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Show BORERS FROM ' WITHOUT 01-AGE 01-AGE MERCHANTS The editor of the Bingham Bulletin questioned some of our merchants on home buying during the week, putting to them the following questions: "Do you expect the people to support sup-port you because you are located in this community?" - Although different terms were used in expressing it, this was in substance their answers: "We have a lot to offer that really makes it worth while for the people of Rincham to see us before niacin? the order for merchandise or household house-hold necessities they may want. "First we will not be undersold, quality or quantity. We have to handle han-dle quality merchandise; if we didn't people would quit trading with us unless un-less we made good the merchandise which they had purchased. We cannot can-not offer shoddy merchandise such as the mail order dealer can get away with. "Another thing we are here to give service. People don't have to Wait for the things they need. We carry the stock on hand. This is a mighty big advantage which people should consider for their own welfare. "Third, we are keeping up the town, employing labor and contributing contrib-uting Our share at all times to make this a better town. We don't expect support for this reason alone. But there is something in this connection to think about. More business in Bingham creates better property values val-ues and makes a better town. ' Now suppose a man saved a dollar on every outside purchase. He would be helping to destroy the business life of his town. He would in reality be taking double that amount off the valuation of his home or his business busi-ness location." After considering reasons of this kind the editor of the Bingham Bulletin Bul-letin fcls that he can safely say to the citizens of Bingham: "Do your buying buy-ing at home, not merely because it is your home but because it will mean dollars in your pocket in the long run." One of the greatest dangers to retail re-tail merchants is the boring from without by house to house peddlers. It probably occasions a greater diversion diver-sion of trade from Bingham than that of Jmying in other cities. And the pity of it i there is nothing gained by it, for everybody knows that inferior in-ferior goods are "sold by these bell-' ringers. The merchants of Bingham are aa important part of this community. They pay taxes, support all philanthropies philan-thropies and civic enterprises besides giving employment to many people. Their characters are known to us, and they are right here to correct - errors or complaints. They are of us, belonging be-longing to our communal family, and we should have personal interest in their success because their progress means progress for Bingham. |