Show THE OLD SETTLER by albert albeit R lyman when they closed the mike ort on us lat la t week we had just drawn a breath to say that san juan county will never corne come out of it will never be able to get fret up again aftin a on its hind legs and run without limping till the people get their philosophy thoroughly seasoned with asness us ness they will have to get to thinking of this section as us as of what we can do dc and oue our rights and possibilities before we begin convalescing we will have a people who discriminate sharply against all goods all customs having a tendency to t impoverish the county as a whole As long as we have no majority hanging banging out for the policies which build ul up the county as a whole we will simply not come out of the k kinks inks he is a pretty dull operator who does not become interested at once in a proposition to keep the money in his own purse now if he will open his hig eyes just a little wider he will see that if he keeps it floading as near as possible Ios llos sible it will generally find its way ae a least a part of it back to his purse after he has had to hand it out the more I 1 make my deals with my next neighbor the more I 1 hope to see my money again everything else being equal the nearer at home by bargains are made the better bargains they are this is no preachment on kindness nor unselfishness nor any of the lofty virtues which as busy selfish souls we have no time nor inclination to consider what we are offering here is selfish enough to suit anybody it is simply this lets keep our money as nearly within reach as possible so we can get a whack at it again instead of sending our money out for bread butter bacon cheese eggs eggs candy candaice ice cream cakes and dozens of things which we can have right here heie at home why not sta start rt a drive f for or our own produce when it comes to buying anything which could be made in wis section let us first look for the brand made in san juan just simply refuse to give your cash for anything which is is here to paralyze our home market I 1 ordinary everyday selfishness has bas a pre pretty tty good tendency in this direction but when you mix with it a few grains of wisdom and foresight it turns the trick in good shape just the ordinary type of selfishness may make a man satisfied to save his self though all his neighbors go busted the wise selfishness sees that the preservation of the fellow next to us is nearly as good as preserving ourselves to be surrounded by men who are dead broke is not safe being thus exposed we may catch the disease ourselves the wise selfishness is not willing that the market of the country shall be shot into a cocked hat even though it has nothing to offer in the market he can see that his neighbors prosperity is vitally related to his own prosperity if there is money in the country he has a chance to get some of it but if it is not there he might as well try to get blood out of a turnip this made in san juan idea will be sure to die a horning borning unless there is definite and positive steps taken for uniformity of products no sane grocer is going to buy forty different kinds of butter he would never be able to sell it neither will he buy cheese ranging in shade from white to green and in taste from curd to limburger nothing but uniform grade can expert expect to get a rearing this is no campaign against outside merl merchants hants if eyer ever we come alive to conserve our own resources the outside will find us more profitable customers than we have ever been in the past they will find us with money to buy think it over think about a san juan with pride and purpose to care for itself and save its money to the county as a whole it should be said as the quaker said to his son beware of thyself take care of thyself for no one will take care of thee |