The Coconino sun., 1924-03-21
OVER THE STATE OF ARIZONA
BUY WHERE YOU LIVE !
LIVE WHERE YOU BUY

An appeal for AriZonans, and espec-
tally. the women of Arizona, to boost
their home state in every way IS con-
tained in a "Trade at Home" message
issued by Mrs. Thomas Fl. Cureton,
president of the Arizona Federation
of Women's clubs, on the eve of the
''Trade at Home-Use Arizona Prod
ucst" campaign conducted throughout
the state this week, March II to 22.
Mrs. Cureton's appeal follows:
Away with faultfinding! Our state
is the best place in the world to live.
If you don't believe it take a trip to
some other state, and when you re-
turn you will say, There's no place
quite like Arizona" If you came
from Missouri or farther east, you
say: "No, I'd never go back there to
live" You are glad to get back to
Arizona's sunshine, health-giving air
and the glad hand of friendship.
Housewives, do you know that the
women of Arizona spend close to a
hundred million dollars every year
more than the combined purchasing
power of all corporations in the state?
Where does this money go? Most
of it goes outside the state. How do
| know? Because while travelling
through California and some eastern
points, my ears detected the plaintive
voices of many Arizona dollars de-
manding to know why they should be
sentenced to spend their days in a
climate that cannot compare with that
of Arizona. Do you realize that you
are guilty? Do you know that you
have willingly sent millions of these
dollars outside Of the state during the
past year? They pine to come back,
but there is little hope. They say
that if they had been permitted to-
remain in Arizona they would have
brought added prosperity to the far
mer, the merchant, in fact to everyone
within the borders of the state. They
would have built roads and highways
and helped to make our commonwealth
one of the best.
Dear co-worker, will you not allow
your pleading dollars to remain in the
state this year? We, you and |, are
Individually responsible for our states
progress. 1t is our duty to spend our
money within the state.
Do you know why you buy products
because these goods are extensively
advertised, and their trade names
have become familiar to everyone. Let
US set to work to advertise our own
goods. We will find them better and
cheaper than those to the price of
which freight rates have been added
Did you ever hear these retorts
made to Use Arizona Products" en-
thusiasts? "I'd buy them if you made
them, but you don't make them.
"Olives grown in Arizona? | didn't
know it," "What do you mean by Ari- |
zona cabbage and potatoes? They
aren't grown here" 1t would surprise
some of our ranchers, merchants and
manufacturers to know to what ex
tent this view is shared by unobser- |
want residents of our state.
What are the facts Included in |
the lists of Arizona products are
fruits and vegetables of every variety; |
meats, flour, dairy products, canned
goods, jams and jellies, nuts, drugs, |
cosmetics, manufactured articles too |
numerous to mention.
May | venture a suggestion to pack |
ers and shippers? In addition to
SHOWING luG UIdliQ dllu HdluC VI snip |
per on box, would it not be a good |
idea to feature in large type, Carl |
zona~ grapefruit" "Arizona oranges"
or whatever the product may be? The
thought has probably occurred to
comparatively few of us that these
boxes, carrying an advertisement Of
Arizona and containing delicious and
unsurpassed Arizona products, ship
ped to all parts of the United States,
would call to the minds of tens of
thousands of people the pleasures and
advantages of sunny Arizona. The
words would cause their thoughts to
fly to Arizona, and that perhaps at a
time when they are surrounded by
sleet and ice.
California lets no state "out-boost"
her. This is only an example of state
pride. Every state has the right to
think its own the ideal land. Let US
boost for Arizona, not as the Califor-
nian, but as the Arizonan.
Let us "Use Arizona Products"