Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1887 — “Jones He Pays the Freight’ [ARTICLE]

“Jones He Pays the Freight’

A good many farmers send money to “Jones, of Binghampton” foi farm scales, and others, again, send to the Chicago Scqle Company. In either pase we presume the farmersget their money’s worth - end that the manufacturers do as they agree to do. In the same way a, great many farmers and other people send away money to distant manufacturers and dealers for virions articles and machines, and wfiat The Republican has to suggest in relation to this whole subject is just this: After a farmer or any other person has mude up. his mind to buy a scale of. Jones or of the Chicago firm, or any oth-. er expensive machine or article, instead of sending the money direct‘to the distant manufacturer or dealer come to town and suit your home dealers and see if they can’t get the self-same article for you, just as good and just as cheap, flud perhaps a little cheaper, apd besides make a few dollars, for their trouble. Ta illustrate this ooint, we mention a couple of instances that have lately come to. our knowledge: A farmer living near Rensselaer made up his mind, to buy a scales of Jones. He wrote to that mighty mustached gentleman and learned just how much money he would have to. send to get the scales landed at the Rensselaer depot. He did not send the money direct to Jones, bqt allowed one of the. town hardware dealers to order the scales, and in this way they did not cost him a cent more, he. was saved the trouble and expensedf sending the money, did not lave to pay for the scales until he- , jot them; and besides all this his mme dealer made a few dollars by ;he transaction, that othewise would have gone into Jones’ plehoric breeches pocket. Another ’armer visited the office of the Chicago Scale Company, found. , ust what kind of scales fie wanted vould cost him, and he then put lis order with the. same home, dealer, gat the scales for the same money, besides an extra “tare ieam” or something of that kind, which he wouldn’t have got had le bought it himself, and the lome dealer in this case also, made a few dollars, The moral of these incidents is obvious: Don’t gend away your cash, for anything on earth, (unless it be for counterfeit money) until you have learned if rou can’t just as well, or a little letter, order it through your home dealer and let him make a little money, at no loss to yourselves.