The producers news., 1927-11-25
CHRISTMAS CARDS

q HHS VI merchandising peculiarly q part Oh Ine
printing business. The holiday demand is antici-
pated in the early summer with the buying of
stock cards.
At this time this company has considerable
money invested in Christmas cards-beautiful
cards-which are retaied to the trade just as
cheap, if not cheaper, and with work just as nice
as can be obtained anywhere.
The discounts and the money for the labor of
printing is spent right here in Plentywood.
AS customary the Christmas card solicitor com
menced her canvass about week ago. Imagine
her and our surprise to be informed by old Gus
TONER'S that this year, some time ago. they had
placed their orders with the wife of certain re-
tail merchant of Plentywood, who solicited this
business in the name of certain church, the COM
missions going for the benefit of the church, no
doubt, to pay the pastors salary The lady prob
ably thought that she was doing a splendid SER
vice to the church-some people have such fund
OF clever ideas when the results do not effect them
So many of our merchants howl about mail or
der business-fume because the farmers and work
ers send to Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward
q Co. for merchandise, and while their breath is
still hot, they send mail orders themselves for the
things they need, which they do not happen to
handle themselves. The merchants and business
propagandize in behalf of trading at home only to
have Uncle Sam print all of their envelopes:
that they send out of town for envelopes station
ary, blanks and forms used in bookkeeping and
some go so far as to mail order their posters The
banks ship in most of the printing they USE which
can just as well be manufactured at home If all
the people IN Plentywood that send printing away
patronlzed the local print shops, one more man
and perhaps two could be employed the year
around at about $2O8O per year each, one more
family would live here, to distribute these earn
lngs among the business men-all would have a
chance at this money. Eighty per cent of print
ing cost goes for labor. But instead of this print
ers are supported in st. Paul and Denver by busi-
ness coming from Plentywood
What would the dear lady soliciting the Christ
mas card business for the benefit of the church
say, If for instance, gang of volunteer statesmen
went out and sold hardware and furniture, the
profit to go to pay the pastors salary?
1t would injure the hardware merchants, but
they like the Producers News, could keep their
stock on hand until next year, when maybe the la
0les VIII think OF some other way of paying the
pastors salary.
The consistency of some of our so-called church
people is surely jewel of brilliant colors These
people go to church and claim and pretend that
they believe in life hereafter that their soul
is saved or doomed according to their works and
their faith-they believe, so they saw. that this
mortal life is only preparation for the life TO
come, and is of itself of no Importance. when
compared to the eternal paradise to reward those
who keep the law and the faith, and call upon
the blood of the Saviour. These people belong to
church societies and congregations, vet they think
so little of their souls and care so little about
the eternal reward to come that about the last
thing that they will do is to dig up out of their
own pockets to support the institutions which thew
pretend to believe is so essential to their eternal
welfare They will use their money for the graft
hcatlon of any worldly desire or appetite. but
"hen 1t comes to pay the "Vicar of Christi who
officiates in the church where their names are
enrolled, his paltry salary, they send ladies out
to pedde Christmas cards.
Personally we don't think much of q mans
convictions nor of his honor, who belongs 70 =
church, pretends to believe in the doctrines. and
Is looking forward to salvation, who is too damn
penurlous to dig down into his pocket and helm
support his church-we think he don't believe his
soul is worth much of an outlay, that it is of no
whether the pastor is paid or NOT.
ana that ne thinks that in some way or other he
can short-ehange his way into heaven in the same
manner ne slips under the tent at a circus. Anv
--O '"AOo any SJOCk IN MS religion SuDnOTtS
the church as a privilege
VI course we are not enthusiastic about most of
The ways used to support churches We honestly
Delleve that church suppers, bazaars. raos sales
ana what not for the support of religions insti-
Cutlons do not speak well either for the in+olli
gence OF the members or for their RELIGIONS do
Vouon-ot course we are not condemnino tbaso
harmless social ways of making monev-yva onI,,
say that those methods do not seem dignified 70
U.s. we believe that man who takes his relioiop
feels just as much under oblioations -
to its support as he does in navino bis
grocery bill, and if all of those who take CON,
munlon are really serious about salvation tbo,,
wlu pay their organizations dues like gentlanoo
but OF course there are so many pretenderg II
Ims wOrld-people who think they can kid Cod
'uC OF salvation the last minute, or that some
Oooy else will foot the bills
Coming back to Christmas cards. we feel ,bo4
: Il IN business entirely out of place
! II seems a good stunt to sell Christmas cards
WY not put soda fountain in the church ba~o
henV and stock of cigarettes and chewing onr,
WIN lew bologna sausages on the side. and
maybe some prunes. The pastor and his ME-
,ould attend to this during their odd moments and
= nus ielleVe the church members of their 6utv -
n %L.