Show GOOD BUSINESS SENSE one af the prominent mercea merchants ants of ogden while balki talking 1 li n g 1 with akrep a representative of the recent lamade ly made the following statement la in stocking up each season with him ham and bacon we never send abroad for any supply until we have purchased all the first class home cured goods available with certain farm products wo we follow tho tile ame same course we arc are willing to pay and we do pay an ad price for many articles in order that we may encourage home homi industries and stop some portion of the terrible drain which keeps the community in a state of bf financial luf suffering fering we haye con scantly on our shelves fabric of utah manufacture and sell them at the same price we charge for imported goods although the cost of 1 the latter ia is considerably the less lest in every case cut we endeavor even at a sacrifice crince a of profit to to give home manufactures the preference and we da d this as a matter of principle ci pleno no more than as a matter of business economy for we know that if the community is allowed tp impoverish itself by annece importations every citizen merchant ni as well ae as barmor will be made inside to suffer there Is i strong sense in this statement but the are helpless unless suppo it ted ed bythe purchasing eing public when ibo the community of individuals learn leara this thi principle and put it into daily pra practice otice there will bo less lesa jeason reason for anxiety concerning the corn com mercial future of our territory 7 |