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Show i Encourage Homo Industries. 1 . In. every country there is a class of people . wlvo. al seehVtO think-that nothing canlbc.aone;soVv.'ci;inMiftffiiiirf.f vw T -. iH the region where they livens it could be done at IH some other place. -As a consequence they do not patronize their home industries, if they can help ft, and as a further consequence they ore of very "jH little advantage to the community in which they, 'H I unfortunately for the better class of people, have their location. This Bending abroad for work when you can f have it done in your own town is both foolish and ,r wrong. It is your duty, as a good citizen j to en- , courage your home institutions. They need all the ' work they can get, and by patronizing them you keep money at home, assist the worthy, and In al- 'H most every case have just as good work done as could have been done for you abroad. Giving 'H your patronage to home institutions is the only way to make your town prosper. You must, if 'H you desire to do your whole duty, support your .tjH own schools, your own mechanics, and your own press. Where there is a general disposition to "M send abroad for any article that could be manu-factured manu-factured as well at your own door, there will ai-ways ai-ways be a little or no husiness done. All kinds of labor will be extremely dull. Wherever me- chanics arc the best employed, prosperity is seen ; the social virtues predominate, and aindly broth-crly broth-crly feeling is experienced, which is the source of unspeakable happiness. Whatever you have to be done, look around and see if your own mechanics cannot do it. If you have a house to build or a shoe to tap, a house to paint, a saddle to be made, tinware to mend, or a pack of cards, billheads, letterheads, circulars, or anything of that kind to print, or anything else to be douc, just look among your home folks before J'our send abroad, and if you find there are none n yor town capable of doing 'the job, it will then 'H be time enough to look elsewhere. Wc know of .'H instances where men have refused to purchase work made by their neighbors, and have sent to a distant city for the articles they needed, and paid a third more for them, when, behold, they were the very articles manufactured, and sent away to sell, by the same neighbors from whom they had refused to purchase. Let the motto of all be : "I will encourage our home institutions." In-turn you will be encour- iH aged also. A natural feeling of good will and 'jH kindness will spring up in our midst, and prosper-ity prosper-ity will be observable in every street and in every ' i dwelling. flfl |