Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-08-07
Country Paper I6i'
/. . Buying At IL Home
lyI .l,i.. 3Hl idlUtl l1gul
Every Dollar Spent at Home
Works for City's Welfare.

buying goods manufactured and sold In
ones home town that we have seen sp
peared recently in the Fulton, KY,
Leader, aud we give il to our readers
The Leader says:
LOYAL citizens should be interested
in home affairs The community that is
good enough for US TO live in is good
enough for us 10 buy in. II we wish
10 buy our goods in another town. why
not 60 there TO liVe2
Our town is just what we make IT,
therefore we should not pull it down,
but strive always 10 build il up Ev
cry dollar We spend al home stays at
home and works for lis wellarei there
fore i is our duty to spend most Of our
money in our community 40 ..t., o..
IT we buy at home our merchants
will be more prosperous aud will help
to make the town prosperous They
can afford TO better the conditions Of
their stores and to hire more people to
10 work for them. Where much labor
is in demand there we find growing
community. .,,,s. ..s.. -.
| People from neighbOriue towns know.
ing that our town affords much labor
will naturally locate here Thus our
community will moi only become more
prosperous but will also gradually
grow in population asl a.d
Our merchants are interested in all
our public affairs. When i'll lnck, be
reavement or misfortune comes the men
We buy of are here with kindly greet.
ing, their words Of cheer and their poo,
ket books, il need be. D., Would foreign
merchants do this? II we should ash
a foreign merchant TO donate a small
amount Of money for charitable pur,
poses in this town he would tell us Il
60 to our home merchants, Further
more our home merchants help in sup
porting our schools, lodges, churches
and even our homes. They donate
much money for charitable purposes
They keep up our newspapers by theiI
advertisements II is impossible for Z
newspaper to be alive and vigorous
without The aid Of our home merchants
They were the means Of getting gu,
good roads movement started by offer
ing cash prizes, which we all know il
a great advantage In view Of all tlest
things ought we not TO show our ap
probation by supporting them?
Our merchants pay their share o
the state, county and city taxes. Al
estimate has been made TO the efiec
that merchants of towns and village
now pay 80 per cent Of the taxes, iapc
lii the biz mail order MERCHANTS succeec
in destroying this source Of the revenue
the merchants share of the tax must b.
paid by us, We are. thus deliberately
seeking to increase, oury taxes by de
stroyine local merchants through mai
order patronage.
We should believe in transactinI
business with our home merchants
Have we not produce Of our own to sci
and do we not expect them to buy o
us? Even if we are not merchants VI
expect them TO employ us if we ask 70
employment
Another great advantage in buyin
at home is that we can always receiv
credit Knowing that we can receiv
credit, we ought not to buy here onl
when we are short OF money but shoul
always trade at home If the HON
merchants be kind enough TO give u
credit, we ought not TO abuse the priv
leSe. In foreign cities we must pa
cash or have the goods sent c. o. D.
Again at home we can always Sc
the goods we buy. This pertains mos
ly to mail order house patronage. N;
ny Of their advertisements may look a
right, but that does not guarantee III;
they are all right. In many cases pc,
pie send for things which they see
advertisements of mail order houses an
upon receiving the goods find that the
are not the same as advertised. If y
buy of home MERCHANTS we receive Il
quality Of goods for which we bargai
Our merchants give value received a
ways. II we buy at home we will b
come better acquainted with the clerk
II we are interested in them they wi
: be interested in us aud always show |
the best things
If we should ask people why the
- do not buy at home they could invari;