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Show Shun the Peddlers THE summer season, new at hand brings with it an economic ill that annually an-nually takes a toll of thousands ot ill gained dollars. It is the itinerant peddler, the house to house door bel! ringer and those of his kind who travel from place to place plying their trade and imposing on the credulity of the unthinking, offering bargains in thi: and that which most always turn out to be inferior merchandise sold al higher prices or in short measure. Ii is well to beware of these fellows and the plausible stories that they tell to (ngage the interest and confidence of their prospects. They are of many varieties and with as many kinds of merchandise to sell. Inferior articles ot many kinds are peddled about hither and yon durinp the summer months. The automobile has been a great aid to this kind ol chicanery for after he has landed r few gullible prospects a day's journey will take him far away and beyond the reach of the buyer who discovers that he has been victimized. ', What better insurance can there be than buying from the home town merchant? mer-chant? If for any reason the article proves unsatisfactory he is ready to correct the trouble and satisfy hi; customer. Not so with the peddi r h is gone tomorrow or yet today if tlv chase gets too hot. He is not f'sking to satisfy his customer he is af' :r the money alone. The home town merchant mer-chant stakes his reputation anil his success on his record for fair and honest dealing. He may be foi'id af his place cf business day in ar- 1 day out. year in and year out. Tli?re Is nothing elusive about him. When folks want support an'l contributions con-tributions for this and that, thev know where to find him and he gives willingly will-ingly and generously. Did anyone eve' ha" of the itinerant merchant contributing contri-buting a single cent for the advancement advance-ment of a local caue? There is on' real wav of insuring good goods a' reasonable prices, one way of getting gnrd value for the dollar expended and thnt is to buv of the reputable home town merchant. |