The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-06-22

while the lumber market 10
~. ..ts things hum in Lynoen.
wha, do you say? Shall WEI ,.,s
W.T., mean several new and up-to-oa's
houses: a lot of work for our va
peuters. painters. paper hangers ills
nasons more work for the mus
,vh,ch IN turn can offer work to 'aD
orars and It will mean a busy 'own
Moro At a time when most towns !" :
looking mighty dull hut
This is not an original idea' Du''
that isn't the question. IS 1t a p,as
lon, ,deaY What do you think? Don
vo,, believe we have it in US to MANI
Ivrden hum? Write me your op'A
Ion this subject.
Let's organize q Lynden fore'o,
Club II you had made up your n'n y,
that you was going to live mere 81
the days of your life you would DC
busy trying to make this the pes pes.
town to live in. The trouble Is MOST
Of US are trying to make 1t tue ''''
town to make money IN.
Whenever a plan Is suggested 'o'
the development Of the town the i'ie'
| suggestion. invariably. is Bring IN
NOR. industries" 1t is customary
TO throw out all sorts OF induce
ments for the location of factories
including exemption from taxes iol
a time. free sites and bonuses. anu
,ho.a methods have contributed SO
much toward building up hundreds OF
nrosperous municipalities that their
wisdom can not be Questioned. any
thing that will add to our des'raole
population, that will give employ
ment to men who support families
and thus contribute to the genera
welfare, is at all times desirapie'
But the people who join heartily
In the work of bringing in new IN
dustries, and who show the greatest
enthusiasm over this feature OF the
public work in which all good citiz-
ems share. sometimes are the first to
forget that the new industries brought
in and the old ones already here re-
quire continuous support and failing
to get 1t become a hindrance rather
than an aid to development.
We are apt to overlook. too, the
fact that the home merchant Is en-
titled to as much consideration as
The factory which we have obtained
by special effort. The merchant is
a necessity-even more SO than the
factory; for who cares to live in
where there are no stores.
or where the stores are closed ana
barred and the merchants have moved
away. forced to other fields by lack
Of patronage?
The retail store. properly conduct
ed. Is an industry that should have
the support Of every loyal citizen.
Our pride In the home town Is meas
ured by our willingness to support its
merchants and it's industries.
1t Is not necessary to build
Chinese wall around our community
to refuse to buy outside when we
can do 10 to advantage. But the man
who will send away. for something
that he can buy at homef on as good
or better terms needs education and
lacks loyalty. Sometimes. unfortun-
ately. the very one who should be
least liable to this criticism, the local
merchant. Is given to sending abroad
for things which he ought to buy
from his neighbors. Then, again.
there is the farmer who finds it
easier to mail his order to big city
than to come to town. Often he ID
handicapped by bad roads and thus
has . valid excuse. But he ought to
be able to buy by mail from our
own merchants as safely and as ad.
vantageously a. from someone at q
distance with whom he has no &C.
quaintance. II he is not furnished
the facilities 1t Is time for the i'm
provement Of our merchandising meth
DDS. And he ought to have good
roads that would make trip to tow
a pleasure.
Much remains to be done to streng.
then our local business interest. We
ought to give real support to any
move that will tend to keep Our
money at home. American Lum.
herman.
| No man ever helped this town very
much by sending money away from
1t.
And nobody he ever sent It &c
ever helped this town very much