The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-04-08
THE PUBLIC FORUM
rHe FARMgR ANp THg ToWN.

tsAArI AtAI AlANA nGf1AAA"A AAt' "a
cells Post that he is trying TO injur
the town and its merchants ! thin
this a mistake as to the farmer b,
cause the good town or city is one G
his most excellent helps and a thin
the intelligent farmer can not affor
TO lightly consider In the first plae
it furnishes him a staple market 70
his eggs, poultry, vegetables and othe
produce raised on the farm, withou
this market he could not expect am
think like a good price for perishabls
products. A large trade center furn
ishes him with more varied and di
yersified class of buyers for his corn
OATS, wheat and cotton. Also a close
market for cattle, hogs and sheep
while the buyer takes all chances for
weak market and any fatalities
among the stock while in transit.
Those items alone are worth consider
able to the inexperienced farmer as
the buyer is prepared at all times 10
care for shipments and is in position
to demand from the railroad its best
rates and a careful and iudicious treat
ment Of the shippers interests. Any
farmer would rather patronize mar
ket where he has consumers for his
produce and a competition for what
he has to sell and what he intends to
purchase He realizes the feet that
he can send to the big mail order
house of Scars, Sawbuck & Co., of
Chicago, for his goods and after wait
ing patiently for week or two and
with out the chance to investigate his
purchase before paying for it. He gets
his goods just a few cents cheaper
than he could have done at home. 1t
may be he sent off for suit Of clothes
or a pair of shoes or some other ar
ticle which upon delivery does not
come up to his expectations and in
this case an exchange is impossible
on account of the expense, trouble
and delay. Possibly his coat sleeves
are to short, his pant legs don't reach
to his shoes and possibly two sizes to
large His vest is an out of date af-
fair His shoes are too short which !
compels him to cripple and hobble for
the next six months, when of any
things person needs his limbs should |
not be hampered or restrained.
Those difficulties could all have been
avoided by trading at home where an
exchange of any undesirable article /
could have been made by our home
There are various other
why our money should be kept |
at home and a good trade maintained !
by our home town One of much inn
portance is the fact that a good town
enhances the value OF farm lands
more than any one thing. You take
4 radius of fifteen miles from Vinita
and see how the close proximity to
town enhances the price of farm lands.
The first five miles out land will be
worth from $4,000 to $4,000 per acre.
while in the ten mile limit it can be
bought for $4,000 to $4,000 per acre.
But when you reach the fifteen miles
/ is drug at $500 to $25.O0 per acre.
while the land is just as good as that
within the first five mile limit
Now there is certainly a reason for
his vast difference in. values and one
# the main reasons is the town and
rading point is so much nearer the
irst limit that farmer can make two
n three loads to town in the same
ength of time that the other in the
bird limit can make one load and do
{ with much less effort to himself
nd team Then again there are lots
f articles the mail order house can
ot be expected to supply by Parcels
'ost and which will have to be kept :
y your home dealer such as wagons. !
gricultural implements, hay balers. :
hreshing engines and machines of diff :
arent kinds which come over the
init of Uncle Sans eleven pounds. =
hose articles | say will be kept by :
ur home merchants provided he gets >
'ade enough from home patrons to 8
istify him in running mis- business. .
not well patronized he will prob >
bly, quit merchandising and go to =
lrming when lie finds there is more =
oney in the farm than in the store =
II we all are selfish enough to see .
lr own interest first regardless of ~
lends or acquaintances. If there is .
othing for the merchant to do in the y
ay of trade and he quits business =
nd goes on the farm, the farmer loses ~
consumer and at the same time puts "
i'm in direct competition with his ~
En business when the town is Grip ~
ed and dead his home market for e'
'oduce and perishable products van 9
hes and the inevitable result is u
'eat depreciation in land values and Y