The Blair Progress (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 26, 1914 Page: 3 of 4
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THK BLAIR PROORB**
1 Protect Yourself Against War Prices
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WAR NEWS ON MERCHANDISE
NEW GOODS COMING IN EVERY DAY TO
Lockhart’s
Seeing the war condition, a, they now exist, some lew weeks ago I hurried to market to protect my,ell and customer,
from the extortionate prices on lines of merchandise containing to the Dry Goods business.
Having all reasons to believe this great advance would come, in buyrng I d,d not stop at my present needs, bu I
bough much larger quantities than usual, which ha, already proven to be the most p,oh,able purchase of my e £
business career. There is many reason lor these extortionate prices on merchand.se wh.ch to us may seem unlau
and unjust. Though by carefully studying the situation you will find there is many reasons lor this m fact
telling where prices will go il this war continues much longer. I’m only studying the situation of the U. S. market,
lines containing to the dry goods business, and I’m proud of our land and especially tins great government, though after
all I find we are only an infant when i, comes to producing the needs and demands of the American citizens and the
present war is waking up the intelligence of the American people which i, going to ge, us busy a, home and in my
opinion this war will prove to be one of the greatest things for the U. S. in her history.
Many of the manufactories are now running day and night and can not supply the demand. This of
mean more factories all over the U. S. Bu, this takes time so that has nothing to do with the prices for the "ext twelve
months II for every milk cow you have for sale there were several buyers you would get a much better pn
them than il there was but one man in the country that wanted a cow. And again if there was not ™or'than
enough milk cows in the country to supply the babies with milk and butter and no more were alowed to be shipped ,n
then wha, would be the price of your cows? They would be hard to ge, a, any price and when one did sell she would
not sell at her value but she would go at a premium. This is exactly the condition of the US. today. She can no
produce more than sixty per cent of the cloth that is used by the American citizens today^ She produces only about
forty per cent of her leather and with the present war conditions she cannot get it from other countries and this being
^ l Hiok nrices of course which are already on us, though nothing to what they may be.
ManyThm^inThl DRY GOO US LINE HAVE ALREADY ADVANCED 20. 50 and even 100%.
WILL YOU HAVE IT TO PAY? NO. Not at the present time. I m proud to say, both for your interest and for
mine, tha, 1 was wide awake on this subject and I have protected outsets for the presen, on these prices.
OLD PRICES ON DRY GOODS AT LOCKHART S
I have bough, very heavily in all lines of Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes and Hats, and I’m proud to say everyJoUars
l I 1 f nld market and some things bought at a time when the market was lower than it had been
rir YOU CAN BUY GOODS AT OLD PRICES HERE THIS FALL. Though after this supply is
lone I can’t promise you what the price will then be. I have prepared to take care of a very large business this fall
Si wan, your patronage. If you are a customer of mine you know us if not we wan, you to line up w„h a onepr.ee
iS as house tha, devotes its whole „me and capital to die Dry Goods business, one who has no rents to pay.
no high Jty taxes, no loss in bad accounts and many other expenses other merchants have tha, their customers have to
Pa[ i„vfeS» «omceomed0eandy You will see the most beautiful lines ever shown in Blair.
YOU ARE WELCOME.
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OCKHAM.
one price CASH STORE
BLAIR, OKLA.
Best Quality 8 oz. Duck 12c per yard.
1 am now receiving letters daily quoting higher prices on different
lines of Merchandise, though my customers will not have to pay war
prices for their fall goods.
1 tl.AIU. OKLA.
w. TOM LOCKHART
’ ONE PRICE CASH STORE
IIL.VIR, OKLA.
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Beaver, Dennis. The Blair Progress (Blair, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 26, 1914, newspaper, August 26, 1914; Blair, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc952083/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.