Tombstone epitaph., 1922-05-21
"URGE OBSERVANCE OF
 TRADE AT HOME WEEK

General observance of Trade al Home Buy Arizona Products Week throughout the state was urged in q formA statement received here yes terday from the Arizona Industrial Congress. The congress recently in. augurated the Trade at Home" movement and urged that it he con. ducted in every locality by local civic and commercial organizations. with the result that the week will be held in practically every city and town in the state The statement follows:
 The last two years have shown as never before the necessity of concert, ed action to restore normal prosper ity in the state and insure the fullest future development of our resources.
 We cannot alter economic laws. but we can do great deal to i'm prove business conditions in Arizona, which in turn will better the indiyid- ual condition of every resident Your prosperity depends on that of your town; your town depends on its bus mess; its business depends upon you. the individual Thus We help our selves when we make business bet ter. regardless of whether we are in business personally.
 The greatest assistance We can give 10 business at this time k to keep our money at home where it belongs where il will play its part in mak. ing conditions better and eventually return to us in some form By home We mean your home town as well as your home state
 A large majority of residents of every city and town of Arizona trade at home Bnt many do not It is the latter whom we hope to reach in this Trade at Home-B Buy Arizona Pro ducts" week We can prove to them that it is to their individual advan- tage to trade at home
 In some cases people can save money by buying goods from mail order house If that were not true mail order houses could not exist Bu, when you buy from mail order house you lose the opportunity of making your own selection of goods. Of seeing the quality and deciding whether it will be satisfactory And in many cases the monetary saving is SO small as 10 be unworthy Of con. sideration Reckoning the factors of quality and personal selection. home values are always better than the sight-unseen values you order from q Catalog
 There is second class Of people who send their money away from home: The people who visit Cali. fornia or the east every year or two and who put off most of their buying until they are out of the state It is true that this method offers them q wide variety in many instances. but it does not save them money-in fact generally leads them to spend more And on the average they can obtai- just as much satisfaction by Juying at home CT at least ..n the state.
 Similarly. Arizona agricultural and manufactured products cost no more and will be found as good quality as those which are shipped in. You gain nothing by buying the imported variety.
 Home merchants and home busi ness men and home manufacturers and home farmers are the people who contribute directly to the pros perity and development of the state i More business for them means more employment. more invested capital And more invested capital means more employment, more invested cap i ital. And more invested capital means more taxable property and lower in dividual taxes. Better business means more money for everyody
 You gain nothing by trading aws. from home. You help yourself by trading at home There is no choice once you consider it.
 For these reasons the Arizona h dustrial Congress urges that every citizen of the state observe Trade al Home-Buy Arizona Products weei L.- ~.