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Show 4f LET'S ALL PULL TOGETHER Isn't it about time for the people of Mount Pleasant to get a little closer together, and work in a little closer harmony one with the other? A country town and a farming community surround- f ing it are brothers, and the one cannot succeed without the cooperation and active assistance of the other. A farming section without its adjacent railroad and market facilities would be a back number a dead one- -with little future ahead. Live farmers would shun it would have nothing to do with it for live men create a surplus, and they must have an outlet for that which they create. A farm adjacent to some live town and shipping facilities is worth double that of a piece of ground with t equal fertility located in some obscure section of the country. The relative values of the products of the two farms would be about the same the one high, the other low. Therefore the farming community is dependent upon the town and its advantages for much of the rural pros- perity, for the high value of land, for the ease with which shipments are made. Farmers who believe in themselves, who want a pros- perous community, should encourage the town and its industries should buy from the home dealers, should KEEP THE MONEY IN THE HOME COMMUNITY, where it adds to the commercial life to every person. Every dollar a farmer keeps in circulation at home $ simply adds that much to the riches of his own com- munity, to the value of his own holdings. I The town and the town merchant owe an equal duty to the farmer, for without his cooperation both town and merchant would perish. mi The town should make the farmer welcome, let him feel that he is among friends, that it is HIS town, that he has a personal interest in its velfare. t The merchant should make it possible for the farmer to buy his goods as cheaply at home as he can from some foreign house, and he should keep this fact con- stantly before the farmer. " He should encourage the farmer by keeping reliable goods and selling them at a reasonable price. Most merchants do this, although the absence of the mer- chant's advertisement from the Pyramid keeps the farmer in ignorance of the fact. He should encourage the farmer in all ways, exhibit a brotherly feeling and spirit, and give the farmer to understand that he is interested in his welfare as well as in the contents of his pocketbook. It has been demonstrated repeatedly right here in Mount Pleasant that farmers can buy as cheaply from local dealers as they can from a foreign, or Mail-Order house. But the foreign dealer floods the farmer with adver- tising matter, while some local dealers expect to be taken on faith. ' And the farmer is a wise one he takes nothing on faith. ' ' Show Me ' ' is his creed. And he goes to the man who advertises who "shows him. " Now isn't it about time for us all to think a little, to get together, to push and Boost this community right up to the front? |