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Show ; T 'FARM ADVERTISING B j ' A A few dayg ago our "attention, was call- B ' "'-. ed-to a copy oftiFnnimore, Wisconsin. " H. 1 . -Times, as an example of the effective ,ubc " ' whiclithefiuof th?nilddftwtand H'j , ; j.- ;west' are making of abVertislniK in their H ' i ;. local papers. In one issue of the "Times : , i ..there "were eighteen display ads relating B ' ' toa'griculture. Seven of them were qiiar- 4 i ,-' ter page adyertisem6nte of auction sale! H , ' , i Iri addition 'Ihere were over a column of B ' ; 3 wantadsof which' mor than one half per- B ' ', ; I talhed to farming. 'And the Times is. a. B v . paper niuchHKe this one- .-.' H T ' , ' ,; Ffrmerjs(in the-neighborhood of Lqgaii B.'Vi shquld.avaVen to the fact that what has K ; i proven, beneficial for farmers in other , K' i' l fiectohs of the X-ountry will also benefit. H"; v them.1 There, is someone in this com- H-1' f- mainity who wants the, very thing he ad- H f , t vertises for.saein a city or a farm paper. B' J' The "only reason the. average farmer does H" , f . not" know this is because , he has nevr. H t' tried advertising ;in his home paper. He H. , , pays a fancy price to advertise stock, H , " , ( eggs, poultry or fancy .produce in a class H ' journal never realizing that an' ad cosr, B: ' i ' ing much less money can be. inserted in H i the county paper and will, find a buyer H". closer home who may become, a cua- H , , topter. for life. ' But all the arjment in Hj I j : " thcworld will not serve to convince them. HB It takes more than argument, "It takco. BliiiB ( " I ! - ' actmal tests. So we invite the farmer a with something: to sell to coine in ?. it to this; office andj like other buftai-men, buftai-men, tell'.us what he haa.to-offer VW will do the rest and the reaulti wiH prove more convincing than all the talking we ofuld do between now and doomsday V . GIVE'OVERALLS TO :Tlii3 WHITE, COLLARED FELLOWS We note that:soroe newspapers are denouncing de-nouncing the whiteollared, mn who are wearing cheap overalls in revolt at high prices, on the ground that the overall be longs to, the workingraan. . U If this is a rule of everyday ehtics, wo move that it be -changed. ..The man who works in an office as editor, bookkeeper, clerk reporter, salesman, or whd wdrk'd ( at the law or in the pulpit is morthtitlel to the cheaply priced overall' than any worker-any way any of the big city workers. ; The cpmraon laborer in' tlia buildihg trades makes '$7"a day. Lethif.i buy the serges, he.can afford it. Let the 8 and i a'dajrreperter, bookk4per and clerk have the comparatively tow' priceii overalls, if he wishes to keep out of debt and live on his salary. The. machinist, carpenter, plumber and various other classes of skilled workmen are now paid anything from $10 to $20 u day.. We believe that they should buy the broBsllksttrts:;' 'while weedi..', tors; lawye'riand' preacherjs(wear overalls No joking, there has been a revolution in this country already. The mechanic? and laborers may be .discontented, -but they have taken a position at- the top of the heap since 1914. Wages have doubled, tripled, quadrupled even more in some cases vyhile the so-called salaries of other oth-er workers in American hive of industiy the white collared fellows have about 4 stood stilt There is reason in the discontent of the , latter. But why the discontent of the far-' ' mer - ',,.'"''-. .' n, n. ( Just'a little tip: Advertising is the' I secret to success- Advertise in The Republican Re-publican and inrease your business. |