Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1914-08-28
SOCIETY WOMEN Of AN OHIO
TOWN RECEIVE RUDE SHOCK

we should patrOnize our home
merchants because it is patriotic.
That which prompts man to don his
armor, and If need be to give his life
in defense Of his country, is patriot
ism. Patriotism never counts the
cost. 1t prompts the loyal citizen to
lend his utmost action to the upbuild-
ing of his country, his state and his
city. No greater evidence of true
patriotism can be displayed than the
expenditure of your earnings with
your home merchant. thus building
up and strengthing the institutions of
your home city. and adding to the
general prosperity of your communi-
ty.
Because it will cheaper the price
of merchandise in your home stores.
The greater volume of business trans
acted by merchant the smaller will
be the margin Of profit he will re-
quire. BY adding to his volume of
business you make 1t possible for him
to sell his wares cheaper, thus bene-
fitting yourself as well as the entire
community in which you live.
Because the home store Is an en-
ploying institution giving work to the
sons and daughters of your friends
and neighbors. The amount of pat
ronage given such stores will regulate
not only the number Of persons en-
ployed. but the scale of wages paid
as we'll.
Because, a reciprocal relation ex-
lists between you and your home mer-
chant. The money you earn is paid
you by home institutions. No man
can live unto himself. It is a duty
we owe to spend our earnings. so far
as possible. so that it will inure to the
upbuilding Of community interests.
Because your home merchant. de-
string your trade tomorrow as well as
today, knowing you we'll. being your
neighbor and fellow-citizen, will ac-
cord you more courteous treatment,
and give your wants more careful at
tention than the merchant In
strange city to whom you are but a
transient customer; an out-of-town
purchaser to whom he can dispose Of
undesirable wares with perfect safe
ty.
Because the home merchant has
busy woman can steal an hour from
her other duties, 60 to the local
stores, and not caring particularly
about her gown for such brief visit,
transact her errand in a hurry and be
back by the time the children are
home from school and John wants
his supper.
because he home merchant has
made a study of his community. He
understands its peculiar needs, the
wants and tastes of its people. His
stock is bought with these facts in
mind. He therefore offers better Sc
lections for home people, though his
stock may not be so large, than the
out of town merchant whose selec-
lions have been made with view to
the tastes and needs of an entirely
different community"
The distribution of the pamphlet
the foregoing reasons.
while of course doing some good. was
but a minor feature of the campaign.
The greater effectiveness of the
scheme lay in the use made of the
bulk of the reasons submitted. 1t
was very generally found that at
least one of the ten reasons submitted
by every contestant had some espe-
cial merit and those were printed on
cards bearing the name and address
of the person writing it. Watchers
were appointed to report the names
of every resident of the town return
ing from Cleveland with a package,
and from other sources was learned
the names of any one receiving