The Nevada County picayune., 1918-05-09
THE BUY AT HOME DEPARTMFII
The Credu|ity Of Mankind
PROMISES, NOT GUARANTEES

A Mail Order House Baron Never
 shoves His Patent Lsathsr shoes Un-
 dor a Poor Mans Table-His Victims
 Extsnd From Ocean to Oosan-From
 sunriss to the Last Chance.
 lCopyrighted 1914, by Thomas J. suiiivan-l
 Said a clever quack to a painstaking business man, How many of the pass ing multitude, do you suppose, apprs- ciate your honesty or understand the impositions of quackery?"
 Not more than one in ten." was the answer.
 Well" said the quack, you may have the one. I'll take the nine"
 That is the system upon which the mail order houses operate, and nothing more strikingly portrays the credulity of mankind than their success Quack- cry is a thing universal and univer- sally successful Tn most cases 1t Is literally true that no imposition is too great for the credulity of man.
 The Ouaek Doctor of Commerce.
 The retail mail order house is the quack doctor of commerce. It prom ises msch and guarantees nothing. Like patent medicines, the directions are always on the inside, and you must buy nonreturnable package before you can find out what they are.
 The mail order house never helped to build the little white school in your district or turnpike the road past your door. No mall order house ever took you by the hand when you were in distress and told you to let the little account run until after harvest next year. No mall order house ever sold you a vehicle and spent every cent of in profits in the community where you and your netyhbors could get 1t all back again. No mail order house ever showed its patent leather shoes under your table and rejoiced with you when you were glad. nor spoke en- couragtng words when affiictton visited you, nor stood with ncovered head beside the graves of your children.
 Sentiment Is Unknown.
 That the mail order houses are after your money h an undisputed fact. Every dollar sent to them leaves your nelghborhood forever. The mail order house may bear upon its face the semblance of friendship. but no human heart beats under its cloak of hypoc- rtsy Sentiment to it h unknown The whole institution is a cold and b,oodless as . corpse
 There never was a farm in all Christendom whose value was incxsas- cd by the mail order houses. They ars parasites to which life h worthy of notice only while they can draw the financial blood out of the communities. to the upbuilding of which they coor tribute nothing. They create 10 local mArket for the product of the fArmA They have no property in the country watch can be assessed to help bear tho burden of taxat1oa-
 csa pvpiiests Evsry o~se.
 h every town In the country tho lo- cal rstail msrchAnt stands ready to dupHeats every oasr ssducuve,y sst fosth In the catalogues of natl orosr houses, and mora He will trump tho bsst trick tho mail ordsf hSuso ever played If you win pot down spot cash aHd accept trom dm . ciass of goods devoid of respectable ancestry and upon which no reputable mAnufae<1r- ers name can b. found. bae in which the disease germs of prison mads goods are sscretsd.
 He can ssll cheap ODsds Y you viii buy them from him with your syss shut He can msse tho bet pKlco sver mads by . mall ordsr 6ooso if you will plank dow1 yoor n0.sy ard accept what hs Givss you wtthost question and WteAout rscosrsA But you must not expect hiD to be h his place of busansss every day h tho year. ready and wiling to maks goeA any dsfscs, nsady aad willing b stand bAck of every article hs sslls with hio own rspstation and tAs vaRxan1v of . responsible conoaAy.
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