American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-05-02

phone and take some in to sell IL the
price was right.
One day he got catalog from q
mail order house" and read what II
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 I'm 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 I'm
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. I"
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, "ex-
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'ye]
got TO come to me and I'm here's yet
Just because the oatalog fellows have
MT devised ways and means for shoe
Ing horses by mail But when they do
I'll have to fly too"
Henry was astounded.
why. I'd no idea" he commenced
Course you hadn't" rejoined the
blacksmith. Course you hadn't: Won
hadn't an idea. You don't think. Well
you had better do so now. Where are
you going to sell your butter and eggs? /,
Can you sell EN- 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 isnI
any town and the people you used IN
KNOW nave all gone away to some place
where they can make a living.
fretty soon the town will he all
gone Then your good roads will he
gone, too. And you can't bring your
mai order iewelry and castings IN
town to be repaired. II your mail
order shoes don't 1T you'll Just natur.
any nave to squeeze your feet and
Gear IT, III your mail order clothes
winch you buy sight unseen aren't
what you want. what are you going 10
do about it?" e'"s W
Inc blacksmith paused. Il was a
lohg speech for him and IL had cot
to Aufgang. ""' eo'
Business is business" finally said