Farmers Independent

COMMUNITY BOOSTERS

BIG ASSETS TO BAGLEY.

For more than 29 years the Independent has been boosting Bagley merchants, the home town business men. Why? Because Bagley merchants stand by their home town at all times; at all times are willing to lend a helping hand in the support of every home enterprise and because they back every move that is for the best interest of Bagley.

But we wonder if the citizens in and about the community realize the worth of the home town merchants—of the many things they do for the town and its people, and how much we, as a people, owe to them.

Back of every movement for good for progress, development and uplift are the home town merchants, and usually only the home town merchants, while others "pass the buck" except during beneficial showers.

Who contributes most to community welfare—to church, to school, to society, to civic movements, to charity and improvements? Usually, only the home town merchants.

Who are the first to work for needed improvements, for better streets—for a cleaner town, for town beautification—for the very things that make us proud of our home town? Usually only the home merchants.

Who are the first to combat the things that are injurious to our community—to society—to our commercial, financial and moral life? Usually, only, the home merchants.

Who digs into their pocketbooks deeper—than the home town merchants to support community benefits? "Day by day, in every way," home town merchants are contributing at their time, their energy and money to make this community a bigger and better place in which to live.

It's proper and fitting then that we give more than a passing thought to the debt that we owe the hometown merchant and that we come to the realization that this debt can be re-paid by giving to them the trade of the community, a trade well earned and rightfully theirs.

The truth of the matter is, home-town merchants are selling goods at, or less, than prices elsewhere, and if we will be fair and include additional expenses incurred when trading away—we are bound to admit that it is cheaper to trade at home besides showing a spirit of reciprocity.

Spend your money elsewhere, and the merchants will be forced to go out of business and to seek a new location where more civic pride and community spirit exists. And you may be sure that no other business men will come in to take their place—for nothing scares business away from a town as much as "for rent" signs on vacant store buildings.