The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1915-01-22
..MADE IN NORTH DAKOTA.

We are in receipt Of neatly printed
pamphlet issue by tie Fargo Manufact.
urers Association setting forth the msn.
ufacturing industry of Fargo. The ppr-
pose is to make the people Of the state
acquainted with the goods made in that
thriving metropolis, and as slogan ths
title page read. "Made in North Da.
kota." 1t is an eyeopeuer to most peo:
pie. to see one hundred and fifty three
manufacturing industries Of different
kinds represented by one city in this
state where about everything one sees on
display at the local dealers either comes
from the Twin Cities or farther away.
In connection with this there are two
things prominent in the mind of the wri.
ter. First. most of these manufacture
ers we're never heard Of save IN the i'm
mediate vicinity of Fargo. Second. the
east got the start in supplying this part
of the state and they are religously
looking after the business now they have
got in.
The tendency all over the west is to
consult tht. large catalogues, whether it
ia the merchant or the consumer, and
this directs the business out of its nat
ural channels. We consider businessmen
are as much to blame as the consumers.
There is very little use made of printing
ink by the average local merchant in
comparison with the amount of business
that stands knocking at his door, that
would be his for the asking. Get after
the business in the proper way and you
are sure to get it.
The consumer who constantly col
suits the elusive catalogue, with iIs
gaudy pictures would have a big kick
coming if the local merchant demanded
the cash in advance, from one to thres
weeks, and when the order was filled
some of it was not what was ordered.
There is not q catalogue house in the
land that can undersell the local NOR.
chant if he knows bis business. quality
of goods and transportation considered.
just the same with the businessman and
goods "made in North Dakota" A dol
lar left at home is put in circulation at
home and remains here, but a dollar
sent to the eastern cities never finds its
wey back.
Good local market makes prosperous
community and prosperous community
makes good local market, one is de.
pendant on the other. Hundreds of dol.
lars are lost annually by shipments Of
produce sent to the commission houses
that send out high quotations and when
the returns come back the price is seal.
ed down to next to nothing. There is
no redress, for the extra expenses and
shrinkage would have you anyway.
For instance, we have before Us figures
furnished by two Of our leading farmers
who shipped turkeys to Twin Cities com,
mission merthants last fall. In one case
the party shipped twenty live. bronze
turkeys, uniform and plump in size, and
when the returns came he received, after
deducting all charges, seven cents per
pound. The other case is where the
shipper sent dressed turkeys and receiy-
ed twelve cents for them. In both cas-
es quotations before shipments were
made gave prices nearly double those
received. A few of the birds were paid
for at quoted prices but they were sorted
to bring down the price. These two
commission houses are among the oldest
IN Minnesota.
There hes not been a turkey sold in
Pembina this year, that we have heard
Of. at less than fifteen cents pound and
the bulk Of them at prices considerable
above that.
Mr.. Farmer, deal at home; Mr.. Br,i.
nessman, do the same, and the money
will remain in circulation at home.
Schools and other public institutions
in North Dakota are supported BY the
people of the state, and not by the mon.
ey invested elsewhere. Build up the ia.
dustries Of your state. county and town
that will help you carry the burden Of
taxation.