Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1917-03-30 | Page 4 | Local News

rj-, HE fury. and danger of the Cyclone is nothing compared to the j destine 01 evied -by the mail order business. The havoc caused by tins evi will never t ,e kno i It cannot be reckoned in figures. Onewell-known 'mail towdoMU and circulated in one year twenty million catalogs, and there are also 1 000 mad order houses in the United States today. Towns have been wiped ou of ex tence val" ues wrecked, farms depopulated and business brought to a standstill Thinking people . of all classes-farmers, merchants, manufacturers-are now alive to the clanger and have begun work to counteract its effects. Every town is being urged to wage a campaign cam-paign of education to arouse the thought of the people. The imaginary long-distance bargain has never yet measured up to the standard and value of home-bought goods.