The border vidette., 1932-06-04
"BUY IN ARiZONA-TRAOE IN
ARIZONA"


employment in 1932-"Buy in
Arizona"
This is the slogan and basic
principle of the Trade at Home
Use Arizona Products" move
ment which enters it's eleventh
gear this month as a joint effort
of virtually all organizations and
industries of The state.
For Trade at Home Use Ari
zona Products Buy in Arizona" I"
it is conceded, Cffers one of the
few, and probably the most eff.
fectlve, ways by which Arizona
people can take some direct &C
ton to help themselves in this
period of upset economic condi
tions throughout the world.
Originated in 1922 by the Ari.
zona Industrial congress and
heartily taken up by chambers of
commerce. civic clubs. women's
clubs and other bodies through
out the state. the general Buy
in Arizona" movement is being
pushed now as the most imme
diate means of maintaining bust
ness and employment after the
depression of 1880 1882.
Never before, sponsors of the
campaign declare, have Arizo
mans displayed so much public
interest in keeping their day to
day expenditures within the
state. Never before, they say.
has it been so widely recognized
that while We ourselves can do
little to improve world .condi
tions on which our largest in-
dustries depend, we at least can
do q great deal to keep 10 Ari
zoua larger volume of business
that is still available, thus con
tributing materially to the vel
fare Of many citizens.
That this is not mere theory
is proved BY records of Cham
bers of Commerce and the In
dustrial congress. During the
past ten years many millions of
dollars have been diverted to
Arizona trade channels by prac
tical application of the Buy at
Home" Use Arizona Prod ucts"
Buy in Arizona" Employ
Arizona Labor" and See Ari
zona on Your Vacation" policies.
10 the past they have aided the
growth and expansion of innu
merable branches of business
and industries and added ma
terially to payrolls and taxable
wealth. 10 the present, they
point the way to q simple method
by which Arizona people can
make their daily purchases Of
maximum benefit to Arizona, and
hence to themselves.
The slogan Trade at Home
Use Arizona Products" is predi
Gated on the easily apparent fact
that every person making q liv
lihood in Arizona is affected by
conditions in his own community
county and state. Every resi-
dent therefore has a direct inter
est in the we'll being of his
neiRh bors-in the earning power
of farmers, stockmen, miners,
factory and warehouse workers,
store and Office employes-for
their spending power reacts on
his own income 10 some way.
The obvious conclusion is that
every resident is indirectly help
ing himself when he spends bis
money where it will help his
community and state, and event.
ually return to him in another
form.
Thus the purpose of Trade at
Home-Use Arizona Products
Buy in Arizona" is not to urge
the use of home products and
patronage of home firms as blind
patriotism, but as common sense.
Economic laws dictate that qali
ty, price and service must be
considered, but every citizen
owes it to himself to give first
consideration to home folks"
And experience proves that in
80 cases out OF 100 be will fnd
Arizona products and Arizona
firms can serve him as economi
caliy and satisfactorily as any.
That this is true is demon
strated by the fact that the
largest buying organizations OF
the state, such as mining com
panies, railroads and other large
corporations. have been among
the strongest supporters of the
Buy in Arizona" principle.
Each year they have found it
advantageous to place a larger
proportion of their orders in
.;o~oo oho ~ ool, op1 this q lNn0