Show Cut Out The Mail Order Down in the southern part of the state a merchant in a small smalltown smalltown town was asked to cotti contribute to a fund being leing- raised t to grade and improve the streets of the town He lIe said Yes I will but why not send that subscription paper palter down to Sears l Roebuck r f i Co in Chicago they ought to subscribe subscribe sub sub- scribe thc as much h business business busi busi- ness h here re as I do This merchant stated the truth about a 3 condition that exists generally general in iii nearly every community The mail order houses of the big eastern cities every C year ear drain the west of millions of dollars that should remain with the home lionte merchants mer chants and and this money never nc returns The Tile home merchant pays taxes contributes to local improvements ai aids s in building building J up the community The mail order houses do none of these I things but merely prey upon the community for business giving nothing in return except the goods you buy buy and and nine times in ten these can be bc purchased purchased pur pur- chas chased d as cheaply of your local merchants Then again when you you need credit to whom do you go To the mail order houses Not at all You appeal to your local merchants to carr carry you through until you market your crops or until pay pay- pay day comes You are constantly r receiving favors at their hands lands Isn't it only fair that you should reciprocate by spending your money with them instead of sending it away to Ch Chicago cago One way to build up h n a community is t to J cut cutout cutout cutout out the mail orders and be loyal to your home merchants f |