The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-02-04
Mail Orders.

1t has come under our observation,
within the last few weeks, that there
are several people, business men of
Walterboro, who send away and get
their goods. We are going to ap-
ply this to our own business. first,
and say that they send away for
their job printing.
Now we want to show few facts.
The mail order man comes into Wal
terboro and carries away, say 5000
in printing. He only spends while
here about IS cents. at the least not
over S1.00, cigar money included,
and he carries away the difference
$4,000, never to return that much to
WATERFORD again. On the other
hand the Press and Standard re-
mains here. Pays taxes and license
here. Pays the men who work for
them and they in return spend the
money here, aggregating some four
or five thousand dollars, and last but
greatest of all, it is found ready at
any time to fight for the welfare OF
the town and county The money
We spend, except for material that
we cannot buy here, is spent at home,
and vet for the sake of saving a few
cents in the charges and the consum-
er paying the freight from some
other place. work is being sent away
to the northern people who have cap
ital and money enough to buy the
whole town. When we pay license
and taxes, we help Walterboro and.
Mr.. Business Man, We are dependent
uron YOU to help us pay these neces-
sary items.
But this applies not only to our
selves. but to others. The dry goods
man, the hardware man, the grocery
men, the butcher and the other fell
lows. Right here, we would ask:
What, claim have the mail order
people to your trade that compares
to the claim of the local business
man."
You may get your goods from
some nearby town, but when you pay
the freight on them you have gotten
them no cheaper than the home mer-
shant could have sold them to you
and more so if you went to that
town to get them and paid your rail-
road fare.
The mail order man pays his tax
es at home. The home man pays
his at home and his home is right
here. The mail order mans money
is gone when you pay him for his
goods, never to return and circulate
where it is needed. The local busi-
ness mans money very seldom ever
leaves Walterboro. Therefore his
money and the money you spend with
him are going for the welfare OF the
town. Just stop and think minute
and you will give your order Tor
anything to the home man, and you
will not send it to the man who
spends nothing here.
To illustrate. John Doe prices
suit of clothes from Henry Doe.
Henry tells him that the suit is worth
$4,000. John says that he can buy
that same suit from some concern
in Chicago for $17.99. Now we Will
see if John has saved anything. He
writes letter, stamp costs him z
cents. Money order for s11.99
costs him Is cents, Suit costs him
$3.50. Express charges from Chi
cago will bring this amount up TO
the $1,000 that Henry priced the
suit to him at. and the first time he
gets the suit wet he has to go home
in a barrel, the suit having shrunk.
Had he bought the suit at home, he
would have gotten another for it, for
the home man takes care of his GUS
toners but as it is he writes to the
Chicago firm and they write back
and make fun of him.
If the home merchant does not
keep what you want, make it profita-
bile for him to do so and he will do
if This works both ways. If every
man does his duty, the common good
and prosperity of the whole commu-
nity will have been promoted
WATERFORD Press and Standard.