Show home merchants save you money mone y comparison of prices shows the folly of sending out of town for merchandise vly but sur sul ly IY the cons mer is coming to a real bation of the fact that the b g ma I 1 order houses are not charitable institute ona ons the man of antell gence who reads and shenks knots kno a that ma I 1 order houses are earning such immense sums every year that it is advisable not to give the figure 9 out to the c and yet there are right here in tintie many people who persist in sending away for ther their merchandise if it were possible for them to save any thing by buying from mail order houses the reporter would not have a word to say in defense of the home merchants but a pretty thoro gh in vesti gation hon shots that the joca loca prices w 11 compare quite favorably v m ith those in any part of the coun try cons dering the fact that th home merchant pays his or of the expense attached to the oper atlon of our schools autes hi end of every tax that is levied ane anc helps every worthy enterprise h should have some advantage over th mail order concern most people arc satisfied to give the home merchant a I 1 atle the best of it oa on prices be cause they cannot help but take int cons aeration de ration the fact that it is th man who assists them when they are in need of cred t and helps them either directly or indirectly in more ways than one it should not require much of ar argument to convince a man that i is his duty to spend his money al at home provided that it can be sho vr that he can save money by patronia patro home merchants below we publish an exact cop of an iivo ce of goods which were werf shipped from a mail order house tc a local party we have taken the trouble to get local prices on the same b 11 of goods and as the f gure will show the purchaser of thes goods could have saved 5 aa 4 by buy ing from local merchants who would have given h rn 30 days time B paying cash he could have made ai ar additional saving of 5 per cent or 01 3 which would have given him th same b 11 of goods for 8 aa less thai that he pa d the ma I 1 order house the mail order house sh aped the good C 0 O D and the had t have them hauled from the depot t his home if the order had beer placed with a local merchant he could have inspected every art cl and then had the goods delivered at his home without additional cost the invoice and the prices asked tor for the same goods at the local store follow iivo ce local I 1 rice race griec 3 pigs king corn starch 15 40 5 ibs lbs pride cocoa 2 00 25 30 ibs BB koyal royal blen c coffee of fee 12 1200 00 75 7 5 2 gal ammonia 1 75 1 17 7 no 1 gem of japan tea 37 2 ac I 1 ib lb bars pet soap 4 50 4 ac 4 ID lb bars mot castile soap 20 1 qt lemon extract 3 2 51 R 10 ID pride baking powder 20 5 ib can ard black pepper 1 50 1 au 7 ib can violet talcum pow der 25 15 10 ibs As fancy head bice rice 1 00 1 50 cinnamon 60 ii U 1 ib lb ground nutmeg 75 6 elbs 5 ibs king gloss starch 60 6 1 gad gai pride catsup 51 1 gal pure Hor sh 12 30 iba lbs party mince meat JO 30 10 ibs lbs 30 10 40 black prunes 1 30 12 1 large pride sauce 60 6 5 ib lb can cocoanut a pigs balston ralston P C flour 50 85 5 iba lbs ent walnuts 12 10 ibs lbs Y A cheese 20 ibs lbs snowdrift Snot 8 drift lard 32 22 ibs lbs 11 S skinned barn 6 1 can opener 10 lo 10 1 16 oz I 1 ace brearn 5 16 oz licud lilu d shampoo 1 5 I 1 sack ca n sugar 5 6 ol 01 compare the totals 65 85 60 id |