Show THE HOME TO WN the article given below which was taken from tile tho reaper contains so eo much good sound common sense and truth that wo we just have to pass it on it would be 10 well for all of us to take tho the time to read it and thoroughly digest what it contains oa as it can bo be applied to Pan gultch as well wo we are too apt to expect our homo home town merchants to carry as wado a variety of 0 merchandise at popular prices as can bo be found in largo towns yet by our patronage of 0 outside institutions through tho medium of peddlers lera cata bogues etc we are doing or best to prevent them from doing that very thing thine it naturally follows that the larger the turnover of goods in any line tile tho lower the prices so lets take a leaf out of tho the reaper book and sao soo it if this thia can bo be made true trite of 0 our town richfield Ro reaper apor tho the most important interest of any individual or organization should bo the interest of oc the town in which lie he or it functions ironi this town its industries dust dus rles trIes its business tho the individuals draw their sustenance nanco the welfare of the town is the welfare of 0 the individual who lives in it evory every failure in bus inosa hurts every business and professional man in tho the town every business ness success adds to the welfare of every other othor citizen tho the man or woman who consults the best interests of the town will as nearly as possible spend in it tho the money ho he makes out but it it thui thug throwing hla his money back back into the business stream and getting a chanco chance to got get hold of one of his spent dollar sr which has not departed from tile the community did you ever stop to think what an impetus it would give this city it every resident of 0 richfield would buy everything lie he needs and can got right hero here at homo home some folks will answer that in such it a case tho the merchants would boost up their prices to a prohibitive degree but we feel confident that tile the result would be quite the cont tho business men would experience such an increase in the volume of trade that they would bo be enabled to reduce the margin of 0 profit materially and still make more money than they aro are now making why not give this plan a trial to seo see just what it would mean to keep all the money at home which is now being scattered all around the mall order houses itinerant peddlers cut rate and unscrupulous firms who never return one penny for tho the general betterment ot of the community as a whole and each one of us individually we might form a hundred per gont gent home loyal ty club or similar named organization with the members pledging themselves to buy everything evey thing possible in their home town we personally would bo be delighted to join such a club and live up to its principles in every detail if there aro are others who would take such a pledge drop a line to tho the editor of tho the reaper and we will got get the plan started this maudlin sentimentality but a plain business matter that would do us all good the home town merchant will stand by his goods for lie he ls is your friend and neighbor you have no recourse as to service and tho the like it if you buy your goods at a distance ds tance so you will win by such a method in more ways than one I 1 in communities to the big cities many of tho the bg town merchants conduct a direct house to house canvas tor for business silk stockings and kitchen cabinets brushes and vacuum cle cleaners Laners kitchen utensils and rug salesmen come to the door and with a seemingly logical argument sell bell the housewife our women should be educated to ask a sd salesman lesman a few questions how much does the firm he I represents phy pay toward the local fire department part ment which saves her home when it catches tire fire how much taxes does his firm pay toward the maintenance of the police department which watches her home in the small hours enabling her to sleeps sleep comfortably and the members of which pilot her children across tile the traffic lc crowded streets on their way to school how much does his firm pay fer the maintenance of tho the streets and parks which makes it so much more a desirable place in which to live how much does the big town dealer pay toward keeping up tho the local chamber of com commerce meme the local schools and our churches some amb 1 lye t eso agents do undersell the local put but it usually happens ira afat their Is soon forim to be inferior in it quilley but salesman has gone on and there is no na recourse standard products nowadays have standard prices the day of the nationally advertised article is hero here our aur home town murchant sells such goods which usually carry a guarantee gum unite of service as chap cheaply y as the big town dealer Loute price tags mean sacrifice in q ri clity any small town can grow and prosper it its citizens are loyal to home institutions |