The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-01-23

Business Men Are Responsible For
Loss Of Business frOm Here

Dunhhtee Wen Arc AtepOhSiDto EOi h
Loss of Business Prom Here
Local newspapers the country over
are swiping the mail order house on
every occasion possible They do so
to protect their local business men
from the ravages OF the mail order in
stitutions. knowing at the same time
that their readers are getting tho
worst OF it from these mail order
houses The Diamond Drill has in
the past done what little II could to
discourage mail order business but
we must say that the merchants OF this
town with few exceptions deserve
to lose their business TO mail order
Institutions and they are losing It,
too, as is evidenced by the immense
amount OF goods that are being re-
ceived here right along from Chicago
and other mail order centers
They deserve 70 lose their business
for the reason that they do.nothing to
save H. DO you see any merchant in
Crystal Fails advertising any bar
gains? DO they make any effort 10
give the people here special prices in
these hard times. as do the business
men OF Iron River2- DO they do any
thing to enlighten the people and show
thcm that Crystal Falls merchants cnn
sell goods cheaper than the same goods
can be bought from the Chicago
houses
Pick Up tha local paper 10 any town
but Crystal Fails and IN its adyertis
ing columns Won win nnd the prices 81
commodities quoted Some 81 them
are leaders For example. iii the IRON
River Stambaugh Reporter almost
every week YOU win end tile ad OF scv
era1 grocers and one OF them in par
tleular prides himself upon his ad
that he can beat the mail order houses
and he does beat Il and publishes his
prices to show that he means business.
DO YOU ever see any Of that in Crystal
Falls? Why2 We can tell you and
We are going to tell you all about it
before We get through with this for we
believe that our people arc entitled to
Just as good and as cheap service in
this town as in any other town,
A local resident said to a reporter
during the week Can you tell me why
II Is that when / could buy corn at
Iron River for S5-cents per bushel !
had to pay $1.2O here for it? Why IS
it that Barney Krom can sell pork
loins at 12-cents per pound and for
less IN 1O0-pound lots when we have
TO pay from Is to 20-cents here? You
claim 20 be working in the interest OF T
the people of this town, why not stir
this thing up and get us square deal
over here. Surely We ought to get /
things as cheaply as the Iron River
people dc"
Yes We ought 70 get things as cheap
~ and get as good goods We ought
TO have Crystal Falls business kept in |
Crystal Falls There Is enough OF Il
here to make good business com
and 1t would be such if the bus
mess men would awake to realization
Of the fact that the people are watching
them and that, as a rebuke for the In
difference they show, business is go.
ing TO the mail order houses in larger
volume every month
One Of our station agents tells us
that the business ont Of this town
through his station each month would
support d large store and that Is all
cash business, too
Is CRYSTAL Falls good town That
depends upon how wide awake the peo-
pie arc WHO 30 10 make up the town