El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-31
THE MAIL ORDER HOUSES ARE Al
DETRIMENT TO COMMUNITY GROWTH

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cago mail order houses FL Paso and the counter &C
non comes too Soon It should he vigorous as
i is timely.
Mail order houses are legitimate in so far as the literal
and restricted meaning Of that word IS concerned The
auent and influential proPetors Of these great economic
SUCTION pumps have carefully seen TO their egltm1zatlon
z years agone But their trend and tendency IS anti
social and such they in the brOadest offensive
% the basic law Of the country.
Mail order houses cater to the farmers. It was the
nail order influence that figured in the lobbies
most prominently when the law was enacted which gave
the rural delivery mail to the countrys farmers
Convenient It may be to the farmer, the free
delivery law, because Of its by mail order houses, is
Undermining business of the ountrys farmers for
that crushing the life the cities and
towns where the farmer finds the market for what he has
to sell
Because he can sometimes get an article for slightly less
than be pays for it at home the average farmer believes
he IS blessed IN his opportunity to buy from distance
he VII send ms cash away Then when he wants credit
he viii the storekeeper IN his nearest and
make purchase time.
If the ambition Of mail order houses realized
would have towns in any civic Of the word
We would have country Of farmers and few large mail
order There would be little in the countrys
towns than post offices where the farmer could get mail
to the mail order express and
freight offices where the country customer could receive
Aside from the fact that the small town affords him
his market for the that nearly everything the farmer
grows is psrshable, there other Why the
farmers support is morally obligated to the town It az
fords civic center for his political social and religious
life. The small town merchant keeps these centers Of
CIVIC lie Pulsating The mail order house IS not com
muny builder except incidentally where the establishment
happens to located. But far the small town
the mail order house takes out but puts nothing
Il paves streets, pays for lights contributes
nothing TO the maintenance OF police OF IRE departments
bears none the burdens Of charity and does not give
one cent TO the churches the schools.
There small towns IN Kansas which once were
flourishing communities which today little
than wsting stations for the that many Of
ther inhabitants and farmers living in their territory
the bulk Of their business to mail order houses.
Mail order houses have most subtle method Of cre-i
atng friendship for themselves IN any territory they
seek 70 penetrate One Of their methods is to increase
e capital and to sell Of the issue to persons
the section they intend TO invade They know that where
mans investments are his heart is nearby. Sales Of
stock in FL Paso should be discouraged
every possible way.
We all understand well enough that any business is
operated primarily Of livelihood FOR its owners
But the local business house does than that it IS
successful II forms vital part Of community LIE and IS
necessity the LEGALITY. The mail order house serves
but purpose That purpose has the entirely selfish
object Of amasng wealth for its at the expense
Of every community IN the country
The nail order houses should, therefore, be dealt with
according their merits BY the communities they menace
The status Of the Russian bOlshsv seems to be Tag
you're itl@
Babe Ruth the hard hitting pitcher, is setting mark
for the miners shoot at Hes asking $4,000 for
two three days work week during less than half the
year.
We all agree that the areds" didn't put the red in
@red, white and blue"
An American scientist Is searching for lost continent
IN the Pacific ocean. The guIIbe Ohoan who bought
reserved seat for the end Of the world probably VIII be
Missouri IF offered any oil leases the submerged
territory