The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-16
HOME MERCHANTS
WILL SUPPLY NEEDS
Campaign Will Result in Thou.
sands of Dollars Being Kept
in Clarksburg.

week to week to preach the gospel OF
buy In Clarksburg. the people
took up the slogan and the merchants
and business men OF the city readily
toresaw the importance to the city as
whole and Immediately loaned
their cooperation in every way to
aid the people in keeping Clarks-
burg money in Clarksburg and keep
Ing 1t in general circulation.
The buyers, aroused to the Inn
portance OF the vast amount of money
that could be kept at home that
hitherto has been sent to the mail
order houses in the North South,
East and West inspected and
compared the great stocks car
ried In the various Ciarksburg
stores. For the first time, too,
many Of them were brought to full
realization of the vastness and COM
pleteness Of these stocks and the low
prices that prevail. For the first
time many of them realized that 1t
Is possible to make purchases right
here at home on an even better basis
than Is possible through the mail
order houses. the important addition
being that personal inspection and
absolute fit are obtained and guar
anteed.
In this one particular various mer-
chants have stated that the CAM
paign has served to bring together
the dealers and the buyers, actual or
prospective, in a manner never here
tofore attained. A closer bond OF
sympathy has been welded and a
better understanding and apprecia-
ton developed. Any articles that
local merchants and business men
40 not carry in regular stock are
Immediately obtained for the local
buyer. the buyer even in this in
stance being given the benefit of
personal inspection and fit and salts
faction. Neither of these are OBJ
tainable when purchases are made
from the mail order houses.
Chicago Mail Order Houses Report
Tremendous business.
Two large mail order houses OF
Chicago did a total business of $780,
100000 last year. large part OF
which was taken from groceries and
general stores in Ohio. Indiana. Ken
! all cash business. the money hav-
Ing been sent TO Chicago in advance
of the shipments.
These figures are official and are
taken from the annual reports OF
these gigantic concerns that rob
many communities throughout the
length and breadth Of the land of the
money earned In these communities
and that should be spent in them,
and in many cases fall to provide
sven halfway satisfaction. Only too
often has been heard the disappoint-
I'd buyer from the mail order houses
express his disappointment even in
the mere general appearance of the
the splendidly illustrated catalogs
that are flooding the country.
50 pernicious had grown the in
roads OF the big mail order houses.
that live( wide-awake merchants and
business men and loyal home people
In many sections OF the country got
together and waged determined
campaign against the evil practice
evil for the welfare and continued
growth Of tho city, town or village
that housed the chronic mail order
buyer. In every instance on which
reports have been obtainable, these
campaigns, like the one waged by
the Telegram and the Clarksburg
people. have resulted in II closer
bond of union for all peoples and
a largely expanded home trade.
These naturally resulted in the en-
ployment OF more home people by
home stores and business concerns
and the paying out of greater vol
ume of money in salaries. wages and
rent. all OF which monies continued
to circulate in the home city, which
Increased rapidly. in population. pro-
gressiveness and attractiveness from
every point of view.
Many Comments Made from Various
Angles.
Many expressions are heard daily
In Clarksburg relative to the bene-
fits deriving from the buy in Clarks-
burg campaign. These results are
viewed from countless angles, and
some enthusiasts, heretofore patrons
more or less regularly. of mail order
houses have written to the Telegram
commencing the stand taken and
the motive behind the persistent.
insistent and consistent iteration and
re-iteration of the loyal slogan OF
buy In Clarksburg.
One enthusiastic buy in Clarksburg
advocate, during the last week
wrote the Telegram of another an.
gle that has developed in the cam
paign. This advocate enthusiastical.
ly refers to what she terms one OF
the Inconvenience caused by the
general determination on the part oil
the people OF Clarksburg to buy in
Clarksburg." She writes over the
signature of IAN Enthusiast" but
signs her name to an accompanying
note. Her letter Is as follows.
Editor of Buy in Clarksburg Cam.
paign,
Clarksburg Telegram,
Dear Sir-l'm trying, oh, SO very
hard IN huv in Nla rlx sh,,rp and only