| Show AS THE GREAT MORAL AND RELIGIOUS SEES IT we have been criticized to some extent for our advocacy of home trade we assure you that we have no pene personal onal axe to grind in this matter we have simply advocated the home trade policy for the good of the town and surrounding country we know the closer our oar dollars are kept to home the more likely the home people are arc to get hold of them again it is for this same reason that we are against postal savings banks when the money is deposited with the government it is hiked off to some sub treasury in some city and is thus put out of circulation so far as the local community is is concerned tte te buyers of advertised merchandise even away from hime in many instances show much nuch more r business ability than is shown by the businessmen business men themselves the buyer n r aurally rally wants to trade with a business man who advertises what he has to sell and what he wants for it and we dont blame him Itis it is busi ness sense then if your home merchant advertise his wai es you are certainly justifiable in trading with someone who does the home trade slogan is a good one in any community A good town increases the price of land around it A good loyal community helps to make the town good hence what is good for the town is good for the country and vice versa i now if your merchant want i 5 our trade bad enough to ask ash you to his store through his adver j ti then we dont blame you for trading with the other fellow personally c do not like to buy an article which will not stand advertising |
