ura cboyId pooL1o c,,ob ~ n
gument, it would be of little avail.
The average American housewife is
an economical person., always on the
lookout for bargains. AS much as
she may love her home town, she is
going to spend her money where she
can have the best assortment and
where she can get the most In return.
This holds true all over the country.
1t Is a part of the great economic
law.
The fact that hundreds Of shop
pers flock 10 Perth Amboy every day
proves that the merchants of this
city are the peers Of any to be found
anywhere and that our stores far
surpass those to be found In many
places. 1t has been demonstrated
time and again that shoppers can
do Just as we'll, If not better, in the
stores of this city as they can do
In the stores of the larger cities. 1t
is on a purely business basis. there
fore, that the business men of Perth
Amboy appeal TO the people OF this
city to buy at home and save money.
While every resident of Perth Am
boy should take pride in seeing the
local stores prosper, that is not the
reason the people of this city and
vicinity are urged to do their shop
ping here. They are asked to do
their buying IN Perth Amboy be-
cause:
The Perth Amboy stores are large
and roomy.
The clerks are courteous and anx-
ious to please, giving prompt and eff
icient service.
The stores are convenient, being
near at home, to be reached at all
hours without the heat, dust and
confusion of railroad travel.
The stock is ample and the variety
and assortment is equal to the dis
play of the big cities.
The price Is right, being as low as
any of the stores in Newark or New
York and the bargains are just as
attractive.
These are the reasons that we ad-
anc for ~patronizing Perth Amboy
stores. We say, do your buying at
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