Show Did You Ever Stop To Think Edson R. R Waite C. C H. H Spencer president of the Newark Ohio advocate says sars That perhaps some Borne people are arc influenced by the frequently repealed repeated re e- e pealed slogan Buy at Home The thing has been so 80 worked over that it has haJ come to mean nothing Instead of urging people to buy at home I prefer the suggestion Try Newark First Things being equal the majority of people prefer to bu buy at home not because they arc are helping their home town but because of confidence Once a shopper is sure he or she can buy what is wanted in the home town as cheaply ply as elsewhere that's where the purchase will be made The merchants in medium sized cities have far less over head than the metropolitan stores and in many instances they can buy buyas as advantageously It is a n fact that several Newark stores attract customers from rom Columbus notwithstanding the fact that Columbus is 33 miles distant and is fourth in size among Ohio cities Columbus of course attracts many Newark shoppers but that is due to the feeling among some people that city shopping shopping shopping shop shop- ping is the proper thing and also to the fact that the big stores have a n wider selection of merchandise to offer Then too the ride to the city and the pleasure of the theatre and the restaurants restaurants restaurants ants arc are additional incentives You cant can't keep shoppers away from the big town by crying BUY AT HOME IE but persuade them to try their home stores first and in the majority of cases they will find at home just what they want at prices as low or lower than offered by the larger arger towns I |