The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-04-01
SOMETHING TO TAKE HOME.


and of patronizing the home mer-
chant, the local producer, and all that
is always a live one, and it is not in
frequently that the writer is led to
look upon but one side. The follow
ing from the hand Of Bro. Bede, Of
the Cottage Grove Sentinel, presents
the question from little different
angle:
"The calendars of certain insur-
ance company are prominently dis
PLAYED around the state. The com
pany advertises that the stock is own
ed by Oregon men and that its money
is invested in Oregon property. The
biggest display line says, Keep Your
Money in Oregon A very reason
able and proper appeal II all in
surance purchased by Oregonians was
placed with Oregon companies, quite
a big business would be built up in
the state and the people buying in
surance would receive other direct
benefits besides insurance protection.
What is true Of insurance is true of
all other things, so we were struck by
a small line at the bottom OF the cal
enndar which gave the information
that the advertising and the calendar
were designed and produced by St.
Louis, Mo-, advertising agency.
This shows the inconsistency of a
great many people. This insurance
company used the 'tradeat-home'
slogan to appeal for business for it.
self, but it overlooked the fact that if
all the printing purchased in Oregon
were given to Oregon printing Offices
that there would be a great many
more people here to buy insurance.
Not long ago at meeting of the
Lane County Horticultural Society
the president of the society made the
assertion that Lane County products
and manufactures were not being
patronized by Lane County people.
He stated that this was true of the
products of the Eugene Fruit Grow
ers' Association. Here again is in
consistency. We make big whoop
and hurrah about building up a
market for the products Of our farms.
Then we ourselves buy the products
of farms of other states and depend
upon other states to take our pro-
ducts.
Complaint made concerning the
products OF the Eugene Fruit Grow
ers' Association is probably equally
true about the products of the Cot
tage Grove Cannery. The manager
of the cannery made the statement
that not a sale of the products of the
cannery had been made direct to
Cottage Grove merchants, although
some of the goods shipped to Port
land had probably come back here.
THE farmer hollers because the
merchants of his home town some
times buy outside products that could
be bought from him. Then some of
these very farmers send away for
things that could have been bought
just as cheaply at home. If all the
goods purchased in the Cottage Grove
country were bought of Cottage
Grove merchants there would be a
larger city here with better markets
and better stocks of goods and the
price of farm land would advance ac-
cordingly.
"The merchant does not think it
fair for others to send away for
things that could be bought just as
cheap, or nearly as cheap, from mer-
chants who are paying taxes and
building schools and roads for the
benefit Of patrons Of mail-order
houses and then some of these very
merchants, just to save few pennies,
will send away for things which some
other merchant stocks and pays taxes
on.
"The newspaper hollers for home
trade louder than any of them, yet
half the newspapers of Oregon are
printed on paper that is made in the
East.
Consistency, thy name is mud!
What we need is thoroughly or
ganized statewide trade at. home