The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-10-08
By David Powell

A quiet novel, though rome the les
effective scheme to encourage hom
buying was inaugurated and carr.y'
to successful issue by the women o
Borburton, Ohio, small! city locate.
,, within easy trolley ride of Cleveland
And thereby hangs 9 tale.
A civic beauty league had been or
ganized by the leading women of thu
city, and to carry out its purposes
they appealed to the business men O.
the town for financial aid, never
thinking that for so worthy \ cause
there would be any reluctance on tho
part of the merchants to subscribe
Are Given Merited Rebuke
AS it so happened, the two or three
women most active in promoting the
league were very much given to run
ming to Cleveland to buy a large
share of their clothing, hats, house
furnishings, etc., and when the mat
ter came up before the business mems
association for endorsement several
of the merchants present were of the
opinion that this would be a rare
opportunity to give these women a
well-merited rebuke. After some dis
cussion it was decided to appoint a
committee to meet with the ladies
and explain to them that owing to
poor business conditions caused by so
much money being spen out of town
it would be impossible for the mer-
chants to help them at that time.
Though the ensuing conference be-
tween the committee and the ladies
was held many years ago, the men,
bers of that committee still retain
very vivid memories of the occasion.
After some two hours discussion
on the part of the women
the committeeman retired with as
much grace as they could, but later
developments proved their martydom
had not been in vain.
Ladies see the Light and Take the
Play
Being whole-souled, sensible Amer
lean women, the ladies readily saw
the force of the arguments presented
by the business men with the result
that it was but a few days until their
beauty league was converted into a
Buy at Home" club, composed of
only women and working independ-
emily of the merchants, though of
course the money necessary to con-
duct their campaign was solicited
and needless to say quite willingly
su bscribed-from the business inter-
ests of the city.
Through the medium of the local
newspapers the women conducted a
prize contest for the best ten reasons
why people should buy from home
and was open only to con-
testants who We're not connected in
any way with local enterprises. As
1t was desired to create as much in
terest as possible in the contest the
prizes offered were very substantial
and so arranged that everyone send
Ing in an article could feel almost
sure of winning something.
$3.50 Prize for Short Article
The results we're more than salts
factory. Hardly block in the city
but contained one or more of the
prize winners. The following article
won the grand prize of $3.50 and with
he other prize articles, was prepared
IN attractive pamphlet form and plac-
ed in the hands of every resident of
he city
First: The first and foremost rea-
son why we should patronize our
nome merchants is because careful
comparison of prices and values will
show that on nearly everything we
ian save money by doing so.
Second: Because the merchandise
sold by our home merchants is of
standard quality and workmanship
Ind its wearing qualities are backed
lot only by them but also by the
actories that make them.
Third: Because we can always
Zee and inspect an article before we
rive our money for it.
Fourth: Because If we are dissat-
SIZED with an article it is easy and
convenient to either exchange it for
something suitable or get our money
Jack. We don't have to 60 to the
bother Of writing a letter and pack
ng 1t for shipment and take another
nance on it's getting lost or broken.