Show LETS LET'S KEEP OUR MONEY AT NOME HOME oo 00 CHAMBER IDER OF COMMERCE APPOINT AP- AP POINT COMMITTEE OF TEN MEN TO MAKE 00 The Chamber of Commerce started a big movement toward buying at home lome last Monday at the weekly luncheon Reuben J. J Shay secretary of the organization opened the discussion by stating tating that owing o to the tremendous sums urns of money being spent outside of Cedar City for various commodities the he the Chamber of Commerce felt that some ome measures and Investigation should hould be made to see if a buy thome et t home lome movement could not be A. A T. T Jones then continued the discussion dis dis- by citing examples why an investigation should be made In the first place the merchants did not carry carry cary car- car ry y a variety of merchandise in some cases ases sufficient to meet the demands of f the people e of Cedar City He lIe felt that hat this could be remedied by careful care care- ful ul study of the part of the merchants lie le also felt that the outside merchants merchants mer mer- chants hants especially the mall mail order houses louses were cheaper in prices than the he local merchants He lIe cited ex examples examples examples ex- ex I amples of where prices had been compared com corn par pared d however and showed where considering he quality of merchandise dise disc the prices of the local merchants were cheaper if anything than the outside houses He lIe ended by statin stating that hat a careful investigation by the Chamber of Co Commerce e ro l-ro would ld un 1 J 1 e tp p a lot o oward w r s i fa ing buying at home Warren Bulloch continued the discussion discussion dis dis- by showing that there was a great difference in quality of merchandise merchandise mer mer- chandise especially citing dry goods but ut that people were not accustomed to o considering differences in quality For example he cited where there are area a number of different grades of ging- ging ham lam whereas to the average person no distinction was usually made He Ie Ie mer- mer merchants further stated that the local merchants merchants mer mer- chants thru combined buying are able abl to compete favorably with outside merchants The meeting authorized the Board Doard of Directors to a committee often of ofen I Iten ten en to make a careful investigation of oi the he situation and to recommend measures mea mea- sores that would keep the money of ol Cedar City at home |