Show MAIL ORDERS INCREASE 1 1 Sending Awa Away for Goods 03 Os despite Hard Times Mall Mat Order Business Grows And Wo We All Suffer From reliable sources we learn that in 1931 parcel post business increased considerably in Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne county and likely the same for the entire basin This business business business busi busi- ness of sending away for goods that may be purchased at home is alarming It demands atten atten- tion Buyers will vilf say they save sav mone money Perhaps they do on some goods but even this saving is ata ata at ata a sacrifice and purchasing from catalogs is buying under a handicap handicap handi hand cap which is not made up by the saving Local merchants will have to to watch their prices and bid for the trade Many buyers do not stop to think that even a 10 per cent saving is really a n loss Their merchant pays taxes licenses j jand and employs help all counting as vital in the community lif life be it large or small in size or numbers Advertise that is one way Catalogs Catalogs Catalogs Cat Cat- are just advertising cleverly clever clever- flY ly arranged and they get busi busi- ness Prices are no more important import import- ant than this use of printers printer's ink There are people approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately in this former reser reser- They are buying all the time Small stores may not keep big stocks but they must keep a fair display of f what is needed and at prices that are competitive This may be done Recently we knew of a man desirIng desiring desiring de de- de- de siring a hat He priced the hats in two towns the same hat each at a different price and then he finally bought the hat at less than the first town and about less than at the second town visited The first town should have made the sale and the merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant there would have done so had he been alert Tell the people e what you have Mr Merchant and show them too and we shall keep a lot of this money here where it will do I most good |