Show A FRONT PAGE EDITORIAL Everyone Benefits When We Shop At Home There are ten little letters that ought to be emblazoned In brilliant red above every front door during the weeks preceding These ten little letters these three little words AT Why should we shop at This is a hackneyed expression but it's more than a slogan for Old Chinese proverb who shop not at home cut own That's Every every every dollar bill that is spent in our area can provide and salaries for those of us who live If business drops in a local clothing and the manger regretfully lets one or two employees those are two fewer paychecks that can be spent in our If business is slow at our local drug the druggist has less money to spend on dinners at the Every dollar spent in Salt Lake City is a dollar forever It will certainly never make its way back to boost the economy of the Uintah The cities don't need our dollars but wc And the man who takes his paycheck out of the in a cutting his own CAN'T FIND WHAT I WANT Checked to be Roosevelt merchants have gone all out to bring a beautiful stock of Christmas gifts to their And if the don't have what you want be it furniture or appliances or clothing ask about Chances are they can order just what you want in a very short And after the greater this business the larger stock the merchants will CHEAPER IN THE That reminds us of old Bargain Hunter stormed through the city stores picking up such wonderful buys at such tiny Then she proudly returned with her clever treasures only to learn that she could have bought the same thing in her hometown at the same or even This is almost the Twentieth Century is Merchandise no longer arrives via the Pony Express or and small-town businesses able to bring us the same fine-quality items as are found In the big Sometimes prices actually are cheaper But consider the expense of meals and where is the often the bargains we go after are merely and we're pressured into buying something more expensive after we've gone in to This is especially true of furniture and And who will hear our complaints about broken or inferior merchandise after we've purchased Who will make the Surely not a store far A GREATER VARIETY IN THE Let's take another Walk up and down our main go in and out of the modern We'll find shelves and counters brim-full to overflowing with excellent reasonably-priced great enough variety to please even the fussiest clothing shelves of colorful toys of every conceivable beautiful smart time-saving Famous-name brands are available In every SALARY DOESN'T DEPEND ON LOCAL Doesn't even if one is an employee of state or federal his job depends on the community which he Let's ask ourselves this Would I be working here if it weren't for the people who live Most often the answer is But even If our income isn't directly dependent on the local wo still have a moral obligation to shop at The big city doesn't need our hometown Ours couldn't be classed as a booming its very life depends upon tho loyalty of even those not financially obliged to shop THIS as the Christmas season and the joyful spirit of gift-giving is upon let's take pur list to our hometown where holiday enthusiasm is in full Let's ask the friendly salespeople to help us find that perfect gift or make They'll be glad to take the because know Let's do ourselves a great big arid AT |