Show HAS citizenship A VALUE c citizenship has a definite value avalue cannot bo be computed in dota lars and cents but it Is in worth fighting for citizenship grow out of were there no communities there would be no citizens citizen we would then be merely unprotected individual entirely at the mercy of all other individuals individual who might wish to detroy destroy any weaker or less ferocious one by dwelling in communities wo we have many advantages some of 0 us talus find and appreciate these advantages while others selfishly accept the advantages but refuse to do their share toward maintaining the community i 1 laws have been enacted to compel us ua to pay taxes used for or the financial support of communities for our protection HUT BUT THERE ARR ARM NO LAWS WHICH COMPEL tile THE MEMBER OF ANY COMMUNITY TO SHOW appreciation OP OF THE BENEFITS D DB ill RIVED HIVED FROM LIVING IN A COMMUNITY ono of the benefits ot of living in a community Is the tho opportunity furnished us os to buy merchandise required tor for our and indulgence right here in our own town this facility permits us to buy what wo we need when we wa need it we can stop atop into a store lay down it dollar and buy a dollars worth ot of goods gooda perhaps wo we can get the tha goods without paying the dollar aown own in baah that in 19 it we have the credit what a genuine benefit tt it la ii to be able to do this in the olden days forefathers were compelled to drive many nilles miles to a store where the merchandise might be obtained large quantities were bought at a time because the be trip to the estore could not be made at frequent intervals Inter As our citizens increased in numbers and gathered into communities stores were established at the various centers of the increasing population until now we can buy right at home our necessities and luxuries that which wo we value we endeavor to protect oct ct if we value the facility tor for purchasing goods at homo home wo we should protect it the beet beat way to protect it Is to make it possible for the storekeepers to continue to do business if we do not help them to continue to do business busl nei hero here tn in our community tho the consequence conae quence will bo be for them to close up their stores and go out of business it if we wa buy from our local storekeepers storo keepers only such auch merchandise as w wo cannot buy conveniently elsewhere wo we will soon eoon discover that the stores store wilt will carry only such euch restricted lines of goods as are in demand by the people who live here then we will find out that wo we are not much bouer better off than our forefathers were wo we must send away for such merchandise as aa we require we must wait until the order has haa been received in thi the mall order i house and filled in the due course of time by the employed emp loyes es of the concern concer n we are patronizing there are many disadvantages in this method we do not fully realize them now but they will come homo home to us ua when conditions arrive which compel us to buy everything by mall tt it such a time does come however tt if we look at tho the matter in the tha right light we will not permit such a contingency tin gency to arrive why should we be deluded into sending our money away from home be cause of the fulsome and flattering descriptions in a mall order catalogue catalo gual why should houed we pre prefer fer the questionable qualities in merchandise Alse as exploited by a catalogue writer to the honest dependable goods which we can see before us in our own local stores do we save money by buying from the mail order bouses when the tha matter of freight and express charges have been figured ou out when the question of delays unsatisfactory shipments breakage danin damaged ged goods etc have sien bien answered where Is the profit it if any anat ON THE OTHER HAND TIM LOCAL MERCHANT IS ALWAYS responsible FOR ANYTHING TIE HE SELLS the purchaser can examine any article for sale ealo in tho the local store and buy only that which ta is satisfactory it will be delivered without delay it there ta la any it will ba remedied it there Is my allor shortage tage tn in the tha delivery it will be ba supplied it once A personal pe call or a holie inies sage will arrange everything quickly juick ly f and when it cornea com to prices you wll will always got full value for money when dealing with the cocal storekeeper ile ha buys his tf a n 1 the market and he sells sella it at a profit to us ua ile he asks only a modest profit antl he be la is entitled to it we should be perfectly willing to pay him i profit tor jor his investment for hta his tabor labor and tor for hla his ability to save eave us time trouble md money IF WK WE ARE NOT WILLING TO DO THIS WE SHOULD BE HEARTILY ASHAMED OF OURSELVES AND WV WB WOULD NOT BE ENTITLED advantages AFFORDED BY HIS STORE fa 0 T algi |