The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-03-09
SEE YOUR HOME PRODUCT FIRST
Some Pertinent Remarks on the Val.
ue OF PatrOnizing Your Home In

ouheht hefndrkS on the VAL
ue OF Patronizing Your Home In
dustry.
spend that dollar at home. Every
dollar that you spend outside of
sumter makes you just so much the
poorer. Every dollar that you spend
at home will return to you eventual
ly.
This means you. 1t means every
man, woman and child in this city.
IT means you, Mr.. Banker. You de-
pend for large part of your de-
posits from the local business and
professionol man. 1t means you, Mr..
Professional man. Most of your SUD-
port depends on the local business
man. 1t means you, Mr.. Merchant
and Business Man. You know this
FAR better than the others and yet
you are as great a sinner in this re-
spect as any. Where did your wife
buy those clothes and those hats?
Where did she buy that furniture?
Where did you buy that hardware
Tor your new house. Where. Mr..
Merchant, Mr.. Banker, Mr.. Profess
sional Man do you have your printing
done? How about that building ma
terial? How about the jewelry you
wear? Ask yourselves that oues-
ton.
Would you be willing to have the
names of all those buying goods, ETC..
in other places than Sumter publish
ed No, because your name would
be in the list and further because
those same goods are sold in Sumter
by merchants who are your best GUS
toners, depositors or your clients.
You can do better elsewhere. you
say. If you can do better elsewhere
all things considered, the local mer-
chant would not complain. But have
you always tried your home mer-
chant first? Have you always offered
him the same terms as you have the
outsider. Have you offered to paw
in cash, not thirty days cash, but
just hard cold cash that he can have
today? Did you have the same on
portunity to inspect the goods that
you have with the local merchant?
Are you sure when you ordered those
goods from that mail order house
that they were the same that YOU
thought you were ordering from the
catalogue?
How about it, Mr.. and Mrs. Citi-
zen, are you perfectly willing that
you or your husband be treated i'm
the same manner that you are treat
ing the other fellow? In other words
are you not asking for local patronage
and support upon the merits and
price of the goods you are selling
or the work you are doing. Have
you always treated the other fellow
in as fair a way as you expect to be
treated? Sumter people are spending
thousands Of dollars outside of Sum-
ter annually for goods and articles
that could be bought lust as cbeanlv
at home and the pity of It is that
these same people depend in a large
measure on Sumter for their support.
They are the very first ones to break
into loud lamentations if the other fell
low acts as they do. The Charleston
merchants have pledged themselves
and their families to buy at home
where the article they want can be
found at home. They started lust
where the movement should be start
ed, among themselves.
Every city will be the richer when
its people once learn to support To-
cal industries and local business
where that is possible This is one
way to build up Sumter and it is a
good way Pledge yourself that you
VIII always. before you buy else
where, first see what the local mer-
chants have to offer and that YOU will
compare his goods with those offered
outside. That you will offer him the
same terms of payment as you expect
To offer to the outside merchant and
that only after you have given him
this chance 10 make good will Won
order elsewhere. In other words thar
you Will follow the golden rule in
your trading and buying as in other
things. This same principle annIias
to all classes of business. retail
wholesale and manufacturing. proper-
N-holderS and wage earners. The
'h'ire community is inter-dependent.