Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-01-08
TRADE AT HOME

Following the rule of the nation that
lower prices must prevail in order to meet
the present conditions, almost everything
that the public needs and which can be pur-
chased through our local stores, has been
reduced so that today the prices are away
below what they were. The drop locally has
been coming on gradually as the wholesalers
reduced their prices. The merchants here
have also taken a loss on their old stocks for
which they paid more than they are now be-
ing sold for. Stores here marked down their
prices on New Years Day and the losses be-
tween the cost paid and the new selling pri-
ces amounts to thousands of dollars, but
they can now repurchase at lower prices
which offsets this loss.
The boast that catalog houses can un-
dersell Plentywood stores is bunk. In the
first instance, our local stores carry only
the better grade of merchandise, and not
sweat shop or second or third grade goods;
they carry only standard grades recognized
as the leaders in quality goods. Should our
stores stock poorer grades their prices would
be lower than any advertised goods offered
to the public from any source.
If the buying public will take their ca
talogs with them and check against the
Plentywood prices, and pay cash as they do
the catalog houses, they will find that in
cases out of ten the prices here are low
er.
Farmers coming to P~lentywood to sell
or trade butter and eggs in exchange for
goods, wares and merchandise, are paid a
higher price for these commodities than al
most any place in the West, and far higher
than the Minneapolis or Chicago prices.
Than there is the matter of thirty days
accommodation which is frequently needed
by our buying public. See how far you can
get with such Accommodations from the mail
order houses. Of course you can establish
a line Of credit with them providing you tell
them your life's history and have the en-
dorsement of two reputable business men,
and preferably one a banker. After that you
can purchase from them by adding onto the
price as set forth in their credit regulations.
When you purchase goods from them on
credit you pay far more than you do in Plen-
tywood for articles that are invariably better
than what you send for.
The cry that business is being driven
away from P~lentywood is unadulterated
bunk. Last Saturday at 2:30 P. M. there
were 2l2 automobiles on our streets, and
nearly everyone was from out of town. Sa-
turday is our heaviest trading day, but day
after day there are scores of cars from the
country bringing in farmers to do their
trading in our well stocked stores. Our mer-
chants do not complain that their business
is dropping off. but rather that # 10 evcan-
%tlonally good as compared with the average
mid-winter business.
Trade in Plentywood, and watch the adj
vertisements in the Plentywood Herald, or
for the trade circulars sent out by our bus
mess houses.
How much taxes do the catalog houses
pay in Sheridan counyp How much money
do they pay towards building our roads, ed
ucate our children, paying for the enforce
ment of our laws by reducing crime to the
minimum? How much do they donate to-
wards our charities3 When someone is in
need Of help, who do the people of Sheridan
county appeal to for aid Not to the mail
order houses, but to the local people who
pay taxes and are bona-fide residents of
this county. If someone meets with mis-
fortune and are financially embarrassed
sickness, death, fire or some other form of
trlbulation, do the catalog houses pass the
hat or ever contribute towards aiding these
unfortunate onesp Whoever heard of any,