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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1906)
. . . \\J.I\t\ . 1 I -.ou\o\1 . \ . , \ba\ , \I\\6 ! rI \ . ' lUSTER lJOUNTY . EPUELICAN. . . . ' . , . . . ESTABLISI ED 1882. THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF CUSTER COUN'l'Y. LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPMH IN TUFt COUN'ry. ( : . - . , , , , VOL. lXIV. BROKEN BOW , CUSTER COUNTY , NEBRASKA , THURDSAY , MARCH 15 , 1906.--EIGHT PAGES. NO. 40' : - . f , : I ; ; ; ; - - l\IORI GLASSF.S AHI WI N NowadaYR thall c\'cr hefore. r-'o dOllbt . of It. l'elllle 118C11 tll thlLk that tht ! I R. wearlllir of gta88es sholl"t he pili ofT aR R l1 ton It aR l'OQ8tbtl' . ' . o 'Ve knuw t > lttr.r ! IInW. " 'e apptye\'cr ) ' li kllOWII alCellC ) ' fur thc relle ! a 1111 cure of 0 o e'c wcakllcss , allli there are methodR III { } COIIIIIIOII IIqe Io-da ) ' which werell't heant 0 o uf c"ell tell year8 all'o. { } { } Now we COllllllence lu rhlht C'CRhIht t.l { } just as 8UOII aR It begin" I ICO II'rulllt. { } , Now Retloot ehlhlrell b ) ' the hUllltre" 0 N wt'ar t IllaRseR. Alldlt's wlHe allli proper , R Let UB tell ) ' 011 what flhal' " ) 'our.eyeR R are III. . 8 , ' f' \ . . ( f : J- ! R . S ' 1' Qy : O : .II. : O : I LACE CURTAINS LAUNDERED. i \ I am presnred to launder I.ace curtains on etretchcrs. Satisfactiou guaranteed. Your patronoge solicited. I Mrs. Mattie Papineau. , Qne block east of Rycrson's store. I . , - , - - - - - r The Advo Cash Grocery ! Il& High Grade Caro- . sene Oil a Specialt ) ' . - . Brigh tI 1\\ Safel ! . No Smell II ! ( No SinokellI ! I Call at the store 'and get a coupon good for half gallon. Tr ) ' a ' can and be convinced. " " . . , ! W , Our can goods arc all labeled "Advo Extra- : I . the best the market af- fords. We have a fine ' . 1ine of .Staple and I ancy Groceries. Call and see us ' ( j , . , : : ; ' < t"7 _ : ; . . ' " " 0.np T ? .I.'fTh" T ( : tY ? Try The Republican for PRINTING. . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; --w i . : , 1VOTJCE : : : : ! - John Deere" Listers and Onltiva tors. I David Bradley Listers and Oulti vators. \ , Shutter , : Moline , Staughton I and 'Vinono. \ : : at man , n L es o \ goods. Also have a car of ! Canton Planters , Disc's , Listers , etc. I ! , i , A complete stock of . I i Harnes : " FurnHure , Dishes , Bard ware . . \ and all kinds of Grass Seeds. ; Call at myoId , stand , n rth , side of square. . -vtTi11in.g. : . . I Going to Paint ? Then use I \ THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINT . . . . \ " "DE TO " "INT .UILDINC. WITH OUT.IDE "NO 'N.IDE ; and you'll get satisfaction. , _ - } It's. the best protection I you can give your house. . . : , ; . It's made from pure white , r lead , pure zinc white , and pure linseed oil. ' . . It does not powder , flake off or crack. It , forms a tough , durable film that wears and looks well for the . " longest time. It's colors are clear , bright and lasting. It costs less by the job than any other paint made. . The full color card shows 48 ( . handsome shades. S. . W. P. 3 \ put up jU//lIIeasure , always. I i s..SOLLEB. : : . . 1 I - HARRY KIMBALL , I . . t ROCKWELT4 & KONKmT. . S uc ce ss or t 0 ' . ' ( f and GEO. WILT ING , : Embalmer and Funeral Director , NORTH SIDE , BROKEN BOW , NEB. / Business phone , 301. Residence phone , 227. -I 1- . , * * * * * * * J ! ! BOWMAN & ANDERSON. ! arc dealers in Beal Estate of allldnd . , WE We will buy or sell. Don't fail to see ' , us b e f ore 'you bu ) ' " or sell. We can (10 . . JOu good. l'ollectio\t ! , made an l insurance - ance wntten. Farms rented and taxes pa1d. See " , us for farm loans. Come in and see us , . . . ' BOWMAN & ANDERSOr + . I . I . f..H , . , Catalogue Houses Prevent Development . - - - - - - - - - . . And Tend to Centralization of Trade to the Large CIties to the Detriment of Towns and Country Alike. How it Can be Prevented and the Merchants , CItizens i and Farmers Greatly Benefitted Thereby. _ _ _ _ n _ _ _ _ _ _ . The catalogue house is a modern - ern device of trade , the motto of which might aptly be : "Heads I win ; tails vou lose , " and the process of op ration a sort of cat in the bag trade , or a "swap unseen - seen , " so far as the consumer is concerned. ' 1'he cal.alogue house occupies a citadel of securit.r froUl which radiates a system of tenticles 'reaching ' int the heart of every o tllnunity , and a counter system of well greased skids along which glides to their coffers the wealth of the land. There is a deft ingenuity - genuity in the system which retains - tains every advantag-e for the house and gives nothing in return - turn until the last penny of the purchase price is yielded up by the fanner. 