Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1907 — Page 4

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WHAT WE DQs. ' "•" " v ' “ J ' ; 7'' ’•' . • " . . This. Company does a general hanking business—receives deposits, pays cl.eess, writts | drafts, accepts deposits on lime, jjoacs money on persura. and real estate security, in fact ffiVcs evcryihihgTntheFinking line which any hank can d ■. In our Savings Department »e receive deposits, subject to withdrawal at any time, on which interest at the rate of 3 per cent per annum tsj^ajd'anTT which'hr credtted-onjlhc'fir»t dfy of January and July, of each year. V /• ~ ~ ■■ - ■ In our Trust Department we arc authoriied to act as Administrator, Guardian, hxecutor, Assignee or Trustee, under and by appointment.of Courts and under wills. We have ready money to place on good real estate security and can arrange your loan without delay, and at the right rate. .<* We cordtaUy invite you to do your banking business with us and promise you the most considerate treatment consistent with conservative banking. Come and See Us When You Weed Money. _ _j • ; - ' ■■"■■■ '■' _ . OFFICERS: CHARLES G. SPITLER, President. ; JUDSQX I. IIU.NT, "ecy.-Tteas. JAMES N. .LEATHERMAN, Vice-Pres. HOWARD MILLS. Asst. Casluer.

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/ —mN THE Jl u.s. fS 3 CREAM /Jp SEPARATOR* I- Skims the Hos( Cream from the Milk, ■ /fIH because its bowl (where the skimming is done) B is really three bowls in one. This feature is found in no other Separator and enables the frUL w U. S. to hold the World’s Record for dean B ' | skimming. B J Runs Smoothest and Easiest, because the Jj| driving gears are entirely enclosed, self-oiling and automatically supplied with fresh oil. No other Separator has all these advantages. HB Is Easiest and Quickest Washed, because there are only H ■P two simple parts inside the bowl, and because the bowl is wide H ■ enough to be easily cleaned inside (other Separator bowls have H ■ from sto 45 inside parts, or are long and narrow like a gun H H barrel). H Is riost Convenient, because the top of the milk supply tank H |U is about even with the operator's waist, making it easy to fill. H UK This means labor saved. H H® Lasts Longest, because there are ball bearings at high speed S 85 points, and because the parts are few, simple, strongly made, H H and easy to get at H The U. S. is the separator for you to buy because it is better than any other, and will give you the biggest valufe for your BEi money. You should see one yourself to really appreciate all H its good points. Call and see one. They are sold by H I J.W.iVIArtIjATT I I UKNSSKI.AKIi, INI.. I

tttuuuuumutauuuuuuuuuttuutuuti Instate Bank of Rensselaer! Corner of Washington and Van Renp«elaer Streets. J \ - ' - D t tVc 10 r | John Eger, President. Delos Thompson, Cashier > Lucitts Strong Granville M ody J ! Warren Robinson. ( ;■ • ; Dnrs a general banking business Loans Money on all J kimis of aooroved security; buys notes, pays i merest ondeposits pays taxes for customs and others jj ; —: g Cfrfr Bill will te 01*3 10 Extend 6oer Tawr to Jts J Cftitoneri g>adnem stth safe Batiknq Principles. £ I * JQ

Cull No. 23, the Beoond Hand Store, when you have anjthing in household goods for sale. D. M. Worlaud u, * Ticture training at Williams. Largest line of picture moulding in Rensselaer. * I have some fine pasture lands to lease near Rensselaer for the season of 1907. Address M. A. MakeevEr, Stromsburg, Neb. Butter Wrappers. Try them

For Exchange. 240 acres iu Michigan near county seat, price *l2 per acre clear, will deal all o part for Equity in Ind. farm will include a *3OO first mortgage and 3 lots in an Illinois town. Clara A. Martin, * , Milan, Ind. Take the fresh air cure in a Roberts Rig of your own. If you want the best for the least money buy of C. A.. Roberts, The Boggy Man. Curtain Stretcher at J. W. Williams.

