The Harrison Gazette. The Gotebo Gazette. (Gotebo, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1907 Page: 4 of 8
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TRADING AT HOME
MANY REASONS WHY IT IS THE
BEST POLICY.
SELF-INTEREST A BIG FEATURE
That Which Benefits the Community
as a Whole Benefits Eaoii Indi-
vidual—The "Why and
Wherefore."
As self-interest is the law which gov-
erns the transactions of trade, it is the
first light in which the subject of
"Trading at Home" must be treated.
Sentiment has little influence in trade.
The prosperity of any community
depends on the volume of business
transacted within its borders. The
facility with which business can be
transacted depends largely upon the
amount of money in circulation and
any influence which takes money out
of a community is detrimental to the
financial welfare of the community.
It is in this respect that trading with
mail order houses cripples a com-
munity. Money which should be kept
In local circulation goes to swell the
volume of money in the distant city
butcher, the baker and the other pur-
veyors of the necessities of life; to in-
vest In property, in newspaper adver-
tising; to deposit in bank where it
may be used by other members of the
community, or to devote to church or
charity. The money which goes to the
mall order house decreases the per
capita of circulation in the community;
a factor which determines largely the
value of all.goods or property on the
market; the scale of wages and the in-
terest on loans.
It is n©t hard to trace the effect of
the diversion of mo^ey from its legiti-
mate channels. When money is scarce
trade languishes because of the lack
of circulating medium; merchants and
all others curtail expenses; the volume
of trade decreases and nothing re-
stores activity in trade but an increase
from some quarter of the circulating
medium. *When the volume of money
increases, trade moves and it moves
as fast as the volume of money will
permit. Money that is working is con-
stantly producing profit to all; money
that is not working produces stagna-
tion in trade.
Accordingly, it is to the interest ol
every member of a community to con-
fine his expenditures as nearly as pos-
sible to the community in which he
lives. Every dollar he spends at home
helps to make his own holdings more
valuable because they are more salable.
MAIL ORDER
HOUSE
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Cont*ac
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The catalogue man recognizes in th • advertising agent his most powerful
assistant. He realizes that it is advertising which brings him his orders.
Let the local merchants awaken to the fact that the local papers can do for
them just what the advertising agents do for the catalogue houses and the
flow of money to the city mail order houses from this community will stop.
instead of remaining at home to be
turned over and over again as the me-
dium of transfer among local mer-
chants and their customers.
The effect of this diversion of money
Is not confined to the merchants who
lose sales thereby; it extends eventu-
ally to every member of the com-
munity. It is a curtailment of business
which affects the value of all property
sven to the labor of the man who is
dependent on a day's work for his liv-
ing. It reacts upon the people who
purchase away from home in a degree
which more than ofTsets any possible
saving in price that may be effected in
the purchase.
Every dollar sent out of any com-
munity for goods which can be pur-
chased at home represents a percent-
age of injustice to the community it-
self. In the first place, some merchant
loses the profit on a sale. Not only
that, but the price of the article rep-
resents so much of the merchant's cap-
ital which is tied up in the article and
Is not working. Having capital tied
up means that the operations of the
merchant are curtailed to that extent.
He has that much less to spend; that
much less to pay in salaries to his
clerks; to pay in patronage of the
When a community has money with
which to buy there Is little difficulty
to sell and if the money is not divert-
ed, it revolves constantly in the finan-
cial circle of the community, earning
a profit for everyone who handles it
and turns it over.
Accordingly, the money spent at
home is bearing compound interest for
I the community. Its effect is apparent
even to the outsider. Spending money
I at home is a species of loyalty which
j makes materially for the progress of
i the community. If the community Is
composed of the sort of people who
spend their money at home It ad-
vances rapidly. There is money for
public improvements, money for new
enterprises. The money which the
loyal man makes at home is invested
at home: the city grows, the streets
are improved and the marks of pros-
perity and progress are evident on I
every side.
| We are wont to inveigh against the '
| wealthy man who makes his money in !
j one town and invests it in another.
! We criticize him for want of loyalty
I to the community which produced his >
! wealth and feel that we are done an j
• injustice by his failure to put his ,
i money in home enterprises which '
would incisase the business and pros-
perity of our city. The criticism is
justified and it holds just as good in a
lesser degree to the man who trades
out of town. It is the same offense
on a smaller scale.
