The Red Cloud chief., 1912-08-29
Saturday Mint

day night and sees the lighted streets.
Illuminated stores and throngs of hap
py people perhaps does not stop to
think what pays for it all. II Is not
paid for by taxation, for IL so IT would
be a burden. 1t Is not paid for by con.
tribution, because that would not be
practicable or possible. But 1t all
costs money, and something must pay
for IL. 1t Is paid for by the money
that IL spent at home.
The merchants reinvest their profits
largely in better stocks, better stores,
and better facilities. They pay their
share Of the cost Of paving the street
and laying the sidewalk, in doing
many things. So it Is plain to be seen
that the busy street that people enjoy
on Saturday night is paid for by them.
selves, Is their money returned to them
in the shape of II better town.
When you 20 into local store and
buy goods from local merchant, you
do. not get only the goods You get
the thrifty town, the paved streets,
the schools which your children attend,
the churches which preserve the moral
atmosphere Of the community, the
things you enjoy and use, which you
and the merchant and the manufactur.
or pay for In common. You can send
the money to some other town and get
the goods; but you cannot get these
other things and, even II you think
the price Is smaller. il, Is larger In the
long run, since you get less in return
for your money. ---.,
It Is plainly evident, then, that the
more OF your money sou spend at home,
the more will you get for your money,
the quicker will the crossroads become
village and the community town
with xll Of the conveniences and none
OF the inconvenience Of the metropo
lis. The more money You spend at
home IN patronizing local merchants,
in building house for yourself, in In.
vesting In real estate, In dressing bet.
ter aud living better and feeling bet.
ter, the more will you be able to have
and to enjoy these things.
Why make the fatal error of hurting
your town instead Of helping it. of
Diminishing your town instead OF en-.
larging It, Of damaging your town in.
stead OF improving it, since you can
not hurt Or hinder your town without
hurting and hindering yourself?
Why teach your children that the
city Is the place to trade and expect to
teach them that 1t is not .the place to
60? Why constantly encourage them,
when they marry, to leave the home
town aud settle in some larger place.
Why be the hand, to break home ties,
to seperate yourself from your child.
rem?
The more You spend at home the
more attractive will your town be to
the coming generation and the more
pleasant to yourself in your old age.
II you have friends, here is where they
are. When you make rover OF your
money you make rovers Of your child.
rem and Of yourself. You make your
town poorer place in which to live
instead OF a better one.
The money we earn let us spend in
securing the largest return for 1t. II
you send your children away they may
never return. II you send your money
away 1t may never come back. Your
prosperity, your happiasss, your chill.
dren, are likely to follow your money
wherever It goes. Why not spend it
where your children will grow up with
It, where It will do you the most good
now and give you the most comfort in
the futures