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Show HOW .TRADING IN TOWN HUII.DS UP THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY. Every time a rural dweller Indulges in mail order buying of goods that he can get in town just as cheaply and much quicker he harms his own interests. Mall order buying tears down the town. Or, if it is a new town, it prevents it from building up. The less of a town there is within trading radius, the less the laud is worth. The fewer and jxiorer are tho schools. The poorer the roads. The poorer everything. Those living in the rural t'istricts like to be near good schools, good churches, have good roads and be near a good town. They like to see their land increase in value by being close to'a live town. But it is useless for them to hope for any of these things if they insist on sending their money away to build up some distant large city instead of building up their own neighborhood. Some men living along the rural routes really abuse the postal privileges by sending away for every conceivable necessity things that they can just as well buy in the nearest town. Then the same men will complain blttetjy that they are at a disadvantage because they don't live near a good trading center. I Whether or not a town Is a good place to go remains altogether with the inhabitants near thnt city. If they are loyal to It and refuse to send away for anything they can purchase there, they build up their own nests as well as those of the town. To hnve good roads, good schools, good bridges and other good Improvements requires re-quires taxes. And the less wealth there Is in a county the less taxes there are to collect. And (the less taxes, the less Improvements. Don't have your nose knocked off to spite your face. It doesn't work. Don't send a dollar away that should remain in circulation at home. |