MAIL ORDER EVIL

ITS RISE IS NOT THE REBULT Or LEGITIMATE DEMAND. DUE ENTIRELY TO GREED And It Feeds Upon the Prosperity of the Country Towns—A Menace to the Nation. j (Copyrighted, 190$. by Alfred C. Clark.) As the years go by we are more than ever brought face to face with the vital question of trading at home.j During the past decade the habit of buying goods abroad has grown to such proportions that the country merchant may well feel alarmed at the probable outcome unless something is done to forestall the great calamity which will surely result therefrom. Trade conditions 25 years ago were satisfactory. At that time catalogue houses were entirely unknown and country merchants were "monarchs of all they surveyed,” so to speak, In the lines represented, and the people were prosperous and happy. Perhaps not so much because they generally had money enough to meet their wants, but because of the contentment that prevailed throughout the country ai£i that time. The farmers raised good Crops, generally, and received good prices for what they had to sell. They sold their surplus stuff to the local merchant and bought what they wanted; and this was the height of

Are you, Mr. Resident of This Community, feeding to the mail order hog the dollars of this community? Are you pouring the money that should stay in the home town into the trough from which the gluttonous hogs of the city feed? If so you are doing not only the town, but yourself, art irreparable injury, and one that you should stop at once.

their ambition, hence the contentment that prevailed. But in after years, when cities grew and trade expanded, the merj chants of these cities not being content with conditions of trade, devised plans by which they might reach out for more business. Advertising in the newspapers being a cheap way of putting the merits of .their goods before the people., this plan appealed to them and it was adopted: At first they operated on a small scale; then, as the merchant saw the opportunity fer making it pay, he added to his advertising fund. And so it has continued until to-day millions of dollars are annually sent to mail order houses by the people of the United States. The best and most effective way to throttle the catalogue house has been a question uppermost in the minds of country merchants for several years past; some advocating one plan and some another. There are several plans which might be presented to induce the farmer to buy at home. In the first place his pride might be appealed to. There are very few farmers who own their own farms but that would be interested in building up his own locality. He realizes the fact that If his farm is to be valuable it must be farmed in the most scientific manner and all buildings, fences, etc., must be kept up in the best possible shape, and above all the farm must be located not too far from some good town, for we all know that farm land brings a much better price when near to some good town or village. It Is not hard to get the farmer to realize this, for if he ever sold any farm land or tried to sell any. he knows this to be a fact. Well, then, after he has realized this fact, the thing for him to do is to patronize his home merchants and business men. so they may be able to build and maintain a good town. Public schools are much better in the towns than in the country for the reason that where the population is most dense, there is more taxable j property to the amount of territory covered, hence there is more money collected for school purposes, and as a result more and better'teachers are employed. All this Is of the highest importance to the farmer, as most farmers who are of any Importance in 4helr profession are interested in giving their boys and girls a good educa-

tion. And rl-rtit here *is where *h* Wigtown proposition tomes to hi,m with great force. He knows he can sand his children to the village school at a great deal less expense than to send them away to college, and that in most cases better results are obtained. If the farmer seriously desires all these .good things he must of necessity help to build them. Let him understand that he is one of the main spokes in the great wheel of commerce in his vicinity and that he can ill-afford to send abroad to purchase even the smallest Item of merchandise, though it may seem to him that he la saving a few cents by doing so. U seems that it could be easily pointed out to him that if there was no town near him and he had to drive 2Q dr 3Ahatlea to take his., prodne'e to market and haul his groceries the same distance home, he could easily see that his land would greatly depreciate in value and the disadvantages he Would encounter on hand Would be very disastrous to his time and he would gladly spend his money at home to divert this calamity. One of the most potent levers with which" to control trade In country localities is the liberal use of printers’ ink, coupled with intelligence in advertising the wares of the merchant. *The catalogue houses employ the best talent obtainable to write their advertisements and spend large sums of I money in this way. Besides advertising judiciously they advertise on a large scale and consequently get the business. —The old saying that “You must fight the devil with fire” will apply in this case. The home merchant must advertise. He must do more than

say: “Come to Smith’s to trade, cheapest place on earth.” He must describe his merchandise as he would In private conversation over the counter to a customer, and then quote the price. This will nearly always act as a clincher and will at least put him on a standing with the catalogue house. In fact It will give him an advantage over the catalogue house, for in almost every case he can sell the same grade of merchandise cheaper than the catalogue house can sell it. This is not mere theory but a statement of fact, for the reason that the country merchant’s business is operated at a very much less expense than that of the mail order merchant. There are a thousand and one items of expense which the city merchant has to meet that are entirely unknown to the country merchant. The time is rapidly approaching when people who patronize mail order houses will be looked upon as “sooners” by the solid and influential ‘citizens of all commonwealths and will suffer ostracism at their hands. Cities and towns are built by combined efforts of the residents thereof; not by foreign capital. So too are our churches and schoolhouses built. It may be true that in, many instances eastern capital has been employed to make improvements In the west, but always with good round interest to the lender of the money. No one ever heard of a case where an eastern man or firm contributed to western enterprise for the fun of the thing. Nor did you ever hear of a case where any mail order or catalogue house ever contributed to any church building fund. Nor yet did they ever build or help to build any of our schoolhouses. You never heard of a case of this kind and you never will. All these eastern sharks care for is your dollar, and you know it, and when they have gotten that they have no more use for you. Then why should you patronize them? You can go to your home merchant any day in the year and if you are short of change, he will extend you credit. If you are sick and unable to work the home merchant will see that your family is provisioned until you get on your feet again. He will do all of this and at the same time furnish the same grade of goods at the same or even at & less price. Will the catalogue merchant do this? J. P. BILU

