Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-07-09
HOME TRADE BOOSTS
Paying hi Fiddler

001E ALL realize that when there is dancing going Il. whether it be the
WW newfanssd tango o the Odfsshioned polka o wdtz-sOme n
oS must pay the fiddler.
We cannot have music without paying for it o can we have much Of
anything in this world without paying for IT.
If we expect any person to do something for u.s., W 9 expect naturally, to
do something in exchange for such favOs Is W receive II W accept fayors,
i put Vac me ne ss ao"nar tst Oh ,So m nnnas S tn avors become Sn m curtaued1
knowledge u stupidity. It is generally toe late .S Then INV we ,%a a sr ~
and then it is merely l the old story 'r asan-0f Ockin ne '00r as'
Many of us in this community devote more or less Of our time to the
raising of produce of various kinds We have vegetables butter eggs MIX
We find it a convenience to sell such products in the local stores. Some
of our business men buy up the small quantities s well as TIL larger 0"'
and ship all together to the more central G markets n.+ oDveD,aro 10 rs.
to find a market. In fact there would be no market for small quanu"eS
except at ruinous prices.
that our local storekeeper stands ready to buy from u.s. This places US under
certain obligations The local storekeepers are entitled to some conSluera'
HOW MANY OF US APPRECIATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS FAcr7
many of us consider that the local storekeeper is entitled to our trade and
that we are morally bound to consider him as the proper repository lr our
orders and the recipient of our trade? uan,
less of n feeling Of obligation. Therefore, we send our orders, with the
cash, to the mail order houses. to whom W e owe nothing.
descriptions o. goods and merchandise SO that we deceive ourselves into be-
nevns them to be tus We forget the local storskssper and a1 his ta.0r 1n ". %s
community; W . forget that he is aHordins US a n opportunity to a. spo e0 9.
our produce-that he has his money invested In a stock OF rcnano mas
he has selected because he believed We would need sue articles n ~0"o
Every dollar we send away from home to the mail order houses bring.
us closer to the limitations of our local opportunities: Every dollar diverted
that W e are not only permitting, but W e are inviting, our local merchants to
close up shop and go out of bushes or to nov to S0m INT "n'''
BY our lack of appreciation re are urging our local storeksepers 10 :.
srjct their efforts to carrying only the lines Of merchandise that ire thu most
profitable for them and to cut out all goods that we IA buy !" he city we
LET US AWAKEN TO A REALIZATION OF THE CONDITIONS WHICH WHICH
e con y r US; 4ET 6 Us PEAcH sG aND LooK 1TTo THE DE FUTURE RH'Nl'
We car see what the consequences must be if We fail to do nj share
toward supporting the establishments off, our business M in town. for tne
handwriting is written plainly on the wall continue
Shall we read the writing and profit by the message or mall W Q conunue
0 0o dance Sn5 n soT s ad r re0 Ds2F o 0H''' nS I'M 'AA" ''~ WHICH D'
49, There will be only one way to pay and that will be with much more than
the profit we shall have derived from our dealings with the mail order houses.
WE WILL PAY An DEARLY 4R15s UNLESS tHas IS WE nEd AWAKEN TO A FULL hNsN IF
We wish to dance, but. let u change the tune-Or the fiddler