The Merchant’s Prompt Help In Hard Times
When money is slack and crops fail, the merchant steps in as the emergency lender and supplier. He charges no interest and offers quality merchandise at fair prices, earning a reasonable profit to stay in business for you.
Loyalty to Local Merchants Enduring in Times of Plenty
The text urges spending with local mail order houses while plenty lasts to support community merchants who aided during stressful times. It argues residents owe loyalty to hometown businesses and, by extension, to the town’s social and economic fabric, just as they owe patriotism to government.
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Choice for Prosperity or Bare Survival in Rural Trade
A call to residents to choose between supporting prosperous merchants who enrich the community and merchants barely surviving in rural areas, arguing that spending money with mail order houses drains local resources and leaves the community poorer. The message urges voters to consider the impact on local livelihoods.
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