The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19

TO himself to buy where his money
will buy the most. He is under no
obligation to feed the grocerymen
or other traders in this town or
county. These men don't leave
their money in town-they send it
away, as every farmer mowns
only boo well; that when he brings
anything to town he can't sell it at
any price to the merchant. If he |
has butter to sell the merchant
takes it in in trade at Is cents
pound and sells it to his city Gus
bomers for 20 cents a pound cash
or at a profit of 33 1-3 cents-be-
sides the prfit he made on the
goods he exchanged for the but
ter which he sells for about 40 per
cent more than the same goods
cost any other place in the Union.
If a farmer brings in potatoes
or onions or carrots, he can't give
them to the grocerymen, but that
some grocery men will turn around
and buy onions, carrots and pota-
toes firm a prune peddler and ship
them in and pay freight on them,
and sell them to his city trade for
three prices.
That is what these birds call |
keeping your money at home"
It's a lot of money they keep at
} home.
Anybody can now buy his gro
ceries and drygoods from the cata-
) logue houses for less than the
home merchants can buy them for
! wholesale. So keeping your
money at home means paying
e Athese birds of prey good money
u just for the privilege of buying
r third class goods, and supporting
s the merchants and their families
j.. and buying gas for their cars. In
4 fact the man who sends away for
n his groceries or drygoods is keep
Q ing more money at home and in his
r own pocket than those who patron
ize the home town scalper.
n And these merchants who want
people to trade at home never miss
d an opportunity to knock anyone
n who does produce something here.
:, !, For instance: Plentywood now has
10 tw bakeries, which turn out just as
le good a product as money can buy
a anywhere, yet our home town
l. boosters in the grocery business
to buy bread and cake and bakery
i, goods from Minot, Williston and
70 Wolf Point bakery wagons. They
en- say they do it because their Gus
a. toners demand those goods. Yes
~ their customers demand goint
he prices for groceries but they don
ae get those prices. These merchant
ne can get together TO boycott tn
ne Prducers News; they can get to
as gether and agree not to lowe
prices; but they can't get togeth
cd err and agree not to buy or offe
On, for sale outside bakery goods.
eR Plentywood has a mill that
IAN turning out as fine flour a
Ter money can buy; but it breaks tn
Till heart of a Plentywood groceryma
: to deliver a sock of Plentywoo
v. flour even when the customer ask
of for it. And if he is forced TO d.
FPS liver it he does it with sheer. II
me doesn't want TO keep the dollar 4
home in case of flour.
on The same facts are true in col
i"u nection with pop. Plentywood ne
ON err had a manufacturing bushes
cen but that the home merchants d
TOT every thing possible 10 drive nj
no. out of town.
end Now in regard to grocery pric'
80 we looked over the grocery ads
10 the Great Falls Tribune Tuesda
ook and got the Plentywood prices al
this is what we found:
Strawberries 28c quart, 2 81
v for 55 cents; Plentywood 40c q
= 2 OTIS. for rs cents. PotatoC
@@ new. 10 lbs. for 33c; Plentywood
cents the pound; old potatoes
ieIt pound. Lard A lbs. for b9c, Pie
;ast tywood a pounds for so cents.
i'm Lettuce large, solid, 2 for Il
49,, brentwood 20 cents a head. T
tier above prices are from the Say
way at Great Falls.
and Gooches Grocery: Bananas 3 i
'i ras for % cents; Plentywood 3 lbs
d. as cents. Utah tomatoes 3 No. 2
look cans 80 cents; Plentywood 1S Gel
bie a can.
De Saveway, Great Falls: 3 PIX
and corn flakes 25 cents; Plentywc
Yer 2 pkgs. for 25c. Sardines, Ma
~" mum brand, large oval cans, tn
the for Csc; Plentywood 1S cents C
eral. 2 for 35. Gooches', Great Fal
re- Mayonnaise, pit. 27c, " pit. 1
week Plentywood: pit. as cents, "
cunt 25c. H. B. Great Falls: Can
Pete t loupe (large Jumbo) 2 for 2
also Plentywood % cetns each. Coo
bet Mothers brand, 2 lbs. for 2
poto Plentywood / ID. for 25c. Mem;
and Great Falls: Extra large cucJ
ming bers, 2 for 19c; Plentywood
loon oh each.
'Ue" Maltuicci & Co.. CT. Falls.
few anges 2 doz. 27c; Plentywood
MI doz. rs cents-same size
, the And down at Antelope the n
week. chants sell Dakota Maid Flour
.arsn $3.50 made by the state mill
q in North Dakota while Plentyw