The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-05-07

W W Wuht - bLuc1 every uAui4 Ca
hausts some tempting form OF error.
Not only 50, but scarcely any attempt
is entirely failure; scarcely any theo-
ry, the result Of steady thought, IL ali
together false. No tempting form OF
error is without some latent charm de
rived from truth. With these thoughts
in mind | have prepared what call
the consumers creed. @
A Gate to the City.
1t is not d religious creed Ii 1t were
would not be writing 1t, as am
afraid | might get my metaphors
crossed. This IL d business creed.
something like the people Of New Eng.
land unconsciously adopted when Lord
North undertook to tax them. Thereto.
fore they had always been accustomed
to divide on points 1t so happened,
fortunately. that their opposition to
Lord North was a point on which they
were all united It was a business
point.
have written a creed upon which
the people Of the north. south, east
and west can all unite for their own
good. S,
A good creed is a gate to the city
which has golden foundations; mis-
leading creed may be road to de
struction, or If both misleading and
alluring It may become what Shake
speare calls primrose path to the
eternal bonfire.
Perhaps my creed is nothing more
than q set of principles which 1t would
be well for every consumer to practice
Read them and then adopt them al
your very own: .i
A Business Greed.
First.--I do not patronize the mai
order system because it Is selfish an6
greedy and for the reason that I buy
at home. where my interests are.
Second.--If this community Is good
enough for my family and to live II
1t ought to be good enough for my fam
fly and l, to buy our necessaries in.
Third.-I will not take the word oi
the mail order house for Its goods. al
want to see what l am buying. and
want to get what pay for.
Fourth. II do not patronize the mai
order houses because they demand
cash In advance, and when | am
.'broke" and sick and need supplies my
home dealer is willing to "carry" me.
Fifth patrpnize the home dealer
because be stands back Of his goods
and in case Of error is willing to rec
tify.
Sixth.--I patronize the home mer
chant because believe Il man ought tC
spend his money in the community In
which he, earns 1t.
Seventh.-I patronize the home mer
chant BECAUSE believe the man who
sells what be produces aud buys what
he needs at home cannot bp Injured
by deceptive catalogue pictures or al.
legged bargains.
Eighth, 4 do not IIatronize the mail
order houses because they frequently
/ sell damaged aud inferior goods, which
1t ayails i man nothing to attempt to
exchange, But the nan patronize-
the home merchant, the man whu helps
to pay the town. county and state tax
will exchange any article buy from
him which Il unsatisfactory
ss'is \ b
Ninth.-l spend my money with my
home merchant ID preference to some
mail order house In d distant city be-
cause the local merchants help to sup
port the public schools where send
my children, the churches and the de-
pendent poor In my vicinity IN
Tenth. n patronize the local mer-
chant because be does not try to trick
me into buying 'rheape goods. which
because |. Of their defectiveness prove
to be expensive, and. further. because
should III luck or bereavement come
my way my local dealer would not
only prove that he was a neighbor
and friend. but a man, with d mans
heart and mans inclination to do
good: not u sOulless corporation like
the mail order system, whose only In.
stinet is greed and a further desire FOR
\ gain.
"DO Unto Others,n N
Let all citizens follow this creed
and they will be blessed with happy
homes and d happy life. They will
prosper financially and at the same
time improve their moral standard. DO
Tor your neighbOr what YOU would Ike
him to do for volt: then .yOu are doing
your full duty 70 yourself and to all
{ mankind.
Moral. buy and sell at home.
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