Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1917 — “CARRY IT HOME” [ARTICLE]

“CARRY IT HOME”

In the effort at nation-wide economy, no one move will have greater effect, provided it be systematically and universally practiced, than the move to eliminate the expense of special delivery of commodities, that has grown to sudh enormous proportions in this country. For many years now the custom has been growing with the growth of the telephone service, until in almost any part of the country if the lady of the house wants a paper of pins or the man of the house needs a thrasher or an auto, a

telephone call brings one to the door as readily and as promptly as the other. This is peculiarly a modern practice. Our forefathers carried or hauled home their purchases. We. under the spur of necessity, earn and should do likewise. There are two angles to the proposed reform that should appeal to the public. First, the direct saving to the purchaser. This, in the aggregate, is bound to t>e enormous as the expense of delivery throashout the country has grown to hage proportions. Second, the releasing for other and more needed service the immense capital and equipment how tied up in the special delivery of merchandise. Thousands upon thousands of horses, wagons. aatos„ trucks —to say nothing of the men and hoys— —are now engaged in this work, which is to a large extern; entirely superfluous. There is a vital need in other channels for all of this force, and" it should le released and made available* where it is so badly needed. Among the economic reforms none is more important. Get the “Carry it home" spirit. Yoa will profit by it, the dealer will profit by it, and the country at large will be the greatest gainer of all- as it will eliminate one of the most wasteful of all practices.