Show TRADE AT HOME why farmer are r should give his support to the local Af merchant erchant PRESERVES HIS 0 pvn NN MARKET depreciation of village property must inevitably mean depreciation of agricultural property and encouragement of monopoly 8 hv pitied allied C clark the roost most serious problem anat con fronts the rural towns anil and villages of tills this coun country tri la Is the he competition of local enterprises arises by the cata logue houses of the largo large cities it Is a for which a bo lution must bo be found if the lie and sta ability of the nat nation ifill is to stand anil and the solution of great lom lem lies in the ban of the people of the towns and villages and the farms 1 the farms tie Is ie of the rural communities es have ev grything to lose logo and nothing to gain by sending bending their money to the catalogue houses by passing by their local and sending bending aliel chely dollars to the concerns who have absolutely no interest inte rost jr in tapir corn com cata catalogue loue houses do not pay taxes in your town the local mer chant does tho do not build side walks in hiir town the local mer iner chant does chev do not contribute to the building of toads loads over which the crops crop of the he farms are hauled to market the he local merchant does aa ta 11 1 l 1 I rv 41 MEIC ONDISE 0 j I 1 N C C DRY G TS boes ia A n Z bots ID CLOSE P C L 0 1 W ra C AT CAP 4 faw 4 0 el give your town a chance by patronizing your local merchants merchant and you may confidently expect its growth I 1 in in business and population and a raise in real estate valuation send your money to the catalogue houses and you may look for the reverse the picture tells the story of the possibilities cities they do not help to build school houses for your children chil t dien the local dots dot s ahey do not assist t in a the support of your chu chincher chinches ch inches iches tile the local merchant does dut thero there are some things the cata logue houses do rot foi sou and tile the first and greatest or of these Is to materially matei lally in bankrupting your coin coal the dollars they take awai awaa never come back to you illey will never help tell to make a city of your vil lage ilage they will never increase Inci flici ease pase the value of bour our real estate holdings by making local improvements lot us look at the he subject room the of the farmer lot foi it Is ib the farmer who mho la Is tile the great greatest patron of the catalogue houses the town or village one two or three miles from his honio homo Is ills his mar ket for the butter and eggs and produce of ills his farm iha halt half doon or more merchants of the town each to obtain ills his full share of the business of the community maintain a competition chrt affords to the farmer fanner at all times top prices for tho th pio products ducts of ills his farm it la is these half dozen goei chants thit that th it make farm profits possible the lie profits ate aie in no way due dai to the catalogue houses of the cities but the rainier sta in sending his dollars to the city lie ile wants a buggy or a set of gainess ha iness or a pair of stockings kIngs or any of the tha necessities or luludes of lift und and to get them lie bakia 9 out hla his mali mail oi der catalogue and looks at the linly pilli piloted teil cuts leads the well written description lon and pass lug ing tile alie loral local mil mci chant li the mpr mer chant who has purchased ills ha produce tiro duco nl at tho the best market gilces pi ices tile the mer chant who has haa helped to build the community ho he sends senda hla his collais to tile the catalogue house in the city and takes what nhat the choose to send bend him what is IB th OM on after another tho the doors of the local ate closed aud and where at one urno time there halt a doea met me chants ench each bidding for ills his of patronage patron nga by offering offeit ng fair prices tor for that which the fainter had to sell thero there Is now low but one mcl jhant 0 has a monopoly not of the self arg hut but of the buying as well and lie he bat I 1 te e pleases fol fo the fai tha farmer fanner ca cai cou continue tintie to send his n money ioney to the catalogue iata tata logu logue house in the he r city ity for we hla supplies bilut he be cannot his PlO tillee to the same name place 1 S teti 1 la in disposing tit of that hn he Is absolutely dependent upon hla his local ni merchant erchant and by his patronage of the catalogue houses bouses lie has killed competition and must now take taka whatever Is offered tov row what lia be ims ilia to sell bell mr farmer fanner are vou volt helping to kill the goose that thai Is laning laing our golden egg are sou sending bour dollars to the catalogue houses and by so BO doing killing the local industries of your town are yu putting your out of business and creating a monopoly that will pay nou ou what it pleases for the products product i of bour our farm farma it if ou are doing these things it Is 1 time for sou ciu to stop atop and consider the future lon will have to look but a little way may ahead to 0 o see the result and it u will III not be an attra attractive tive picture that greets you the prosperous prosper 0 us corn com of which vou oil are n now ow a palt pait will fade like the summer flowers be fore the w inter winds minds and almost lis as quickly it la Is the fact that Is a macket within close to bour our farm that nukes makes your acres valuable ble the men who maintain this local farhet ket for r ou oil are the men who cause the ralli al oad trains to stop at lour town take them away and soon boon the town will ill ho ba wiped on off the map the rho chuichi chu ictus will mill close for lack of support abe schools will cease 0 to o be a alle and your sons and will I 1 lack ack the oi eunity that Is ili theirs by right of birth and your that are now valuable because they lie in close proximity to a mili maibet ket will show a dean elation that will mill astonish you your interests are identical with those of the merchants mei chants of your town ny dy sending bour dollars to the city you may cause the mor merchants chants to close their establishments but when they are forced to this they can pack t their beir stock block of goods goodr and go elsewhere but 30 ou ul cannot lack up ui lour farm and move it your acice aan a must fiust lie in the bed ou on have hull bull led for them whether it be fall ot 01 foul and it la is up to you j ar mr rainier to spend bour money at lionie home and lit in this way you yon can solve the problem vio blem that now con fionte this country iou do if it |