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Show HOME BUYING : ISJPSSED Question ia Asked Concerning Savings Sav-ings Accrued from Buying Away from Home Town Docs it pay for one to do his buying buy-ing out of town? , Do the merchants of Bingham Canyon try and "rob" the. people? These are two vital questions that have been' bothering tfje people of this town for many years) and yet, with a little forethought, fore-thought, the answer unfurls itself. Thsre is the question of buying direct di-rect from "factory to wearer," many of 'these so-called salesmen infesting Bingham- Canyon on each pay day. Is it cheaper to buy merchandise in this way? Let us dissect this problem prob-lem and see the answer. , Complaint is often made that it costs so much to get commodities from the producer to the consumer. If the retail price is a quarter or a third above the manufacturer's, some people seem to think the merchant is getting too much profit. - The salesman, who is selling "Factory "Fac-tory to You" merchandise is in all probability working on a 33 per cent margin of profit, but who, pray, pays his expenses? There is the hitch. It isn't taken from his commissions but from the quality of the commodity, thus it is seen that baying at home is by far cheaper for the tame grade of merchandise, at the merchandise in adding to hit cost is caring for his overhead at the tame time. . Those who feel that there should not be a middle man would find the sledding pretty rough should he be eliminated, as some one has to perform per-form that distribution service. Suppose Sup-pose the retail and wholesale stores stopped carrying, a given , line of goods which could be had only from ' The manufacturers would nave to maintain additional space for sales of these goods, adding a charge for rent or capital locked up in a building. He, would have to add 4 force. to handle sales. He would have to carry more goods in stock, on which he must pay insurance! taxes . and. interes' He would have to take on many lines, and the ri.sk of style changes. He would have to pay individual mail or express charges for customers residing at a distance. Thus he would have to pay many or all of the same expenses the retail re-tail dealer has to pay. Whetlier'or not he could undersell the retailer would depend upon circumstances, and on the ability with which such an enterprise was handled. The fact that-merchandise is commonly bought through retail stores, and a big part of it is previously handled by jobbers, job-bers, seems to indicate that as a usual thing the public feels it gains an advantage ad-vantage in buying through the methods meth-ods of distribution now existing. Thus, when if is all said and done, one can readily see why it is best to allow the present system to remain in vogue, and why it is a very great advantage ad-vantage for our people to be able to go into a store in Bingham Canyon and personally inspect the things they want, without having to send all over the world to factories for needed products'. pro-ducts'. Thus they can avoid mistakes that would be made if they didn't see the goods, they can have the advice cjf competent sales people, and if the goods are not what they want, they do not have to buy. Think this over, helpers of mail order houses, and sponsors of peddlers. . , , |