The effect of the reverse policy is
promptly seen. The writer has in
mind a notable instance. Two cities
of about 15,000 population each are
situated on opposite sides of a river
which is a boundary between two
states. Each contains several million-
aires who made their money In the
lumber trade in the two towns. The
millionaires of one of the cities are
putting their money into other indus-
tries in the same town as the lumber-
ing goes out. As a result, the town is
rapidly forging to the front; every one
is prosperous, the demand for houses
exceeds the supply; property is valu-
able and every one is working. The
millionaires of the town across the
river are investing their money in
western and southern pine lands. The
town is languishing for lack of money;
new industries cannot start because of
lack of capital; merchants are fail-
ing; stores and houses are being va-
cated; people are moving away and a
general air of poverty and decay per-
vades the place.
Few cities present such strong ex-
amples of the value of money spent at
home but the same principle holds
true in every community. It is due
every community to reinvest the
money it produces in the community
which produces it.
The chance of being swindled is an
argument used against trading with
the mall order houses. Goods adver-
tised at cut prices often fail to meas-
ure up to the description of the adver-
tisement. The few cents which is
saved on the price of an article so
bought is usually sacrificed In the
quality of the article. Buying from the
mail order house is buying blind. A
purchaser never thinks of buying from
a home merchant without examining
the goods, but will often send his
money to a mail order house with
blind faith that the article will prove
to be as represented. How often this
faith is misplaced can be proven only
by comparing the goods bought from
mail order houses with the goods of-
fered for sale at home. If the mail
order buyer would follow this system
for a little while, he would probably
find that the goods offered at home are
of better quality and as good bargains
as the mail order goods, taking qual-
ity into consideration. If this pre-
sumption is true, the buyer of mail or-
der goods is a distinct loser, as he has
secured inferior goods and has robbed
the community in which he lives, as
well as himself, of the use of the
money. F. R. SINGLETON.
HAD TO BE ON TIME.
Dinner Giver Would Allow His Guests
No Latitude.
Closely parallel to the fag end of
the Euston road, and visible from it
at various turnings is a street which
belongs to few men's London. It is
a dingy, granite paved, populous street
of no attraction, the sort of street in
which you might expect to see on a
fine day a dancing bear.
Yet this street has known better
times and eager guests. In the house
he knew as No. 43, now obliterated by
a big new warehouse, Dr. William
Kitchener entertained his fellow wits
and gourmets. He had ample means
to ride his three hobbies—optics, cook-
ery and music. His dinners were often
elaborate experiments in cookery, and
the guests had to recognize this fact.
Five minutes past five was the min-
ute. and if a guest came late the jan-
itor had irrevocable orders not to ad-
mit him, for it was held by the myth-
ical "Committee of Taste," of whom
Kitchener was * secretary," that the
perfection of some of the dishes was
often so evanescent that the delay of
one minute after their arrival at the
medidiant of concoction will render
them no longer worthy of men of
taste.—T. P.'s Weekly.
ON THE USE OF A $5 STAMP.
Several Officials Didn't Know What
They Are Intended for.
If yon came into possession of a five
dollar postage stamp what would you
do with it? Vhe five 4f>llai Btamp is
the highest denomination the govern-
ment manufactures. They are on sale
at air first-class post offices, says the
Kansas City Star.
Harry Harris, treasurer cf the post
office, was exhibiting a bundle of them
which had been received recently.
"Very pretty," said the visitor. "But
what ene they used for?"
"Why. postage, of couree—no—wait
& "ulnute."
Mr. Harris pondered.
"The weight limit on first-class pos-
tage. which is the most costly, is four
pounds." he said. "At the establised
rat* of two cents an ounce a four-
pouad package would require only
91 2f is stamps. Couldn't use the five-
dollar stamp there, could you?
**lt might be used an third-class mat-
ter where the rate is one cent for
each two ounces. The limit of weight
on this class is four pounds except it
be in the case of a single book."
Mr. Harris did some figuring and as-
certained that the book would hate to
weigh something like 65 pounds in
order to use the fiv^dollar stamp.
"But, of course, anybody would send
the book by express for 50 cents," he
reflected. "Darned if I know what
they use 'em for. Ask Reilly."
Mont. Reilly, assistant postmaster,
was puzzled and he checked up the
question to Joseph Harris, the post-
master. The P. M. wouldn't even
hazard a guess, except that they were
used in the post office when the regu-
lations called for a large cancellation
of postage to cover matter sent out
under the second-class rates.
A five-dollar stamp, he admitted,
couldn't be exchanged for cash or for
stamps of smaller denomination. Theu
Mr. H irris summoned A. F. Meador,
chief d'.rk of the stamp division.
