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Show TRADE AT HOME If merchants and their sales clerks were not a mighty good natured bunch of folks, whose rough edges have been worn down by much contact with human nature they would have reason to get quite grouchy at times. There are some persons who will go or send to more or less distant dis-tant cities, and make important purchases of clothing, furniture or food-stuffs. Then when they find that they want some little article in a hurry, and must have it for some pressing need, they rush to the home store, demand that it be supplied them instantly. They expect these stores to keep stocked up all the time on a wide variety of goods. Yet they fail to supply their share of the pat-Tonage pat-Tonage that would warrant these stores in keeping such stock. A group of good retail houses links up a town with the wonderful wonder-ful netion-wide system for distributing modern products. They bring toyour doors the comforts and conveniences of advanced civiliation from a!i over the world, where you can examine and select the things that you desire, and secure competent advice as to how get results you want. But people connot expect to secure the kind of stores that their community is entitled to, on the base, of its population and wealth, if they are constantly running or sending away elsewhere to buy goods. Unless they gave their patronage to their home stores, those stores can not serve them with maximum efficiency. J he men who own and conduct the stores of Price arc a loyal force working all the time to build up this community to provide it with the best modern facilities and equipment to improve its civic advantages ad-vantages and promote its prosperity. When you deal with them, you back tip and promote the advance of your home town. Price News-Advocate. |