Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-11-26

proasssr victim.
II ssksa her 4 che had priced other
shires IN the stor~ IN question and u
any were lower In price She said yes
TO both questions. asked the
shirt was for her husband. She sha'
NO, Il 10 for my boy. he's H.
Twelve Dollar shirt Fer Boy.
II told her that could do nothing
for her. II sho was ready 20 pay VIZ
for a silk shlr, for a mere school BOY,
there was nothing this oriee cou''
DO tina, would prevent her from re-
psa,Ins the performance.
Then there vas a banker UP stare
va. IN his town addressing
woman's club. He asked me to step
into the bank. In the course OF con,
yer-sstion. he said that his wife had
refused TO pay SIS for hat a. lhe
lssal millinery store lmas'ne heE
SURPRISE when . week later her n'hiu'
NH, r~>e.yri IS a week, arrived ~
the house one afternoon with tie s~N
hat
&C.
TIE banker. wife had bought an
- nat. feeling thar sae SIS hat Was 700
expensivA TIE banker can write MS
eassA for Siaa. 80 Aay day however
N, xtte's r.sii - the emily one VINO
car srora 6 SIS Dat in lis house. IAe
nsrst-'. VIE snSws that nat Is
worth ,us. so much 20 her, and no
mere TIE maid hss yet TO learn thai
lesson.
And YOU see young boys and school
80 which CCIS
from SIS TO SIS. You see shop s!r.s
and working girls with expensive lur
eosa sixteen dollar shoes adorn the
fee, o. :he dainty office stenosraphers'
They buy and charge Il or pay iof
.s. They have 10 dea about real val
psa They so not understand that
every article manufactured or made
hss set value to che consumer or
User. Any mark above this set NaIue'
Is inflated, and comes to the trades
man only when buying public grows
reckless and pay any prices asked.
Smith" Versus "Jones."
sToen there II that eternal ambition
81 tie Smiths 70 outshine the Jones
They must show a better front than
the nelshbcrs. No matter how II is
dome. no matter what the family In
come ,s, they must 60 the neiShoors
one better. They TOO forget set VAL
uat.ors merchandise may have TO the
Individual
"Too MANY luxuries are bought on
credit, Why not wait until cash Is in
hand before so INDUCING? Why just
follow bl!ndly In race TO outd!stance
and outshine the neighbors!
'srhe remedy?
We'll. / have told the governor that
the people themselves hold the remedy
They must come to the point where
they viii refuse to purchase articles,
the price Of which IL above the value
An individual may get out Of such aru-
cIes.
Wants - Won't Buy Il" c'usa
Shoes, clothes. jewels. everything
we wear Ia. only certain value TO US
We mus: refuse TO pay over that value,
Just as the investor refuses to Invest
bis money. unless a certain return Is
assured.
The best way L. for the buying
public to Join q I Won't Pay II club.
Just let the majority refuse to pay
prices asked. and prices viii come
down. Shoes that Used to cost 1886
are now $3.50. They are not worth II,
and an wearing repaired AID resoled
shoes
Constant refusal Of the pubLc TO
bly, oTe-pr!cet articles. viii help re-
store prices to normal Tat Is about
the g;st Of what I shall report to the
governor. LeE-sist ton viii not help as
much as al 7 Won; Pay II attitude
assumed by the buying public"
Mr.. Barney himself is pract.cing
what he breaches. He is wearing
trousers which do not match coat and
vest rather than pay high prices ask
ed for new s1i-. He declares ne will
wear -rs1ovatsd- clothes. and repair
ID Shoes another year, before falling
in line with those responsible for high
prices. because 0. careless attitude az
stunned in buyng