'"We sell about 100 of them each
year fot use as postage on first-class
matter, mailed to foreign countries."
raid M -. Meador. "The foreign rate
I is double that applying to domestic
i matter. The stamps are purchased
I principally by corporations having
j stockholders abroad. Reports printed
' in book form are mailed as first-class
| matter to these stockholders."
Civilization in Abyssinia.
A sawmill is already at work at
1 Adis Ababa, Abyssinia, and Greek ar
! tisans are engaged in quarrying and
' stone hewing. Machinery in connec-
tion with house building generally is
likely to be In demand as soon as the
means of transport are simplified. The
government is already building in Eu-
i ropean style and stone houses may be
seen, some even of three stories in
i height in the capital.
PAUL HAD HIS OWN IDEA.
Father's Explanation of Lightning Not
Satisfactory to Him.
Little Paul was four years old when
the western city in which he lived was
swept one night by a terrible storm.
Wind, thunder and lightning played
havoc, and, while other members of
.the family were huddled in dark cor-
ners, Paul watched the illumination of
the sky with great delight. The next
morning at breakfast he asked his
father what caused the streaks of fire
across the sky, and his father, with
great pains, essayed to explain. Paul
listened attentively and apparently
accepted what was told him, but, when
he found attention diverted from him-
self, he leaned over to his aunt, who
pat inside him, and whispered:
"It wasn't that, auntie. It was God
scratching matches on the sky."
BABY'S ECZEMA GREW WORSE.
Hospitals and Doctors Could Not Re-
lieve Him—But Cuticura Remedies
a Speedy, Permanent Cure.
"Eczema appeared when our baby
was three months old. We applied to
several doctors and hospitals, each of
which gave us something different
every time, but nothing brought relief.
At last, one of our friends, recommend-
ed to us Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment. A few days afterwards im-
provement could be noted. Since then
we have used nothing but Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment, and now
the baby is six months old and is quite
cured. All that we used was one cake
of Cuticura Soap and two boxes Cuti-
cura Ointment, costing in all $1.25. C.
F. Kara, 343 East 65th Street, New
York, March 30, 1906."
And He Was Not German.
One of our third grade teachers no-
ticed a little fellow the-other day dur-
ing a penmanship lesson who was evi-
dently absorbed in his work and put-
ting his whole soul into hiB efforts to
make his results look like the teach-
er's copy upon the blackboard.
Thinking such devotion worthy of
special reward she passed up the aisle
to give him an encouraging pat upon
the head and the regulation smile of
approval. As she drew near she no-
ticed that his lips were moving, and
that with the completion of each letter
he compared it with his copy and mut-
tered audibly, "damit," "damit;" then
screwed up his courage and his lips
for a new attempt. The teacher passed
on without distracting his mind from
his work.—Journal of Education.
Czar as Composer of Music.
For the last 18 months the czar has
been virtually a prisoner in one oi
his own palaces and in the intervals
of state work he has solaced himself
with composing music and writing
verse. His poetry is melodious and
carefully polished and his music is
melancholy and inspired by a spirit of
fatalism. Some three years ago some
of the czar's poems were published
under the pseudonym of Olaf, with
music by his cousin, the Grand Duke
D'Assia, but he has hfmself set some
of his verses to music with a consider-
able amount of taste and a real knowl-
edge of harmony. Nicholas H. has a
fine collection of violins, of which he
is very proud.
Cannon May Break Record.
Of the congressmen who have
served since the foundation of this
government, more than 12,000 individ-
uals, only 34 have served 20 years or
more. The longest service was that
of John H. Ketcham, of New York,
who served 33 y>ars, and was a mem-
ber when he died. Mr. Cannon, who
comes next, has seroed 32 years.
Since he is elected to the next con-
gress he will, if he lives to the end of
his term, take the first placf in the
list of veterans.—Youth's Companion.
CHANGE IN FCOD
DOES YOUR BACK ACHE?
You know the fine picture in Homer
of the dead leaves which fall to make
a place for the young buds. It u as
true of men as of trees; we have our
time and pass away. Behind our van-
ished youth germinate* the youth of
others. Our children's destiny ought
, cot to be dulled by what there has 1
been in ours —lierue de* Oeux ,
Mondes.
Works Wonders in Health.
It is worth knowing that a change
in food can cure dyspepsia. "I deem
it my duty to let you know how Grape-
Nuts food has cured me of Indigestion.
"I had been troubled with it for
years, until last year my doctor rec-
ommended Grape-Nuts food to be used
every morning. I followed instruc-
tions and now I am entirely well.
"The whole family like Grape-Nuts,
we use four packages a week. You
are welcome to use this testimonial as
you see fit."
