Show I 1 TOWN GRAVE DIGGERS i in nearly every community may be found quite a number of persons who consider themselves leading citizens but in truth are li helping elpin a to dig a grave for their town they do it thru their failure to support the institutions which make the town what it is they do it by sending away for merchandise Lse which might be bought with equal advantage at home they do it frequently thru thoughtlessness but often thru sheer disregard tor for the welfare of the community of which they are a part and should not be considered among the leading citizens the doctrine of buying at home is not advanced solely in the interest of individual merchants it is advocated because every citizen of a town Ls is to a certain extent depend ent upon every other citizen for his own prosperity business me men ra are sometimes as greatly at fault as anyone else in the matter of out of town trading they sonie sometimes times expect the people to support them even when they do all of their business out ot of town it if the shoe dealer sends away for his automobile tires and the automobile man sends away for his furniture and the furniture furniture man sends away for his clothing and the clothing man sends away for his printing and so on how can they expect to build local prosperity all the fine talk about civic pride that we may indulge in will never make a town so long as the life blood of the corri community the cold cash Is spent elsewhere A man may make boosting speeches until he is black in the face but unless he spends his money where he makes it he is a home town grave digger |