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Show PATRIOTISM AT HOME Patriotism should begin al home; extend out from the home to the borne town or conmiunit ; thence over the country; and thence over the slate and nation; The patriotism that ioes not include its own nest, its own family and its own surroundings, sur-roundings, is noi much patriotism) nationally or any other way. We should all think of these things con I i una 1 1 y, for thej are vital to our besl interests and welfare, and the best interests inter-ests of our family, friends and neighbors. There is always ''argument on both sides of any question, but the basic tacts (remain, just the same, and we should not lose sight of those basic facts. As a rule goods can be purchased iii the home town as cheap as in other towns or cities; not all things, but the majority of the commodities which we use. Some articles may be a bit higher once in a while, but it is equally true thai Some are often a bit lower, and the whole monthly account will balance pretty well, lake it up one side and down the other. Bui even if it did cost a trifle more to trade at home than to send money away to the cities, still if would be cheaper in the Bong run to buy at home and let the irioncy circulate around the town, each dollar doing a hundred dollars' worth of business busi-ness before it finally slips away. If we do not build up our own home town there will not be any home town, and all our investments in it, for homes or anything any-thing else, will fall flat, and we all lose out. Any way you Want to look at this trading away from home business, it figures out loss in the long run for everybody who engages in it as a regular reg-ular thing. This, you know, applies to the home printer as well as to the merchant. Home merchants please take notice. Bipon (Calif.) Record. |