Montpelier examiner., 1912-06-14

Home and Farm Owners Every
where.
Every village has in 1t, along with
the town drunkard and the village
cut-up, the man who sits upon the
dry goods boxes in front of the local
stores and defies the merchants. He
boasts of the fact that his money goes
to the mail order houses; that he has
right to buy goods wherever he can
buy them for the smallest price. We
will not deny his right but we will
investigate. you and l, the wisdom of
his action
How the Boomerang Works.
Ordinarily this sort of man is a
small property holder; he has little
cottage and small plot of ground
which practically represents the saw
ings of his lifetime-for he is not
provident soul, this man with the
philosophy that he can send his money
out of town without hurting his town
and community. 1t is easy to prove
that he is selfish individual and not
a desirable citizen. For instance, sup
pose that instead of one man of this
character in community, so per cent
of all the community were of his kind;
the result will Immediately make itself
evident to you. Fifty per cent, of the
business going out of the village
would close half the stores. No vii
lage could stand such a catastrophe
without a fluctuation in real estate
values.
The loss of a large percentage of
the natural business that should go
to the merchants means that your
property and the property of the man
who is spending his money out of town
will depreciate alike!
What puts value on village real
estate? A good, thriving business in
the village; satisfied, contented, en-
ployed people; few places offered for
sale; few vacant desirable houses.
When business is good in village,
real estate will gradually increase in
value. It will decrease when the
number of houses for rent is increas-
ed; when number of houses for sale
are put upon the market; when the
merchants complain and fail.
Why the Farmer Is Interested.
The way to hurt your own property
is to sit on the dry goods box and
claim that you have a right to buy
where you can buy to the best ad-
vantage, independent of home inter
-ests.
The farmer who happens in and
hears the man on the box declare that
he will spend his money where he
pleases. Is interested in this mans at
titude. At first glance he does not
seem to be, but after the farmer
philosophers bit he will discover
this man is his enemy as well as the
enemy of all good citizens OF the vii
lage. Here is what Thomas Harrigan.
a farmer. SAYS In the River Falls
(Wis) Journal relative to the situa-
ton:
'How can we expect the country
stores to thrive and grow If we as
farmers. refuse to trade with them,
sending our money to some distant
CITY which does not interest us or
help us in the least? While there is
always n standard price for some
kinds of farmers, nroduce how can we
expect tho country merchant to buy
our eggs. butter poultry and other
products. so vital TO us all. If we don't
reciprocate? Is It not an object for us
to build I'm our market town and make
markets for our products? Does IL
ro+ add .o the value of our land to be
able to poInt to some THRIVING near
by town with a ready market, with
schools and ehurehea2 ls not land SO
situated worth moro than II IL In lso-
lated and distant from evervthIno and
evervbodvY Nv standing by our home
merchants we are standing, by each
other and by standing by each other
we will thrive and prosper together.
lis It to our interest to build up great
houses In distant cities? | make the
broad assertion that while some things
on the surface may seem cheaper than
the prices of our home merchants, aft
er we have scrimped ourselves to get
the cash and Maid freight and other
charges and Maid for things we do
not need becausa thew seem cheap.
we are actually ont of nocket. we are
pul,ed nv the cormorants II we keen
denressing and destrovIng our home
mercbants we will And after n life.
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