Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-07-21
Don't Kill The Goose
That Lays The Golden Eggs
It's Time To Wake Up
BY Charles T. tombstone


What gaineth a man if the cost Of supporting himself and
family costs but thirty dollars a month and he has but 50
cents to his name. -
And IS looking for a job and can't find one.
The people of this country right now-today-are facing
a serious situation that calls for common sense.
Let's forget about Psychology and Economics and read
Justnent and all the other much-talked of things.
And use common sense.
In every city. town and hamlet III the land people are try
ING to tell each other what our country needs.
But you know and | know that what the people Of the
United States need most Of all just now is Common Sense.
If you are a shoemaker and the furniture worker-the
weaver-the hatter--the machinists-the miner
And the producer Of a hundred other commodities you
should buy during the year stop buying the shoes you make.
And by SO doing throw you out of work.
How are you going to get the money to buy the things
they produce?
You've got to help consume what the other fellow pro
duces and be must help to consume what you produce.
Today the country is III fair shape-nany Of its troubles
exist mostly in the minds OF the people.
But if we do not wake up now and start to do more buy
ing it won't be long before our troubles will be doubled
Nations, like individuals, can make themselves sick BY
worrying when there is no real cause for worry.
An ounce Of prevention is worth a pound Of cure and the
way to prevent a still greater industrial breakdown in the
near future is to-Buy what the other fellow produces ana
start doing it today.
The excuse Of high prices has faded away.
The cut price advertisements Of reputable merchants till
the pages Of the daily newspapers.
Read them today and buy tomorrow the things you have
put off buying SO long.
Keep this fact everlastngly before you.
If you don't buy what the other fellow produces, he can
not buy what you produce.
And if intense buying doesn't start soon, many more
thousands of people not actually makers OF the things we
consume will be thrown out Of work
Railroad men for instance, and cartmen-clerks. and book
keepers and people employed in a thousand different ca
pac1tles.
That's about all there IS to the whole situation.
And all the Senators and Congressman and Government
commissioners can talk their heads off and can't change It.
Men and women Of America and especially you who are
able to buv-YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU-needs the
same patriotic endeavor that you gave SO freely during the
war.
If the non-buying condition continues to exist idleness
will continue to increase turnout the land
Industry after industry will close and more want, poverty,
soup houses and bread lines will naturally follow.
And if once our country gets into such a miserable snua-
ton it will take a long and weary time to get out OF It.
There isn't a man or woman reading this message who
cannot help to avert the troubles we are drifting into by sup
plying themselves with the things they need.
If YOU haven't the ready cash, use your credit. -
Do something to help move the goods from the shelves
of the retailer who in many instances has cut prices to less
than he actually paid for the goods
Prices are down-read the advertisements again-there
is no excuse for further waiting.
Buy now from the retailer, SO that he can order from the
manufacturer and give him a chance to employ more work
men.
All can help-dont say all this sounds good but I'll just
hang on to my money and let the other fellow spend his.
Buy now-put your shoulder to the wheel, for industry
is but a big wheel.
And when it revolves easily and without strain it grinds
out prosperity and prosperity means happiness-cheerful
homes and contented families.
Impress this on your mind-you who are working and
boarding your money-you are bound to lose in tho long
run for if conditions get worse as they will if boarding con-
tinues-you also will be thrown out of gainful employment
and will feel the pinch of adversely.
It's time to wake up-buy now and buy all you can that
prosperity may again reign in the land we love.