'l'he accumulation of . pre-payment , .thus artfully exacted - ed , looks like the inception of nether - other Tontine insurance scheme , which , if developed unchecked ; may some day invite another uprising - rising of the people nd at least furnish fame for a Moses , a I oosevelt or a Lawson. The theory of the cataloguer's system , if carried to its logical conclusion , means a stop to communal - munal developments , a centrali- zation and a monopoly , compared with which the beef trust is a roadside' lemonade stand. It means the extinction of country merchants and the obliteration of inland distributing centers. With the country merchant and I kindred industries the villages I . and towns d windle and disappear ! nd the country at large finall.r ; resolves itself into a system of one great center of supply on the I one hand and an unbroken expanse - panse of agriculture on the other , I With the innumerable small commercial centers must also go . the ready facilities that mal ; suburban life endurable-the docI I I tor , the lawyer anti all of the I profc5bions that cater to the con" r 4 venience and happiness of the c communities-all drawn to the J 1 ' one congested vortex of strenuous - I ous life and leaving the balance c of the countrJ to the lonliness of toil to enrich the one great octu. J pus of city life. ' 1'hiS condition , attained and monopoly is ripe for ( its final stroke that makes all 1 commerce the servitor of the , trust for which peoples and governments - ernments must exist only as feeders. 'rhus in theory the i catalogue house commences a i long stride toward universal ( trustificat1On , a condition which ( some poli tical economists say i 1 ideal , but against which all intelligent - I telligent humanity struggles aghast , Imowing that the price is the extinction of the last atom I of individuality , reducing all 4 men to a single Ultlt as co he sic' : and indistinguishable as a mass of dough. 'l'his view , even if drawn with broad strokes , is yet the final1ty of the catalogue house , 'l'here is no class who rebel against monopoly , centralir.ed power and trustification more than the farmer. and yet their response - sponse to the sap.sucking tenti- des of the catalogue houses do much to transfer the wealth of I the country to the great centers. I 'l'hey are sapping the life of home commerce , which is the basis of social and industrial development - velopment ; the first of which makes life orth living and the I second provides the ahundant I t.ueans ot it. The ) ' arc destroy- i lng that touch-stone of progress -credit-without which the I great west wonld be } 'ct a wilder- ness. . I Under the cataloguers' regime I it would rl'quire ten times the money now in use to carryon the exchanges of commerce and by the difficulty of its procurement , to that extent retard the development - opment of the country. 'l'he country merchant and all I he stands for represents a theory directly opposite to that of the catalogue house. He represents ' the greatest axioms of political I' econotU } ' in bringing the produ- ! - - - - - cer and consumer into closer touch. He represents the idea of the completeness of communal - nal organization and thus the ideal society with the most varied - ied happiness of tife. 'l'he country merchant , by the beneficience of wide-spread cred- it. furnishes millions of capital that has turned the desert to a garden and n any a poor man from poverty to opulence. II1 gives the choice of selection on the spot , the advantage of which , in economy and effective results , few consider. He stands as a visible guarantee of his goods which is an everlasting incentive to the highest standard of qual- ity. And finally , when the qual- 1ty of the goods , the variety presented - sented to view , the choice of se- llection , the quickness of delivery and the inestimable value of credit when needed and the saving - ing of freight arc all considered , he lays the goods in the farmers' hands at less cost than any catalogue - log-ue house can ever do. Nebraska , alone , probabl v purchases $20,000,000 in supplies each year , and pays therefor later - ter on , after the crops arc gathered - ered , Bold and the money secured therefor. 