•I R£JOLVCD * That we never suLiPztvcrii Wk VbO CAMT CATCH US NAPPINg: If You HAVE NICHT CL&THES AND BED CLOTHES > YoU CanTUEAR. BUSIER y) thso /ui-Dc.Dne. WE can me ’orn. II PIT You OUT IN THENICEST mo dlu raiment Tor Less tham others 1' Jj fm WHO BOAT KNOW their BUJ//VV JIS-te Hfti/E MADE a STUDY Of, \ X -X§T,/AND WE ARE ALWAYS 1 ! ML -X IMawakc

WATCHING THE MARKET WITH BOTH EYE-5 ALL OF THE TIME FOR YEAR-5 HA-5 M*ADE U-5 ABLE TO GET THE RIGHT -STUFF FOR THE COMMUNITY. GooD«S HAVE NOT BEEN -SoLD To VS; WE HAVE bought them, we own them cheap ; we -sell THEM REASONABLY. WE ARE ONE FIRM THAT MAKE-5 A PROFIT ON OUR GOOD J. DON'T YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH A -STORE THAT MAHE-5 A PROFIT AND 1,5 WIDE AWAKE? THE FOLLOWING THING-5 WILL OPEN YOUR EYE-5. PLAIN -SWI-5-5 CURTAIN-5, 2 AND 1-2 YARD-5 LONG WITH FIRMNE-5-5 OF TUCK-5 AND HEMSTITCHED RUFFLE-5, -SPECIAL AT 5 9C PAIR. A 6 1 INCH NOTTINGHAM CURTAIN WITHOVERLOCK -STITCH, CORDED EDGE, PLAIN CENTER OR ALLOVER PATTERN-5; SJ. 2 5 VALUED AT -SPECIAL 98C PAIR. WE SHOW IN ALL 40 DIFFERENT STYLES OF CURTAINS FROM WHICH YOU CAN MAKE YoUR SELECTION AT PRICES MUCH BELOW THEIR REAL VALUE-EVERYTHING FROM THE CHEAPEST TO THE BEST IN SWISS MUSLI NS-NoT TING HAM SWHITE AND ORIENTAL BoBINET NETS AND BRUSSEL NET CURTAINS FROM 59C TO $7.50 PAIR. RUGS AND CARPETS. 9X12 TAPESTRY BRUSSEL RUGS, FINE SELECTION OF PATTERNS AT $14.50. A FINE LINE OF VELVET AND AXMINSTER RUGS SIZE 9X12 AT $2 1-2 2.5 0-24, THE VERY BEST QUALITY TAPESTRY AND BODY BRUSSEL RUGS, SIZE**I2 AT $16.25 To $2 4 O Q im ■ ■ ' A FINE LINE OF ALL WOOL ART SQUARESIN" SIZES <3-3 X 10-6 AND 9X12 AT $7.50. WE CAN MAKE IT To YoUR INTEREST To BUY your house furnishings here, it will MEAN A BIG SAVING To YOU. Besides saving you money on your house furnishings we can make it to your interest to buy everything you wear at our store, in spite of the advances in all lines of goods, our foresight and purchasing power enables us to sell goods in most instances at last year’s prices. Come in and let us show you. RESPECTFULLY, Rowles Sr Parker.

DIREOTOKB A. Purlcisou,'President E. L. HoUingswnrth. tier John M. Wasson, Vice-President James T Randle George E. Murray THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK North Sid. Public Squars. RENSSELAER. INDIANA. LOANS MONEY • • • ! ' on all kinds of good security on City Property and on Farms at lowest rates, pays interest on savings, pays taxes and makes investments for customers and others and solicits personal Interviews witn a view to business, promising every favor consistent with safe banking, FARM LOANS A SPECIALTV f

LUMBER ALL KINDS -White Pine. Yellow Pine. Hemlock. Beech. White Oak from Arkansas. Oak wagon tongues. Ladders cheaper than you can make them. Sewer-pipe all sizes. The best Gravel Roofing made, for flat roofs. Kentucky Blue Grass Gate. Ridge roll. Cresting for Roofs. Galvenized Valley. This stuff is all bought to sell J.C. GWIN& CO.