The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1913. LEVIN SHOPKEEPERS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1913, Page 2

The Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY LEVIN. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1913. LEVIN SHOPKEEPERS.

Luv.u. patriotism i s m , ( . ~j Levin's needs. A complaint amongst sonic of licr- shopkeepers is that many people send their money out <d' I lu' (own instead o] spending U with the local business people. Dime is reasonable ground for this complaint. To have the shops in Levin is a convenience, and those people who make their main purchases away from Levin occasionnil)' lind the local shops very useful in emergencies. Bu( they deserve better support from the people The "gains" from outside shopping are more apparent than real : we are convinced (from a more than cursory study of the case) that the differences between Wellington and Levin retail prices does not represent an_\ Ihing greater than the added cost lo the retailer arising from railway freights and callages. Cheap goods are nasty snoods, frequently as some Levin patrons of a much-vaunied Ainericiin-Australian slvle of

"wholesale supply hnusi' of retailers ' doing business in I lie noi ili have found io I heir cost. To help Levin along Ikt citizens should help each other. And Io he fair to all sides we feel constrained in add that a good star! could be made by the retailers themselves in patronising each other for their private needs. There is less of this spirit than there should be ; in fad, one prominent tradesman expressed his astonishment lately when a fellow business man gave him an order for a ready-made pair of his wares.

"Why do you come to me:'" he asked: "yon deal jit Magood's. don't you Y" The pal ron of local shops answered yes, and added that on principle he always bought his own requirements from his fellow retailers. " Well, that s not me !" was the answer of the questioner. ''Xo; so 1 notice from the account book on your counter: L know that was imported by Magood's,"' commented the local patroniscr.