Show WHY I 1 SHOULD BUY FROM 0 1 THE HOMETOWN MERCHANT by a high school teacher why should I 1 bua bu from the home town merchant this is a question that keeps bobbing up before us constantly and it is like the plants which have roots in every joint for they take root they touch the ground there are many and various reasons why we should patronize the home town merchant lie he helps to build up the t anthe keeps the money at home he holds com competition elltion to sa P minimum at least a and nd last b but ut not least he is a supporter of one of our great institutions one we take pride in and one which we no longer dare to ignore the public schools but we hear the saying again why should I 1 buy at home when I 1 can send away and yet get the same article at a saving of from twenty five cents to a dollar or two in answer to this the first reas reason we should buy at home is that we help to make the city which we have chosen from among all the rest reat in which to live a more prosperous one second we seek to make our living in this city and unless we help our own tradesman how can we expect him to help us the third and last of many reasons is that by patronizing the home merchant we help to keep the money at home of what importance is this one of the greatest lessons lessors we learned of the recent world war was that the country or nation able to produce her increase without giving out her gold for it was the wealthiest nation the one looked up to the honored and respected by all the remaining that county or nation was the united states she was the one able t meet and cope with the situation this same example only in a smaller degree applies to the cities of which the united states is composed the I 1 city able to manufacture produce and sell to her own community muni ity is the one that is looked up to the one that is honored and the one which all the rest hold up as a model towards which to work we all admit that many articles can be purchased away from home cheaper than at home patronizing the home town mere merchant hant is a kind of patriotic duty to ourselves and our city just as it is a patriotic duty to ourselves and our country to serve it in time of need but why is it cheaper to buy away irom akom home than at home because the merchant in an adjacent city is striving to build up to make his city a prosper ous one one he has taxes to pay to support the public school sy systems taxes to pay toward the upkeep of the highways the city safety department poli police cb fire health etc in order to do this he sells to the out of town customer at a little lower rate thua aua enabling him to meet his expenses to help his city to be a more prosperous cita on the other hand the home homa town merchant is depending upon the very same customers the very sams ways and means of making money with which to pay his taxes that his city OUR city might be a better a more pros perodi city I 1 sometimes think that it would be beneficial to both merchants and customer if the merchant should close his doors that we the customers amigh t be brought to the full realization of the great service he renders render s us by keeping a supply on hand band that we may have that which we need as the need arises every city of any importance in the industrial eyes the financial eyes of the world is a manufacturing city in one sense or another every city has some advantage over another city in climate in locati location onor or in in distance di from the raw or unfinished product to the consumer every manufacturing concern in the country is watching this fact thus the home town merchant plays a part in holding down competition to a minimum at least and is one of ane means of balancing the labor question of bur country |