El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-03

TOR the upbuding Of industries and the development Of
all kinds Of businesses, large and small nothing IS SO
important buying at home To stimulate home buying
while reaching out into other localities IS one OF the CHIEF
tasks Of the FL Paso merchant and to practice home buying
IS the privilege and duty Of the FL Paso citizen.
There are two obligations involved: that Of the con
sumner TO favor his ueghbor and sells goods
produces them from the ground from domestic animals
and that Of the producer himself TO the producer rams
the obligation Of providing merchandise high IN quality
and as reasonable in price that Of the outside competitor
whose goods he would dsplace from the market by nduc
ing home people to buy and use the home product.
All things considered FL Pasoans get home products
prices higher than those made elsewhere Some retail
at prices considerably less than goods made elsewhere
mand Where prices Of local products higher, higher
costs Of manufacture IN nine cases out account for
the difference However in such It IS the duty Of the
consumer convinced that the producer is doing his best to
keep costs low possible and IS not proeerng, TO
buy the home product if It does cost The home
man needs the encouragement OF patronage and larger
volume business when the total goes high enough, viii
enable him to reduce his prices correspondingly.
That the quality Of FL PasO products is, referring to
them as whole on par with those made elsewhere, viii
not be challenged, allowing for the inevitable differ
individual tastes and variance OF opinions as 10
what constitutes the standard Of excellence For instance
may consider the local product superior to the foreign
while considers it inferior. That difference in
taste and whether OF is correct in his judgment de-
pends On what constitutes the standard Of excellence
Reverng to the matter Of prices FL Paso made food
products all favorab priced with respect to outside prod
ucs of the same quality and that statement requires greater
consideration in view Of the TACT that food products home
made and those made elsewhere, sell generally lower than
anywhere else in the southwest with the exception OF Los
Angeles in certain few articles Thus when 1t is said that
Paso potatoes sell at higher price than Phoenix
potatoes one should understand also that Phoenix
potatoes sell cheapy in FL Paso IN Phoenix The
potato price chosen at random, Just for Illustration
matter Of fact potatoes sell at considerably less
FL Paso than Phoenix. One get three four
pounds for 25 cents in e Pas0 while IN Phoenix where
thousands Of pounds Of them grown, the price p to
IS cents pound FL Paso butter higher than Phoenix
butter in the FL Paso Market and the FL Paso pce on
Phoenix butter is lower than the Phoenix price, ranging
from SIS to "a cents pound String beans sell IN Phoenix
at 25 pound retail 81 Paso string beans sold IN
stores and the city market week ago at 70 cents
pound FL Paso and bacon higher than Phoe
nix hams and bacon the product Of eastern packing
houses and beef reas prices generally lower FL Paso
than in Phoenix where much Of It is grown and fattened
The comparison between FL Paso and Phoenix prices
not made as reflection against Phoenix but to show BY
few instances an indication Of general condition which
stands FL Pssos favor and Phoenix chosen for the
comparison because in Phoenix originate much Of FL Paso