Year: 1879

The question of trading at home lies at
the bottom of all local prosperity. The
city of Washington has its enterprising,
upright and trustworthy merchants, manu-
facturers and traders, but their prosperity
and success depend largely upon the sense
of justice and liberality of the people who
surround them and upon whom they must
depend for legitimate success. They have
just claims upon this people for business.
They are citizens, own property, pay taxes,
employ Labor contribute largely 10 the
support of transportation, and are init
mately identified with the general bust
ness prosperity and welfare OF the city. IT,
instead of getting trusted at home when
short of money, and going to Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York for supplies
when they have money, our citizens would
spend every dollar in home trade among
our merchants, mechanics, manufacturers
| and artisans, our people would all be
| much more prosperous and wealthy than


they now are. The merchants would build
| finer stores and residences our manufac-
| turers would extend their facilities and
| BlNC NlNVl All
| expended, except that devoted to the pur-
chase of goods, goes to consumers, who
| spend it for the necessaries of life among
| the merchants and traders and thus it
keeps in constant circulation, yielding
some profit to all through whose hands it
passes. OF every dollar spent among our
| selves portion returns to the very hands
| that set it afloat, so intimately are all our
business interests connected and ramified
We say again, patronize home enterprise,
for there is millions in it," so to speak.
Live and let live" is healthy rule in all
business relations. Help one another" is
wise maxim to adopt in community rela-
tions. We can suppose a case by way of
! illustration to show the advantage of adopt.
| ing such q policy. There are connected
with THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN Printing
establishment some forty or fifty persons,
more or less, all of whom have money to
spend for the necessares of life, which is
drawn from the exchequer of this estab-
| lishment. Then, for instance, we have q
merchant or manufacturer in our midst
who, when he wants bill-heads, cards, cir
culars or dodgers, sends his work to Balti-
more or some other point, for his own rea-
sons, the money paid therefor never to the
extent of a dime returns to his own till
when, if he should give the employment
and the money to the printers of his


own city, every dollar of it would


find its way into the marts of home
trade and would foster the interests of the


city of Washington. Nobody comes from


Baltimore to Washington to purchase goods,
and hence whatever of Washington money


is spent there is irrecoverably lost to our
community of business interest. Our mer-
chants and manufacturers should patronize
home industry, and in return the earnings
of that industry should return to them as a


reward of their consideration for home in


terests. In this way thrift may be secured


to every department Of trade within our


own city, and it will at once take up step


in the march of general prosperity. All


things being equal-and if not equal they


should be made so-every citizen of Wash


ington should spend his money at home fol


all that can be obtained in our midst. Then
all will thrive.