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Show A PECULIAR CONDITION. - Up In .Montana, Washington and other northwestern states, Logan knit goods havo n roputntlou for high excellency In quality that croatos n largo demand for them. Down In Cache valley where tho goods are made, tho peoplo buy any sort of a knit gin ment rather than tho pieces mndo ntyhomo. A shoddy sock or n flimsy sweator Is snapped up with alacrity, providing It Is mado somo-whoio somo-whoio elso than nt homo. Tho poo-plo poo-plo seem to prefor shoddy, cheap goods, notosiously Inferior In wearing wear-ing quality, to tho oxcollent goods put out by tho homo manufacturer, not considering that greater sorvlco""nud satisfaction can ho procured In -tho uso of tho homo goods. Wo say this Is a peculiar situation, and yet it Is Just nbout what ono can expect. A peoplo doos not exist on tho fnco of tho earth that regards homo things ns highly ns things brought from a distance "A prophet Is not without honor save In his own country," nnd tho saying holds with things ns woll as prophets. Wo sup- poso that wo will havo to run on ln much the snmo present fashion, for centuries and centuries Into tho future, fu-ture, before that spirit wilt fndo ajvay fronj our heaits. It has perhaps descended de-scended from those long ago days I when wo peered through tho branches 'of 'the trees Into the far off treejess plains, and longed for the view from tho distant horizon. That spirit brought us out of tho trees onto those plains, nnd perhaps it has some mystery mys-tery about It that brings us to a higher high-er degree of perfection. Hut certainly, wo would bo wiser If we would pntronlzo tho man at homo who makes bettor goods than the man who ships to us. . - - |