Show No 13 of a Series of Advertisements Ad intended to sell a city to its people as it is appearing in inThe inThe Th The Iron County Record DONT DON'T SELL CEDAR CITY M I 2 It I AND IRON COUNTY SHORT Operators on the stock exchange sell securities which they do not own but want to dep depress ess in price to buy buyback buyback buyback back again at a lower figure That is termed a a short sale Oftentimes they drive down the price to point where owners who bought for a a real investment suffer heavy losses and are forced to sacrifice their securities These operators are shooters sharp who prey upon the property of others and are merciless in their opera opera- j Chain stores mail order houses and peddlers are engaged engaged engaged en en- in selling Cedar City and Iron County short for for- forthe the Ute reason that they have no interest no-interest in this community community community com com- beyond the amount of profits which can be taken th and forwarded to main headquarters in some other city They contribute nothing permanently constructive constructive constructive con con- towards this city b but t take take take and give nothing comm commensurate ns rate in return Every man woman vonian and child in this city as also every farmer in the surrounding t territory benefits his or her own individual pocket book ultimately by supporting business institutions owned here which in turn support the town Money spent with a branch store owned by a foreign corporation or with a mail order house or peddler peddler peddler ped ped- when it could be used to patronize some locally- locally owned business on the same terms conditions and prices means selling Cedar City and Iron County short That money is gone and will never do this city any good here here- after F 11 I At this pont point In our series of advertising articles which by byI bythe bythe I the way is just fairly begun we want to say that it is not our desire to make any ments or print a single statement statement statement state state- ment that is not the truth If perchance a should find its way into the series we will gladly make correction The point throughout this series that we make and we believe beleve justly so is that it is to the best In Interest Interest Interest In- In terest of the consuming public to trade with their home merchants merchants mer mer- chants providing they can buy just as good I goods just as cheaply as they are sold elsewhere else else- where YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBOR NEIGHBOR- HOOD HOOn GROCER W WIron When hen any patronage is withheld from Cedar City and andIron andIron Iron County stores such people must make up in one one I way or another for their short saje sae by paying additional additional addi addi- taxes through holding back growth of the city depressed property values Arid nd id limiting opportunities I of its people in every direction r Cedar City and Iron County Go no can cat ori only y forge forward and improve salary p payments increase in re se property and farm values grow in population have haye better streets streets streets' larger argel banks bankS' public institutions sc schools o ls churches I etc when money is kept circulating freely within it its boundary bound bound- ary and the surrounding cou countryside With that support these stores stoies will win improve bank barik deposits grow and greater great great- greater er pros prosperity erity to all wi will l be the rule C Cedar Codar dar City's and Iron County's welfare should be the first consideration of all the people who live l ve here a ac also the farmers who use this city as their trading center It was vas one of the big industrial leaders of the country who said never sell the United States short The same logic applies to this city and state Back up the stores owned by the people of this city and you will never sell Cedar City and Iron County short |