The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-05-02

phone and take some In to sell IL the
price was right
One day he got catalog from a
mail order house" and read what Il
said about saving money by buying
of the big concern (which was many
stories high according to the picture
ON the cover of the Catalog and en-
ployed thousands and thousands OF
people,
Henry thought as he read the cata-
log
business is business" he said, and
sent In an order for a stove-not to
his friend, the storekeeper in the town,
who in the past trusted him and cred
tied him when he was hard up, but to
the man he had never seen-the man
who ran the mail order house in the
big city.
Business is business" Henry got his
stove. One of the legs was loose
wouldn't fit. His friend, the black
smith in town, fixed It, He ordered
his clothes and his hats and his shoes
and his wagons and his furniture and
his carpets and his crockery and his
boots and shoes and rubber boots from
the mail order house.
Business is business"
Many of his neighbors followed his
example-"business is business"
Henry had been so busy getting in
the crop and sending orders to the
mail order house that he forgot all
about going TO town for some months.
One day he thought he would take
In some dressed poultry and fresh eggs
and visit round
He called up the storekeeper to find
the price of his stuff
Central said Zine disconnected"
and Henry wondered.
Finally he went out and hitched up.
Went to town; didn't seem to be much
doing there.
Drove to the store-it was closed!
Went over to the furniture store
closed, too. So was the drug store:
also the hardware store and the hotel
and restaurant didn't look prosperous.
Nobody makes the town now" said
the hotel man to Henry. Business too
poor-town going Bookstores all
closed"
Henry sought his friend, the black
smith-yes, he was doing business at
the old stand.
What's the matter with the town ?"
inquired Aufgang.
"Nothin'," said the blacksmith, lex
cept a lot of crazy people around here
have taken the notion that they don't
need any town and are sending all
their money away to millionaires who
run the catalog houses. Course they've
got to come to me and I'm here yet
Just because the catalog fellows have
MT devised ways and means for shoe
ing horses by mail. But when they do
III have to fly too"
Henry was astounded.
Why, I'd no idea" he commenced.
Course you hadn't" rejoined the
blaSkhmhh. Course you hadn't; you
hadn't an idea You don't think. ell,
you had better do so now Where are
you going to sell your butter and eggs /
Can you sell 'em to the mail order |
houses? You can get rid of your wheat |
at the elevator. but you won't have
any fun any more in this town visiting
with your neighbors cause there isn't |
any town and the people you used to
know have all gone away to some place |
where they can make living.
Pretty soon the town will be all |
gone Then your good roads will be |
gone, too. And you cant bring your
mail order iewelry and castings to
town to be repaired If your mail
order shoes don't fit you'll Just natur-
ally have to squeeze your feet and
bear it. If your mail order clothes
which you buy sight unseen aren't
what you want, what are you going to
do about it?"
The blacksmith paused It was
long speech for him and II had got
TO Aufgang
Business is business" finally said