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Trade at Home Emphasized in Community Message
A city grows as a trading center by supplying a local market for farm products and goods. The writer cites better service and lower prices from hometown merchants, urges shopping locally, and notes recent economic changes while underscoring the benefits of a strong old home town business culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Meyer Roth
Western Union
Bick
St. Louis
Register