Show kil i 1 F WE WANT A LIVE TOWN jt ETS all get together and help to make our community a live one we all realize the consequences ol of poor business stagnation la in com mercial affairs depression ot of real estate values low wages etc what we want is plenty of business money in circulation a live ln interest terest in tho the building of houses the sale of lots and acre property and a genuine healthy condition of business in our community HOW SHALL WE accomplish IT the easiest thing in the world just keep keel our money in circulation rights here among ourselves ours elvea and we will create our own prosperous conditions in other words LETS PATRONIZE OUR OWN BUSINESS MEN INSTEAD OF SENDING OUR DOLLARS 1 TO THE MAIL ORDER HOUSES lets be loyal to our own best beat Interests Instead of helping to bolster up thel the big monopolistic establishments that are dral draining ming our resources of all the i ready money in sight it Is the aim odthe of the big city mall mail order houses to drive the small town merchants out ot of business so that we will all be compelled to send to cities tor for our merchandise the big mall order houses housea are up spending ending thou 1 sands sanda of il dollars ollars every month to accomplish this object THEY WILL DO IT TOO UNLESS WE WB ARE SEN SENSIBLE SUiLE ENOUGH TO STOP IT it ts is up kovs to ba to prevent the big mall order houses from driving our store 1 keepers butof of business for or several beveral reasons the greater of which are that our community comm nalty will be rubbed off tho the map if 11 we have rio no business concerns I 1 and that our ownership of property here will not amount to anything in this event the local stores to a very large extent make this town the taxes paid by our business men are the principal support of our schools school and churches it to Is the taxes paid by our storekeepers that pay for the local improvements for the street lighting for fire protect protection lon and for all other communistic i leges and protection it if we permit the big biff mall order houses to drive our business men of competition what will we have left ieti A place of empty store bull buildings dings an undesirable place in which to live if the mall order houses accomplish their purpose it Is possible that railroad interests will decide there Is not sufficient business to warrant the s topping stopping of trains here because there will be no reason then for tra traveling men to stay over in our town no freight to be delivered to our stores in such cases we will be trying bosell to sell our property but will find no BO bil buyers for who will think it a good investment to buy property in a dead town towne but this Is just what we must expect if wo we keep sending our dollars to the mall order houses tor for it Is only the 1116 business of the town that makes the town possible when we send fend practically all of our business to the mall order houses inthe cities there will no longer be a necessity for or a reason for a town here it all resolves itself into tho the question ont SHALL WE HAVE A PROSPER i OUS TOWN WITH GOOD LOCAL BUSINESS GOOD REAL ESTATE VALUES GOOD WAGES AND GOOD MUNICIPAL development OR SHALL WE WB HAVE A DE DEAD AD TOWN WITH PIGS ROOTING IN THE PRINA PRIN l CIPAL STREETS STORE BUILDINGS EMPTY AND WITH FOR SALE SIGNS HUNG UP NO LIGHTS AND NO FIRE protection IT ALT ALL RESTS WITH US WE ARE THE ONES TO DECIDE common fonse and good judgment tell us to protect ow our own interests In teresta j if we dont who will what can we expect from the mall order house they shall have hava rece received ived our money and the local storekeepers have been put out of the running shall we expect help and assistance from tho the mall order monopoly we all know that the mall majl order houses hoes do not pay any of our local taxes they do not support our schools or churches or help to pay for 0 our r lighting tho streets or for our fire department every dollar spent pent at home means added wealth added prosperity added real estate values and added facilities of all kinds every dollar sent to the mall order houses house means mean more unfair compete competition for our storekeepers and less taxes toward the support of our community I 1 which do we prefer we must make tho the decision are we tor for or against our community LETS MAKE IT A LIVE TOWN BY KEEPING OUR oun HONEY IN cm cirr AMONG OUR OWN BUSINESS UPS MEN I 1 |