The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-07-11
BUY At HOME -
is ADVICE GIVEN


other day. and wondered whether there
was anybody about that could give him
letter Of introduction to couple OF
ranchers out in the valley, inferring II
you wanted to that the business con-
eern could very easily give the letters
as mentioned. j..
When asked his business, he said
he was selling stock in mail order
house IN another city. The theory was
that there is a lot of money going out
Of Oregon 70 eastern mail order houses
that ought to be kept in Oregon, and
that if the farmers of Oregon would
patronize an Oregon mail order house.
the money would be kept at home, and
be Of incalcuable benefit to the said
farmers buying stock, because it would
be used in the development work going
on 10 Oregon, in which the farmer IS
so greatly interested.
They propose to pay 10 and II per
cent dividends on their stock, which
must be admitted is good. and probably
possible to do However, IT must also
be admitted that it is not altogether
the idea Of getting a man IN on the
ground floor that makes them so desir-
Gus of selling him stock. as the fact
that they believe if he has stock he
will buy from them and he will wield
a great influence in getting his nigh
bors to buy also from them. In other
words. the owner OF stock will pay his
own dividends.
Why buy stock in a concern that will
be very anxious to sell you goods
whether you own stock or not, and take
the chances with your money? You
can always kick if your goods are
wrong, to the man you bought from.
but if you are stockholder you will
not be supposed TO kick at yourself.
will you? The theory in the mail order
business is that most people like to
say, eyes. got il in Chicago, or 81
sent to Spokane for it,. You cannot
stop. the man who has money to spend
from spending it when and where he
peases.
That is his business because it is his
money. But the place for Hood
River man to spend his money is in
Hood River, every time he can. There
are lot of pitfalls in the mail order
eatalog. If you never looked one over,
take look and see how many things
there are you would like to have.
Keep looking and some day you will
find something listed much cheaper
than you can buy it off of the shelf of
the local merchant. All right. Get the
order pad and make out your order.
Then comes the thought mightn't you
Just as we'll get few more things in
on the same freight bill you pay on a
hundred pounds whether your shipment
weighs the hundred or not. Tack on
the other things. What if it does take
the ready cash, and the local merchant
who has been carrying the little bal
ance has to wait little longer? Sift
the purchase down and see whether on
the whole with the freight tackled on,
you saved the money you thought you
did.
Then consider the local merchant a
little. Who was it that extended credit
that hepled to put many man ON his
feetP Was il the mail order house
which wants its money in advance, or
the out of town house that insists
when it gives credit that 60 days is the
limit2 Here in Hood River who was
it that paid for the advertising that
made $500 land? Where would that
$500 land be without town at hand?
Which can move the easier, the mer-
chant with his stock. or the rancher
with his $500? Cooperation is great
thing, but why cooperate with the fell
low .afar off when there is q chance
to cooperate at homer Cooperation is
a little hard to handle, just as hard as
if there wasn't any cooperation at
hand. Ask the Apple Growers Union
if cooperation is not a difficult prob
lem.
Getting right down to facts, endless
can be found right at
home, right here in Hood River, for
all the investments man cares to
make, ii one will but open their eyes.
wonder how much stock one could
sell in a small factory proposition in
Hood River, something that would turn
a payroll loose in this town every
week, and which would serve to loosen
things up a little in more ways than
one just wonder.
The truth is. the local merchant has
been, and always will be, imposed upon
nightly in the way of credit When
you want to pay cash, ask what the
discount is, and if you can, compare
the goods with the mail order stuff.
My opinion as one of the original Soci-
ETY. of Credit lmposters is, that you
will get your moneys worth right at
home any time you want to show
to pay right up, and you
can see the goods, have them wrapped
up and so home with them, without any
formalties of buying a post office order
blank, bank draft. or express order.
calling at the depot, and many other
little things; then again, if they are
not right the. local merchant is very
handy for exchange purposes
As long as one has the cash, he can
buy where he pleases, but in the long
run its the local merchant who does all
the favors, both in the extending of
credit. often without reason, and in
hustling around to accommodate you in
more ways than one. Isn't it so,
One Who Buys at Home.