The rea~on this lady was helped by
the use of Grape-Nuts food, is that it
is predlgested by natural processes j
and therefore does net tax the stomach
as the food she had been using: it also
contains tht elements required for
building up the nervous system. If I
that part of the human bedy is in per- I
feet w rking order, there can be no I
lyspepsia. for nervous energy repre- '
*ents the steam that drives the cn- j
?inc.
When the nervous system It run
■Jown. the machinery <f tho bo!v|
works badly. Grate-Nuts food c-t b? j
used by small children as wp'.I at I
idnlti It is rerfertfy coMied
Profit by the Experience of One Wh«
Has Found Relief.
James R. Keeler, retired farmer, oi
Fenner St., Cazenovia, N. Y., says
"About fifteen years ago I suffered
with my back an«
kidneyI doctoree
and used many reme
dies without getting
relief. Beginning witk
Doan's Kidney Pills
I found relief from '
the first box, and twe
boxes restored me to
good, sound condl
tion. My wife and
many of my friends have used Doan's
Kidney Pills with good results and J
can earnestly recommend th«m."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box-
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Worth Observing.
In a certain preparatory school In
Washington an instructor one day
made the statement that "every year
a sheet of water 14 feet thick is raised
to the clouds from the sea."
"At what time of the year does that
occur, professor?" asked a freshman,
"It must be a sight worth going a
long way to see."—Harper's.
How's This?
Wo offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for nnj
case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hall'«
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cbeney
for the last 15 years, and believe hltn perfectly hon-
orable in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by bis firm.
Walding, Rinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cnrc Is taken Internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tba
system. Testimonials sent free. Price 73 cents per
Dottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family nils for constipation.
Possessed.
Father—I wonder what's the matter
with Nellie this evening? She acts like
one possessed.
Sister—She probably is. I noticed a
new ring on her finger when she came
downstairs.—Illustrated Bits.
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA,
a cafe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
In U o For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Bare Always Bought.
The spring poet usually writes his
spring poems by the side of as good
a fire as he can afford.
Immediate relief and ultimate cure
follows the use of Hunt's Cure when
applied to Itching Piles.
Where might is master, justice is",
servant.—German.
ON
r
SUCCESSFUL TONIC TREATMENT
FOR INDIGESTION.
Dr. Williams' Pink PIII3 Cured Thli
Woman and Have Cured Many
Hundreds of Other Cases of
Common Ailments
Loss of appetite, coated tongue, bad
taste in the month, heavy dull headache
and a dull, sluggish feeling—these are
the symptoms of stomach trouble. They
indicate that the stomach is ou a strike;
that it is no longer furnishing to the
blood the full quota of nourishment that
tho body demands, hence every organ
suffers.
There are two methods of treatment,
the old one by which the stomach is
humored by the use of predigested foods
and artificial ferments, and the new one
by which the stomao# is toned up to do
the work which nature intended of it.
A recent cure by the tonic treatment is
that of Mrs. Mary Stackpole, of 81
Liberty street, Lowell, Mass. She sayst
"I suffered constantly for years from
stomach trouble aud teiTible backaches
and was confined to my bed the greater
part of tliree years. I was under the
care of our family physician most of the
time, but did not seem to get better.
"I was completely run-down and was
not able to do my work about the house.
My blood was impure and my complex-
ion pale. I suffered from "flashes of
heat, followed suddenly by cliills. I
had awful headaches, which lasted from
tliree to four days. I could get but little
rest at night, as my sleep was broken
and fitful. As a result I lost several
pounds in weight and became very ner-
vous.
"I was in a wretched condition when
I heard about Dr. Williams* Pink Pills.
I started to tako the pills at once and
began to gain in weight and health. J
was encouraged by this to keep on untiJ
I was cured. My friends and neighbor!
often remark what a changed woman )
am and I owe it all to Dr. Williams
Pink Pills."
These wonderful pills are useful in a
wide range of diseases such as ana mia
rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia, nervom
headach'-s, and even locomotor ataxii
and partial paralysis. .
The great value of Dr. Williams' Pin!
Pills lies in the fact tliat they actually
make new blood and tliis carries healtl
aud strength to every portion of thi
!>>dy. The stomach is tonod up, th«
u rves are ftr-ugthened. every organ ii
stimulated to do its work.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills aro sold by
all dru~gi>#s, or ! ent. postpaid. on receipt
of pr.t ■ . .*j0 touts per box, six box^s for
f2..V . by the Dr Williams Medicine
Oomnany, Gvhenectady, N. Y.
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