Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-13
HELP ANNAPOLIS, HELP YOUR
SELF


Every reader of this article has
financial interest in Annapolis regard
less of the fact that he may not be in
business and may not be a taxpayer.
In fact. the poorer the citizen the more
keen is his financial interest. The
man of wealth, owner of extensive
properties, certainly suffers a great
loss when the town in which his prop
critics are located becomes dead or in
active. But the more wealth he has
the better he can withstand a slump in
values and. because of the basic value
of his property there is no likelihood
that he will become impoverished.
The man with small property, or he
with none, really is hurt the worse
when a town dies. The man on salary
who may have made a small invest
ment from his savings, or may have
bought a home by means of strict
economy and industry-this is the man
who suffers most when the business of
town fails, property values fall and in
dustry ceases. He cannot weather
such a storm because his resources are
his daily earnings and, with these di-
little he has.
This is why it is so frequently the
case that wealthy citizens are not so
progressive as those in moderate. or
even poor, circumstances. The wealthy
man knows that he is financially safe,
and in far too many instances he per-
mits others to build up the town and
increase property values and then
reaps the benefit of their efforts. why
should spend any money in boosting
the town." he says. Il can get along
all right even if the town goes dead; if
others want to boost let them do So"
In other words he is willing to let
George do it, but he doesn't fail to set
a higher valuation on his property as
the town progresses.
To make of Annapolis a bigger and
buster town is therefore more TO the
interest of the small property owner.
small investor and wage-earner than to
the wealthy citizen A progressive.
hustling town means abundant work,
good pay and opportunity to prosper
by investment It,means better living
conditions, better service from your
baker, butcher and laundryman, better
buying opportunities from your merch-
ant.
And one way in which the working
men of Annapolis can help to build up
the city is to spend their money in An
napolis. In nearly every case it is
more profitable directly to buy here at
home than il is to buy out of town;
there are very few cases in which mon
ey can be saved by out flown buying
An dthere are none in which Annapo-
lis can be helped by spending the
money elsewhere which is earned here.
When Annapolis men and women
adopt the buy at home plan generally
they will find that local merchants will
be enabled TO give them better and big
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prices. Local merchants will strive
harder to please, will give improved
service.
If you are a workingman-or any
other kind of man. for that matter
don't go about knocking the town.
knocking the stores. the service and
the prices. and then go 10 Baltimore to
do your buying. Be fair to the town
which gives you living, be fair to the
merchants who will do their part if
you will but do yours.
II, for the next six months every
citizen of Annapolis would refrain
from buying any merchandise any
where out of town, local merchants