Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-10-30

taking our advertising for their col
umns. | have offered rates higher than |
the published rates in these newspa- |
pers, TO persuade them to become !
friendly" to the mail order house, III |
stead of championing the cause OF the !
local merchants.
Why didn't they do it? you will ask.
Does the mother permit her baby in
arms to starve? Does the mother bird
refuse to feed her young? Does the
lather decline to support those de
pendent upon his efforts?
OF course not There is loyalty and
fidelity left in the world. The pub
Usher of tie newspaper in the small
town is loyal to his community, al
most without exception. He cannot be
bought by the power of money. He
realizes what it means TO the business
/ men in his community to be threatened
constantly with the competition of the
mail order houses and what the lying
catalogues mean TO the readers OF his
paper.
To return to the subject of the eX-
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cities as compared with the big, profit
able slices of mother earth that actu-
ally produce the necessities of life.
City property is held of such great
value because such property is
headquarters for the Juggling of the
value produced in the country, but
not capitalized in the country. Every
thing is capitalized in the city.
The whole wealth of the world is IN
the soil The currency, the gold
pieces, the stocks and the bonds are
merely tokens of that wealth which
comes from the soil. If these tokens
would not purchase that which is pro-
duced from the soil they would be
worthless
> You who live in the country, own
: the wealth of the United States. But
4 your live, are so filled with the little
= details Of conserving and producing
wealth tlat you do not take the time
) necessarr to consider how to profit
+ by the wealth which you produce. AT
the SANE time those who live in the
. cities spend their entire time in figur'
ing out how best to profit by your
a work and your efforts. In almost
IL every instance the consumer, the per-
n son who uses your product, pays many
y times the amount that you realize
. oft of It, OF course, all of this profit
70 b,tween you and the consumer goes to
c. tie men in between-those who juggle
&c tie values.
n An enormous proportion Of your
u ,wn produce, manufactured and jug
il gled, comes back to you at swoller
'u prices through the mail order houses
lr Allsover this great country efforts
are being made to change these con
IN ditions. In a majority of the small
IN towns the thinking men and womel
at are discussing this great problem
. Boards of trade, chambers OF com
er merce, business mems association
at and other similar organizations ar
oq springing up and these great question
ne are being threshed out Great progress
il is being made, but still the millions o
Al your cash are being sent to the hi
Y mail order houses all the time.
9 Really this is the key to the Who'll
o subject. Keep your money at home
Buy from your local merchants. Kee
3. the cash in circulation in your ow
D. community. This will solve the prof.
3. lem. You have clever men In you
u town. Get together and talk about |
n Arrange to buy your supplies in you
I. own town and let the catalogue house
y 20 hang. All they want is your none,
I'd All they will give you is the least the
~ can in exchange for your money. The
g are in the business for profit onl,
Q They pay no taxes in your town.
'.e Talk ii over with your own bushes
tt men. Ask them what they will do fC
tie you in the way of service in exchane
Ia, for your cash orders. This is the on
uh way to do.
And Keep this one thought In min
al, The more money you send away
in, the mail order houses, just so muc
ed more are you endangering your ov
lat prosperity and just so many more mai
lfh are you driving into the coffin in whiff
raj Ito bury your local ambitions.
he II the five hundred millions Of d.
on lars that you send to the catalogi
zoe houses every year were to be handt
7ey over to your own local merchants thu
N could accomplish the most astoun
oal ing results-better service, bett
goods, better prices and better loo
Tut conditions all around.
it'd Lay aside the petty disagreement
ia and disputes. Go 60 your own loo
at.d dealer and tell him frankly what y
ok aneed. Ask him if he can get 1t for yo
Tell him you will support him and y
in awill be astonished by the manner
/, be-which he will hustle to supply 20
setrequirements.
v of II your local merchants were to
aregiven the cash that you send away
,omelhe catalogue houses you would so
slzesee sprlnging up in your own toy
ahdsome of those big establishments
mar. rade which will save YOU not only
You OF of your money. but will oner CT