Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-11-08

"Howdy, Jeb."
:" Lo, John, What's the rush?
"Sendin' off for a lot of goods?
"Aint Mountain Home got an.
thing good enough?"
"W-a-a-l, it amt that. Good enoug
goods here but You see l save a lo
of money by sendin' away"
"That so?''
"Yes, stree. Remember that bus
gy l bought from that peddler las
spring?"
"That'n that you had the ney
wheel put on?"
That's 1t. ! saved $17 On tha
buggy. saved $50 on groceries
from that Seattle house. Got thi
suit from Philadelphia-good sui
'cept shoulders We're a leedle tigh
and they rip if stoop too much.
must've saved 81 on it though
"You sure been savin' lot ol
money, Jeb. How long you beer
sendin' away for goods?"
"Goin' on seven years. Never
kept no count but I must we saved
$500 buyin' cheap from mail order
houses. Saved money right along
yes sir-e-e!'
Got that $500 in the bank, have
ye, Jeb. Guess you can unhitch
them mules of mine you been want
In. Or mebbe You expect to build
a barn with it,"
well, no, not exactly, that is
l. you see -
"Sure, | been seem all the time.
You aint been savin' a cent, Jeb.
You been losin' right along. / buy
my goods right here at home
an when they don't suit | exchange
'em for something that does or get
my money back. That's something
you can't do with mail order junk,
to save your life.''
Another thing, 'spose. 499 other
fellers here in Mountain Home sent
off $500 every year like you do
Thatd be $150,O00. If that $150,0C0
was all spent right here, there'd be
sight more money in Mountain
Home an the people here could pay
more for our pork, mutton, eggs and
vegetables.
Its downright crime, Jeb l tell
We, to buy from that Chicago house.
President of that outfit had to ad-
NIT before the O'Hara investigating
committee that he was paying star
vation wages, worcing his girls to go
Out on the streets and get enough
money to exc out a miserable exist
ence, and a lot of them become
white slaves.
THAT store piled up $4,000, 1000 in
fifteen years and during that time,
paid clerks-hundreds of them-$3 to-
IS a week. The more orders they
get the more So jobs-wages never
go up. Some of that $50, 100000 conc
from Idaho and none of it ever got
back They did give $50,000 though
to help out a negro Y. M. G. A.
If one of our Mountain Home
men gets few dollars ahead he
builds, better home-pays Elmore
County taxes on it; puts in bigger
stock; more taxes; bigger bank de-
posit-easier for us farmers to bor-
row money when we need it."
"You have been foolin yourself,
Jeb. l amt got a hanged thing to
do 'cept to take you around and
show you the most enterprisin' an
accomodatin' men in ldaho-the store
keepers here. They're putin all
their money into buildin' a dandy
little city right here under our
nose an you ought to know every
one of EN- by their fust name"
"Of all things, Jeb White, ImI
surprised that a man of your intel
ligence would buy such thing as
shoes without ever SEEM 'em or|
tryin' EN- on. Now here's Pear
sons Shoe store. They've got al
whackim big stock of shoes. They've,
got a big range of prices and they
just keep tryin'~-on shoes till they
fit you exactly. / reckon l don t
have to argue much to make you see
that d man who does nothing but
bury shoes ought to give you better
shoes for the money than the ones
you guess at when you pick 'em
out by lookin' at picture"
"Well, Mr.. Pearson I've been
a lot of times In get
tin shoes that fit from mail order
houses. I'm goin' to bring Mandy
in the next time / come to town
and give you the job Of fitting her
up. II you don't do the job right