The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-01-01
TOWN AND COUNTY GET SOMETHING
FOR NOTHING L. q

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and not sent out of town.
For example, 100 cents of every dollar
Hendersenville business men, send away
from here for printing is gone forever
from the community, but if the business is
given to local printers more than 70 cents
of each dollar remains here.
The Times-News is not engaged in the
printing business and has no financial in
terest in the matter of where our people
get, their printing done; but in this as in
all other lines of business we believe that
residents of our town and section ought toI
give their patronage to local people in sol
far as possible. 1t is. good business policy
to pay little more and trade at home. it!
is seldom necessary to do that, as prices
in the distant larger places are usually
higher than in the smaller trading GEN.
tiers; but at higher figures, it pays to trade
at home, as that course keeps the, profits
at home, provides employment and wages
and salaries for home town, people and
builds up the community. The opposite
course breaks down the community ana
destroys its trade.
The foregoing comment on the job print
ing business reminds The Times-News that
this business is better community builder
than the printing business.
For example, The Times-News returns
to Hendersonville and the surrounding
country more dollars than it receives from
the people of this area. A large part Of
the gross income of The Times-News is
from sources outside of this community
and section. The wages, salaries and other
expenses paid out in the community
amount to a larger sum than the total re-
ceived from local advertisers and SUBJ
scribers.
Thus it is clear that this enterprise costs
the people of the town and county nothing
whatever. All the money paid The Times
News for advertising space or subscrip-
tions by the people of the town and county
is returned to them, plus dollars that are
cleaned by this business from outside
sources.
The fact is the Times7News, in large
measure, has the same relation to the COM
munity and section as the industries loeat-
ed here, which pay out money for raw ma
terials, wages, taxes and many other eX-
penses, and sell their products elsewhere.
They make large contribution to the eco
nomic support and business progress of the
section at no cost whatever to- local people
1t is a wise business policy for the peo-
pie of the town and county who are awake
to their personal and local interests to keep
in view the welfare and business success
of local industries and to promote these
whenever possible, along with the success
of local wholesale and retail business
1t has been said that one cannot legiti-
mately and honestly get something for
nothing, but this, is not true of the benefits
that come to this section from it's indus
tries and from The Times-News, These en-
terprises bring money here from distant
parts of the country, they furnish employ
ment, pay taxes and distribute cash in
many other ways, and all at no cost to the
people of Hendersonville and the sur
rounding country
The foregoing are some important mat
tiers for our. people to consider in the New
Year, among their contributions to COM
munity and county progress and prosperi-
ty. Some ways have been suggested for
the building up of the town and county.
We are not urging the people to ado
these suggestions for patriotic reasons, but
for their own personal benefit. The most
selfish man in Henderson county can profit
by adopting these suggestions just as much
as the most unselfsh and most public-spir-
tied citizen. ...v, a..
But did you ever see a,man whose con-
victions We're violated by scheme that
made money for him? u,
Maybe we should have anot, ~., Amend