The weekly soliphone., 1916-11-03

Sears, Roebuck < Co. flooding Paragould and Greene county with catalogues They plan to prove to Shyock how 1t is possible to cut pound Ot flesh of the local merchant who pays taxes here helps in personal way and with cash to support public schools and public enterprises.
 Sears Roebuck & Co., exist solely by reason of the fact that people anarchists to the extent of the efforts prevent home merchants from realizing profits and prosperng as home merchants entitled to pros per.
 Sears, Roebuck X Go. do enormous business and they make enormous profits They sell cheap goods 'ml-ends factory seconds goods containing hidden flaws that the average dime enthusiast cannot detect Last year they laid aside velvet bag of gold big enough to finance the federal government good long while. They pick up nickes and dimes from every state in the Union, palm off inferior merchandise upon in fe1or people and get by without being indicted for ob ainng money under false preenses merely because they are trained in the art of successful explanation No one planes Sears Roebuck Co. for trying to get business by the mail order route, but the public at large does blame the penurious individual who far forgets him. self or herself as to send good American money to Chi cago that ought to remain in circulation here. Patriotic citizens have patience with this view of personal re- sponsiby Folks who persist in sending their business to Sears Roebuck Go. ought not to be permitted to send their children to the county and cys public schools This buyn-C Chicago propaganda is evidence of such
 eness such naITow-mindedness, that the mere act o buying money order in favor of Sears Roebuck casts serious reflection upon ones love for home- reflects upon patriotism.
 When the average patron of the Chicago mail order house has spent all his ready cash for Chicago goods and it takes ready cash to get these monaes to con- sider an order-when all the ready cash is gone and 1t becomes necessary to ask for credit local merchants must supply the credit The mail order patron is peculiar of chap who believes in conferng favors upon this Windy City Croesus to the disadvantage of home mer chant, then when hard times come knocking he Whnes and begs for credit in the home town store.
 tO enough people in this community to justify Sears, Roe buck X Go. in sending out thousand catalogues but the truth remains Like hungry dog with bone, these fellows take their catalogue into obscure place and gnaw away for days and days looking at the pictures and marveling the language When it finally appears that four dollar pair of shoes be bought for three nney-eght plus cost of money order, stamps and you can return it" guarantee that fellow intuvey realizes he's struck bargain and hikes out to the postofice to close the deal He buys money order because people who patronze Sears X Roebuck seldom have bank ac- counts-heyre afraid crooked cashier will SWlpe all their dough- and prefer to keep 1t stuck away Tn an odoriferous stocking buried in dark Ii Sears, Roebuck Co., could get look at this vast army Of fel- lows who regularly contribute their dollars and dimes to help maintain good streets public schools churches and promote prosperity in Chicago Old Man Roebuck, if he isn't already dead would die laughing There was another army like these brgades They're bargain hunt CTS from who laid the chunk and the fact that they get feeced nearly every time dollar is sent away seldom dscourages them In fact most of them are incapable of judging merchandise, what's the difference they do get stung?