'Yipe out the countr.r store and Hus $20,000,000 wouhl . go out of the state before dollar - lar came from the crops and would require a mortgage on nearly every farm in the state to raise the money. The popularity of the catalogue ho s ' is based on prestige not warranted by the facts. A voluminous - uminous ' illustrated catalogue profusel ) - ustrated , glowingly worded and presenting baits for cash in ad- "ance , conveys thc impression of bcd-rock prices , but making 110 account of freigh t , expressage - age , exchange , cash discount , loss of time , misfits and 'poor [ Iuality. It's a m'th , but thc : langer comes in the credulity ) f the people who continue tel l > unco themselves and impoverish lhe community-to fatten the : Iealer. 'l'hese facts lead us to another phase of the question and that is \vho i responsible for the success ) f the catalogue houses 'aud is lhere any way to change this , tream of such magnitude to the Itome trade. Farmers arc not differcnt from lny other class of people and they lre just as patriotic ; and with ver'thing else equal they would :1oubtless : prefcr to spend thcir Inonc } ' at home and help build up lheir home town. Our mer- : hants should look at this ques- lion fairly and see whether the ) ' might not even Jct put a checl < : )11 the catalogue trade by meeting - ing this competition. 'I'hey can buy their goods from the same centers as o these catalogue - alogue houses. 'I'hey may not be able to get the same discounts Drt'the quantity they desire to handle as do the catalogue houses who bu } ' in large quantities , but they can off-set this difference in prices often in freight. rates as better rates can be secured on most goods in carload lots than : an the catalogue houses on small quantitIes , necessaril } ' on incH- vidual shipments , The catalogue houses have an advantage in being able to do a much larger business in the course Df a week than is possible for a : ountry merchant ; hence the } ' can sell for a less per cent profit. But when the extra il1\'estment of capital and expense . compensate - sate where a large bu.siness is : onsidered the advantages of the : atalogue houses are not sogreat. And is not the country merchant in fairl ) ' good position to meet Ills catalogue competitor by the use of theIr methods ? It is be- canse the Jocl merchants have not organi.ed : to accomplish this nd that the catalogue houses have succeeded in entering their field and capturing such a large share of the cash trade ? I 'I'he catalogue houses will ad- [ Continue,1 on r.aKt 11lIle ! Sunshine ! ' IInvp you uS.ld it ? You will } \\V(1l' \ bl snt.isfilld . till you do. . . . . . . . . . . \ \ hy not put. n little Su 1Sh.i ne. , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . in YOUl' homo ? J. S. J. F. BAISCH. " ) lW(1 CHSTS. l3lWh'.ffiN BOW , I. ! , . : : . . - - - - - - - ! , tttttttt'ttttt"t'tttt'ttttttttttttttttttttttttt"tttttttyt" , , ' " ' , ' , , , , , , " , " I Sheppard ' " Burk9 : ' : : With a bran new , up-to.date line of . . StaJle ? and Fancy ctROCERIES , , , _ ' , : Z : : : : : : : would be pleased to have " ' - : : : all old friends call and s'c :5 : ' : : : : : : them and save moncv bY'I : : : : : : ' so doing. W , : : f ,3 . . , , - ; - . = = - _ --l\ ' , : - - E : i ! ' _ 0 'l'he stock is new , . fresh" f : : : : f//-- / / : " and complete . and 1S off - ' . - - - - _ f ere ( 1. as low as : : : : : : E \ ' 4t . . shelf-worn goods , . - = = _ : - : : : : : co . - - : _ : ; : : . " " - - - I' 13' and - ' ring your butler : : : : ' = = ! . , - . _ _ . _ . . . - . . . " ' " . _ eggs and trade with us , . :3 : - - - ' ' , 1-.5 . - : : : : IN 'l'HI T4gAD Phone - - - - - - - South Side Square. 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We also have in stoelr : No. 1 l ngliRh 'Valnuts , IJer pound , - - 20cts No. 1 Pccan , largc fancy , pel' pound , - - 20ets X o. 1 Brali ; Is , large fancy , pCI' 1 > OlllHl , - Octs N . 1 Almonds , soft shell , 1 > CI' I)11IHl ( ) , - - 20ets No , 1 Filbel'ts , pel' pound , - - . - 20cts No.1 Peanuts , fl'esh l'oastlld , pel' , pound , - l5ets o. 1 Peanu ts , saltld , 1)1' ) ( pound . , - - 20ets Olaee Uhol'l'ies , PCI' pnckage , - - - l5ds ( j lace Pinea1 > ple , pel' pound , - - - 40t'ts Hweet-mcatNl Uoeoanuts-thc HMonkey HI'nIHl. " Thesc goods al'c all high gl'ade and HIU5 gl'owth. J. C. BOWEN. Pure UlcJ 'l'RAI . t..r > I Vhlcilor . IIHOKI-N North : IIOW. Shle NEBR , MAHK . - < t . . . . . . . . . . " " . . . - . ' . - . ' . . " .
