The Libby herald., 1913-08-08
THEHOMET0WNF|RST
BUYING IN OWN LOCALITY TENDS
TO KEEP THE MONEY At
HOME.
If YOU WOULD PR0spER;;TH HELP

i, # YOU would PROSPER; Then Hell
!, supposing All Were cataIog Buyer:
What Would Be the RESULT
Why, Our Town Would Soon
/. Be Gone.
Industry is the basis of all prosper
ity-back of industry is demand
Without a demand for it's goods O
services no enterprise can live, bu
with it all thrive. 1t follows the1
that where there is the greatest de
mand for the goods and services O.
the people of community, there will
be found the greatest prosperity.
Money has no intrinsic worth; its
; value is derived from the labor it rep
resents and every dollar spent in q
community stands for an equal
amount of labor in that place, pro
vided all of the dollar remains in the
community. If SO per cent goes to
some other town or to eastern fac.
tories, then only the remaining so per
cent represents industry in the home
town. This is the great economic rea-
son why loyal citizens should patron
ize their home industries. In buying
articles produced in their own local
ity all the money spent is kept at
home, it employs labor and produces
wealth and prosperity. OF course
home production can not supply all
our wants. Our demands are too var
led and We must draw to some extent,
on all parts of the world, but it is not
to the interest of the people of this
town to buy goods produced or sold in
Chicago or New York when the same
commodities are produced or sold at
home.
II you want this community to pros
per spend and invest your money at
home.
The man who habitually sends his
money east to the big catalog houses
is either ignorant of these fundamen-
tai economic principles or he has
grudge against his own community. In
either case he is detriment to the
ress and prosperity.
Every man who earns a livelihood
or draws a salary in a community is
satisfying a certain demand. He
should therefore create an equivalent
demand by spending his money, so far
as he can, in the community where it
was obtained If he does not do this
he is taking away from his community
and giving nothing in return; he is
robbing the community of it's re.
sources, bank account and prosperity.
Population is invariably drawn by
business activity. The growth of large
cities is due not so much to climatic
or social advantages as it is to the
opportunities afforded of earning a
livelihood. Some 20 or 80 years ago
two-thirds of the pop
ulation of the United States was in
the small towns and country districts,
with only one-third in the cities. Now
the situation is just about reversed,
two-thirds of the people are in the
cities and only one-third in the coun-
Try. And this growing congestion is
responsible not only for the high cost
of living but also for most of the ex-
sting social and industrial evils. 1t
S not for us to say whether or not
.hese influences and tendencies can ,
De resisted; they are wrong and det-
'imental to the best interests of the I
nation and we should use our best en-. y
'rgies to correct them. Education, I
light living and right buying and sell
ng will do much to reverse the tide .
Ind get the social machinery running y
n better, healthier and more prosper q
'us channels. q
One of the powerful factors that has
lelped bring about these undesirable t
onditions is the lure Of the catalog q
ouses, which tend to rob the coun- .
ry districts and small towns of q :.
arge part of their local business and
rosperity. It is not that better val is
es can be obtained from these out. t;
ide concerns; it is not that their SER v
ice Is better. Experience and fair G
have in many cases dem. AZ
nstrated that better results may be O. O.
ecured by patronizing the home mer. RI
hants. It is simply the lure of the O.
ar-away and the fascination of the O;
rinted page.
An Experiment for the Buyer.
AS an antidote to the desire for cat ~ ~
log patronage an eastern nanufac. q
lrer suggests the following expert. 2(
ent for the mail order buyer: CT
Choose from the pages of catalog
4 item which can be duplicated in III
our home market, avoiding the o.
eadars" which tho mail ordor houaa