A Reason For Dullness.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 140, 21 May 1883, Page 3

A Reason For Dullness.

[Patea Mail] » _:-.■ '•- '■■' Otte reason why thWgs are so dull m p a tea is the habit people have of send.-» «ing away for almost every thing (hey require. This practice tends to depress »Hrade and fdisfiourage enterprise. Inii? steaa of supporting each other, and so acting on a true co-oDerative principle, we have tradesmen who send to Wellihgov tori or "Wanganui for ordinary require, ments. These could oiten be obtained cheaperin Patea, to say nothing of the carriage and other charges which, have to bo added to the original cost. Several cases'bitve lately come undet our notice *tfer#!b'6ds which/ have been ordered ftoin Wanganui might have been pbr lained'more advantageously m Patea. People imagine; that, because they sjendl th6ir ; money away to dealers m lifrpfe towns, they can import articles much cheaper than they can be bought here, bnt\re|ate convinced they are mistaken/ The fact is that the place is overrun wiih travellers of all kinds. They come around j and, with tbat bland manner vrbjch ;W; proverbial with bagmen,pursuade people that they can ; do ..,. .things. ISO- mtich cheaper^bat anyibody el^ ; possibly can. "Ouc large business eEfcWe^us to-buyso niuch belter, you Jcnow, than these JittleißtprskeeperS: ' :i l «att/^ft»is and a hundred " other argu-^ ments, of a sicoilar nature lead the unBophisticated tradesman .jboimagine that. " "he is feffecting a good stroke of business " : Vjip;jii»i^ing;vitfi the foreigner while as a ' matter of fact 'he iB merely the yictim of a seductive manner and spacious arguments. For the sake of the trade irad prosperity of the place, therefore, we aik our business people to support each' other. Before encouraging these, -travellers, let then enquire if what they ' 'aie m need of cannot be obtained m - town, and, if not, it is then time enough to make abargain with outsiders. These perip»tetic,tr*Tellerß turn up at odd mo* mente, an| scoop m the orders jby a process knoW only to. themselves. ;But we are sure lhat the arguments used are the reverse from the true state of things. It is the jame with almost all the trades m town. ; There *re articles, of course,--which muet be obtained trom outside, : butj-for; gQpdnesa /f sake, let us keep' money we can mi the place. It is Bcarceenough in^ --all conscience. 'Beaid«, it is- very discouraging, after 1 'capital has been invested h* any business to legitimate employment for it sent outside the district without, just cause. Patea tradesmen have lib* matter of their • prospperity greatly m their own hands, i-vlndour advice is«tbat instead, of beinp cajoled into givmg orders to outsiders they •mMd J first' enquire if their requirements cannot be supplied as cheaply from 1 among 'themßefves. That is put a reasonable request. !