The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-18
PATRONIZE YOUR LOCAL
MERCHANT 49, BUILD UP
YOUR HOME COMMUNITY
Spend Your Money Where You
Earn It.

word to impress upon It's readers
the importance of patroniziEg the To-
cal merchant, to the end that the in
dustries of the home community be
built up and that prosperity be ush-
cred in for ALL.
The working man can do more to
bring about this important condition
of affairs than any other ,e in the
community, for it must be remem-
bered that in the last analysis the
working man, Of the community COM
prises the bulk of the ultimate: con-
sumers.
In this connection, he must not for
get that when he spends his dime or
his dollar, and insists on being sup
piled by merch. nts that are friendly
to the cause; he Is conserving his:
money and paving the way cor that
money to return to him in the form
OF wages.
The merchants of the West End are
a uniformly progressive body Of busi-
ness men, and in patronizing them
you are simply spending your money
with men who are contributing to the
progress and prosperity Of the COM
munity as a whole. .....
There is at present widespread
movement in this state which has for
its object the education Of the people
Of the whole state as to the desirable
ityity of buyirg home made products,
and the Labor World is In hearty &C..
co-d with the move,s, Minnesota is a
great state. rich intnatura1 resources
and rapidly becoming one Of the most
important Industrial and commercial
commonwealth in the Union,
If you believe in boosting your own
city, county and state, see to it. that:
your larder is stocked with Minnesota
made products, that your wardrobe is
supplied with union. made clothing
and furnishings, that you buy home
manufactured shoes, that your furni-
, ture bears the Minnesota label, and.
in fact, that every need that arises is
filled WITH the product of home
farms, mills and factories.
Another point to bear in mind is
, that the local merchant can and does
supply standard merchandise at
prices that are as low and in; many
| instances lower than the prices Of
mail order houses, and in patronizing
him you are not buying a pig in a.
poke, nor are you forced to wait until
the outside dealer sends the goods to
, you.
Do not be deceived into patronizing
mail order houses that have branches
in your home locality with, the idea
that that is equivalent to patronizing
home industry. This is not the case,
i V4,,,~ 3n 80 4
goes to fill the Golfers Of people who
have no interests in the development
Of Minnesota, further than to get Iwaha,
business they can and milk the sec.
ton Of its money.
Every dollar spent with foreign
! concerns decreases the per capita cir
culation in this district, and the pros
perity of the district depends entirely
upon the amount Of money available
for business purposes. Since labor a
a whole is dependent upon the pros.
perity Of local industry, and since the
prosperity of the local merchant con
tributes to the prosperity and prog
ress of the community, it behoovea
every working man and woman tt
spend every dollar with those who, by
their industry and effort, are making
1t possible for the worker to secure
employment. t.. 3. t>#s
One Of the essentials to the pros,
perity of community is that It,
workers are busy. It every man and
woman will do his or her, duty tn,
! Industries Of Minnesota will flourish
and in the general prosperity tina,
will follow the workers will. In or
ganization and cooperation, get theil
just share OF the wealth that is pro
duced as result Of the development
Of homo industries. g.
Spend the money made at HON,
with the home merchant and con
tribute your share to the genera
prosperity, Of the whole state. 81