| Show home merchants entitled to receive the business to the reporter editor in every community there are peo pie who buy merchandise in small quantities from ahe e home merchants and then complain because the prices are not as low as they can secure by placing large wholesale orders with an ou out of town concern such a comparison is certainly unjust be fore placing an order with an out of town concern first go to your home merchant and give him a chance to figure on goods in similar quantities it Is almost a ten to one bet that the price he will quo e you will be so attractive that you will decide to turn him tile the business and thus keep the money at home one of our merchants had an ex peri ence this week which we believe la is worth relating as it shows how inconsistent people can be and how pupils and others connected with our school fall fail to realize that business people are the heaviest taxpayers and as such contribute a lot of the money which goes toward the run ning expenses of the schools A committee of pupils from the manual training department of the high school went to a store li handles paint and solicited a cash donation stating that the money was to be used in purchasing paint from a salt lake concern the same to be used in painting toys which the pu pils are to make and distribute to the poor children of the camp the pupils are to be complimented for taking up such a worthy piece of work but on the other hand they showed very poor judgment in ask ing local merchants to give them funds to be spent in salt lake es specially pec lally ally when the articles needed could be secured right here at home it may be that salt lake prices are lower it Is barely possible that they are not and anyway the business be longs right here in where the money which supports our schools Is being cheerfully paid over in the form of taxes A subscriber |
