Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-30


ing. which touches our pocketbooks.
to show Us where, when and how.
Some one Of you can no doubt tell
OF prices charged by our merchants
that are too high. to your way OF think.
that are too high, to your way OF
thinking. Some OF ithe merchants
present can probably tell some OF you
salary and wage earners where you
are charging more for your services
than better could be bought for else
where.
Home buying is a dose OF medi.
cine that should be taken by the
whole town.
Try the medicine and you will like
It and be benefited.
Investigate its qualifications and
excess prices go to make up dividends,
salaries and wages that you are now
receiving
Decline the medicine, send your
money out of the country and you will
in time find your hotels without
guests, buildings without tenants,
lumber yards without orders, contract
ors without contracts, carpenters,
plumbers, painters and paper-hangers
without employment, subscription
lists with no subscribers, one $25 to
$50 stenographer where there are now
two being paid SIS to $3.50, and so on
with bockkeepers, clerks. statesmen.
managers, doctors, lawyers, and ell
persons working for wages or salary.
That is not all. Those Of you who
draw down dividends from the labors
Of the above will find yourselves cut
to the game small percentage as those
earned where you spend your mail or
der money
Business Depends on Buying.
The business Of Honolulu Is ar.
fected in the same proportion as your
money is spent at home or abroad a.
IF the jobbers of Honolulu quit
selling to consumers they will have
the good \ III Of the retail merchants
IF the retail merchants patronized
the Honolulu jobbers, wherever pos
sible, the Honolulu jobbers could. and
1 believe would, sell them goods al
cheaply as similar goods could Be
bought anywhere.
More business to the jobbef means
more employees land consequently
more business for1the retailer.
IF all consumers bought all tie
goods possible from local retailers, II
would make more positions. higher
salaries and more dividends for Al.
st do not mean that the jobitrs'
and the retailers prices are always
right. because they are not, but iffhey
wish a, home-buying campaign q sue.
coed they must get right, and the way
to get right, is to- get together con-
sun 81, retailer and the jobber. Show.
and be shown"
Some have. questioned the Advis-
ability of spending $4,000 per month
advertising home buying. In public
sentiment Is not behind the move.
ment the money might Just IS well
be thrown. into The sea, but II an
those present believe In Their town.
its merchants and themselves and viii
buy brains and space and DIT space
alone. &looe. 90 = month w6aI be well
spent.
Most Of you came here from the
mainland. Why? Becaue you be-
lieved you could do bettef here than
elsewhere. You make bur money
here. Spend 1t here WIN the mer-
chants of Honolulu VIII make the
town possible. - ,1kN -
+. WE HAvEt 49,. j
: Good Stores, --5El4
Good Merchandise, $ .
Statesmen, good bad aid Indifferent,
Individual effort,
Individual knowledge Of Individual
business, ''~~ ~ ? 80 =
Some boosters, =: -
Some knockers, II
Some streets, .s.->
Some men with, mahy Jobs, -
Some sidewalks,
Many laws. Fl
!. Natural beauty =.
Some climbers,
Some buyers Of pace,
Some pessimisms
Some promotion and funds,
Some tourists,
Some secrecy handling public
money.
Some jealosy.
Some industrieL
Much selfishn$s,-
Some mail -orier house buyers,
WE OUGHT TO HAVE:
Better stores,
Better mercEh ndise,
Better Saleste
Community Iffort-team work.
Community knowledge of individual
business.
No knocked,
More boose rs,
More streejs,
More mem not fewer jobs.
More sideFalks,
More enf9cement of the laws,
More cle1h hing up,