The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-12-09
THE HOME TOWN BUILDER

We would not weary our readers by
being too insistent upon any one SUBJ
iect, but the welfare Of our community
should be uppermost in the minds OF
every loyal citizen, and that welfare
calls for few very pertinent remarks
at this time Of the year.
Between now and the 25th day Of
December many thousands Of dollars
will he spent by the people in the pur-
chase Of holiday articles. The manu-
featuring cost Of those articles must
Of necessity go TO the factories scat
tered broadcast over the country. That
cannot be helped.
But there is another cost which
should be seriously considered by ev-
cry person who has any regard what
ever for the future welfare of this
town and this community. That cost
is the retailers profits on the sales.
To make this community prosper
Gus and keep it so it Is necessary that
those profits be kept at home. and
that can only he done by patronizing
merchants who live here and conduct
their business here and spend their
own money here for your goods and
products.
No citizen has the right to feel that
il Is all right for him TO send his
money away from this community be-
cause "he Is only one person and his
money will not be missed" II Is Just
such people who are building up the
great centers Of population by strang-
ling the rural business interests all
over this country. They are the peo-
pie who produce hard times in the
country towns and farm sections of
every state, because they are millions
in number.
Let us bring IL right home to you.
Suppose every person in this town and
the farming section around here should
buy all of their goods from business
houses located in other sections of the
country or in another state. How
long would our stores keep their own
doors open, and how long would you
be able to buy even a pin or a nail in
this town?
And IL everybody kept on sending
their money all out of the town and
community, how long would it be be-
fore we had no more money to send.
and when we found the community
pauperized where would we turn for
relief?
The profits of local industries
both farm and town--represcnt the
money that is kept in circulation at
home. IL those profits are sent away
We can not expect long to have any
money in circulation in our midst. for
other people In other states will have
it; and we will be getting poorer and
poorer all Of the time, and our COM
munity will be getting deader and
deader, until in time no one would care
even to live here.
Certainly no sane person would want
such n condition of affairs to exist.
But what is the remedy, you say?
II is both sane and simple.
Quit doing your shopping out of
town and buy goods from home deal
ers. That is, buy everything you pos
sibly can.
Don't be carried away with the
false idea that you can buy cheaper
somewhere else, for you cannot. If
you want shoddy and worthless goods
you can find plenty Of city stores that
do not advertise who thrive on selling
country people such rotten stuff at
a few cents less than you would pay
the up-to-date merchant for n good
article that he is willing to guarantee.
But you can not buy reliable ar
ticles elsewhere any cheaper than you
can buy the same article right here Mt
home.
We are pushing the "buy at home"
slogan in this community and we
want you TO join us. We are not do
ing this in order TO enrich the local
merchants, but we are doing II to pro-
tect the future of this community and
town and the people among whom we
live.
We have prosperity this year and
we want TO keep prosperity at home
and we want you to help us in our
work by doing your share, and you
can do that by buying at home and
keeping all of the profits at home.