Show OUR consistencies during these days of a ao much strenuous business and labor there is a question of importance that is camf confronting bag the laboring man as well as many others and one that is of vital importance to all there is a great cry among the business men against the idea of sending off to eastern markets marketa for far so 0 man many y articles of every day ne comity ces sity and the argument is why not support the home merchant 9 let us ua return the question and say why dont you support the local buyers bu let us look at the matter candidly and squarely for a few minutes J just now there is a great boom of building going on in this country and when you look at the number of men employed how bow many local men do you seea we are speaking primarily of the tradesmen and not at of the men who are employed in the team work in hauling material etc ate but of the carpenters and joiners the masons and others in particular chell W ell one of the contractors makes the claim that he be could not get local men to d do a the high class work called for and that he was compelled to send off air for men to do the as they did more in a day and ran much h better work this is an tain y an insult to our own men and as a proof let us refer to the state ment of I 1 the e manager of the largest aher contract ever let in this county who said that the local men he had in charge did more and better work on an an average than any others he be lad had ever r had under his direction on one occasion he took the pains unknown to the men to measure up the brick their actual time during the day and each mason maion averaged better than three thou thousand and inck brick laid in eight hours tho is only one instance the other contractors generally have lave to send to salt lake seattle or sing sing or any other old place so they come from somewhere else ase not only that but the material is as much as possible must most be sent off iff for and now comes the ques tion ion is it any worse for the poor devil of a farmer or workman to send off for some of his goods or household necessities than it is for the merchant or contractor to send off for both material and wot workmen kin an to LO put it up and and thus thus deprive the county of all that money that thai a 8 part of which at least might just as well and better be kept in circulation here at homec readmit we admit candidly tim that some of the material must be sent off for as it is 13 imps sible gible to obtain the kind required hera but it is n not at necessary to vend send off for all the workmen simply be cause caus ethey they come from somewhere else this phase of the question does not affect us locally atone alone but the whole state in general why is it that sugar utah sugar can be bought so much cheaper in chicago ka kansas kaas as city and even st louis than it can right here herec A few years since a local man on his way east called in at the most prominent clothing manufacturer in the state at that time and asked what they would charge him for a certain suit of clothes made up of utah made goods and the price was quoted when he arrived in chicago he made a similar enquiry of a clothier and picked out an all wool piece of goods and after ask ing where it was made was informed in utah he ordered a suit with an overcoat added and when paying the bill he was greatly surprised p rd to find the whole cost over coat coal and all was wait much leba am than what he ha would have had to pay for the suit alone here her at home when a farmer goes to sell it load of gram or hay or other co commodities mor modi ties lie he must ask what the merchant will give and iche if he buys any goods he must take them at the price that the other fell fellow charges charge and ad has no a say a so at all to himself amsel f and set at they cry support part home industry if the local merchants yant ant the support of f the people then let them support the people and when th there e re are any in ta to be let let loat al men have the work and not stud atod 0 off ff for foreigners who do the work n a 0 better or as good as it can be done b by Y local men and thus keep money at home simply because you are a relative of the man from Kala kalamazoo masoo dont howl bowl if we send off for goods gooda and dont spend pend our dough with you A LABORER |