The Nevada County picayune., 1918-04-11
THE BUY AT HOME DEPARTMFNl|
Build Up Your Home Market
AVOID BOX GAR MERCHANT.

Houses Stlfe Development of Small Localities.
 Copyrighted. 1914 by Thomas ). sullivan.l ] There are two ways of looking at the subjects of home markets, and the sub jects should be studied from both viewpoints if reasonably correct un- derstanding is to be arrived at
 It should be understood in advance that each community, inclusive of all the people who live in the market town and the farmers who surround it. is an industrial unit and that the prosperity of the individuals living ill the community rises and falls, ebbs and flows, with the prosperity of the community as q whole.
 One important aspect of the sltua- tion is that the farmer has a right to look for good market for what he raises and has to dispose of He is producer, first of all. and must pro duce before he can consume
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 The trading center. where he would naturally expect to dispose of his sur plus products, is not performing its functions as part of the community if 1t does not make preparation for buying everything the farmer wishes to sell, and the market should always be a cash market
 This much the farmer has a right to demand in return for the support he Is able to give the town.
 Could Get Better pricee.
 If the farmers have in their local town a market for their products or great part of them they would obtain a much better price for everything they raise. and the consumer would pay considerably less than the people living In large congested centers.
 To supply the needs and demands Of the people living In the large cities great quantities of country produce are daily shipped to the commission merCnantS operating there.
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 The city consumer pays the price for living In the center of excitement, as be joins with the producer in sharing the cost of moving the farm products to the large cities; also the expense entalled Tn handling. storing and dis posing of them.
 Town Is Entitled to Support
 On the other hand. having provided for good. adequate market, the town is entitled to the support of the farm CTS
 Furthermore. the only manner in which the market can be maintained Is for the farmers to give all their trade to their local merchants keep their money at home.
 The COW must be fed If she s to con tinue giving milk. You cannot draw more out of q eask than has been put into that caSk.
 If the farmers of a community per sist In sending the money they receive for their products away from home to buy goods the time surely will come when there will be no money Tt home with which the towns tradesmcn can buy the farmers products
 This K the philosophy of the Situa ton iu a nutshell
 The resident of town who does not exert his every effort in it's interest to build 1t up and make 1t strong and prosperous. is indeed retarding his own advancement. That's the logical reply
 Develop a Home Market.
 The first step in the right direction Is the creation and development of 6 home market. Everything within your power should be done to make your town the trading mecca of your vicin- ity.
 You should volunteer your services and cooperate with the other citizens in making your town the trading envy of your section of the state
 Give the question a little thought and when you have reached conclu- sion do not hesitate to voice your sen timents
 Go to your local newspaper publish CT, yonr banker, your merchant, your lawyer, your hotel keeper and your druggist and tell them what you think would be the best way 10 build up and advance your town
 Citizens Are Thoughtless.
 The efforts spent should not be di- rected in specific channels. but should embrace the bettermcnt of rural life and conditions
 The work for the improvement of both town and csuntry ought to be made community job. and every res ident should engage in the work with equal zest
 Local development will be hindered Just as long as the thoughtless citi- zens line up at the counter of the faker and tender him their hard earned dollars and while they continue to aid in increasing the bank accounts of the enormous corporations engaged in ssll-