The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-25
PATR0NIZE YOUR LOCAL
MERCHANT - BUILD UP
YOUR HOME COMMUNITY
Spend Your Money Where You
Earn It.

It is the aim and ideal Of the Labor
World to impr .ss upon it's readers
the Importance of patroniziIg the To-
cal merchant. to tho 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 fo~ 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 bust
ness men, and in patronizing them
you are simply spending your money
with men who are contributing to the
progress sand prosperity Of the CON-
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 buyir g home made products,
and the Labor World is in hearty &C.
cord with the move. Minneso "a is a
great state, rich in natural 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. NOT 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
i that that is equivalent to patronizing
! home industry. This is not the case.
{ Your money is sent back East and
goes to fill the Golfers of people who
have no interests in the development
/ Of Minnesota, further than to Get what
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 as
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 behooves
every working man and woman to
spend every dollar with those who, by
their industry and effort, are making
1t possible for the worker to secure
employment.
One of the essentials to the pros.
perity Of a community is that it,
workers are busy. If every man and
woman will do his or her duty thu
Industries of Minnesota will Tourist
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.
Spend the money made at hom,
with the home merchant and con
tribute your share to tho genera
prosperity Of the whole state.