The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1922-12-19
DRIPPING DOLLARS
! RIP. drip. drip. at the rate

doier mlhu'e' u VIC "s
ma miss n guess which II ia i'm
potsibie to verify TO the final deyres
oil accuracy. the dollars are being
dt>ined from klamath into the
mSws Of mall order houses.
There are itto minutes in the
ddy. and for every minute a dollar
created In Klamath. out Of KlaL.-
an resources and klamath indus
try. passss, like the minute never
TO return.
Take times at their best, and
anywhere under the sun, there are
not enough dollars. or whatever
name nations may give their cur
rency's standard. coin. TO 20 around.
Students Of the monetary sys-
,o:n tell US that for every man who
has dollar. there are five who
have not. They are borrowers from
the sixth. paying for the use OF the
circulating medium. passing II from
hand to hand. making II do six-
foid duty. Occasionally the own
ership changes. but there 10 very
little fluctuation In the amount OF
available currency. Some students
say that Il 10 an absurd systcm
wbich bases . currency on the gold
en- dollar, but Il IL the accepted sys-
tom and the prudent individual e.a-
deets his affairs BY the rules laid
Down.
80 does the prudent. community
Of individuals. 1851
srhe dollars that are 90 idly toss
cd Into the outflowing stream BY
Klamath county buyers never come
back. From thousand TO fifteen
hundred day. thirty to forty.
fiye thousand q month. possibly
half a million a year. are tossed
INFO the stream and vanish.
That Is TO say. enough money.
and we are estimating the amount
eonservativeiy, to add a handsome
business block to Klamath Falls
annually. goes to aid In improv-
ing streets and building imposing
edifices in Chicago. Seattle. San
Francisco and other cities.
The merchants OF Klamath Falls
are operating under a handicap.
when you send your money away
yon deny them q steady volume Of
bvDiness. give that volume OF bust
nebs to their mail-order competitor.
VA expect the local merchant TO
meet the prices based on volume
Y6u tie his hands and expect him
tdflght against an antagonist many
tihes his size. 1a1
But the miraculous thing about
tbs that the local merchant. des-
pite the bonds OF your injustice.
does meet the maii-order giant on
his own ground and price. service
and community helpfulness consid-
cred. battles him to draw and
often better. %e
With the support forthcoming
frsm his community to which he is
entitled he would easily win every
decision. But you strangle him.
stArve him and bind him in your
blLpdness. before ever he starts to
Halk down Main street in Kiam-
at Falls and observe the window
di plays. Compare them for ar
II bc taste and variety OF display /
W b As SsAnyT block IN any eity,
ar yo6f home town has nothing
to 20 ashemed r. 80. ~
hs Sr4 ~ Kisr4ath, ralls are are.
a tsdfi 70 thsfentffe city; and the
co hai visitor judges and makes
cd parisons through his impress
sid6s OF the business section, |
Fcr the past year. and for the I
fiftssn years before, under other |
n ana gements. The Herald has been
urgins that the money
maze In klamath should be spent
N klamath when possible,
During the past year the steady
Trip, drip. drip Of dollars has gone
m, We trust that We have made
ONE headway, and suspect we have,
ut ttssy iHeomfnf parcel post,
very express and freight ear that