the home news
Published every Friday at McCrory, Ark.
WALTER W. RANEY, Ed. and Pub.
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Phone: 40
Entered as second-class mat
ter August 26, 1915, at the post
office at McCrory, Ark., under
he Act of March 3, 1879.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 27, 1918
The Home News’ Service Flag
PLACING THE SKIDS
The merchant who sells a
staple article below cost will
bear watching. For years the
mail order houses of Chicago
have been advertising sugar
far below the market price.
When sugar was 'selling on
the New York market at
5 cents a pound Sears, Roe
buck and Company offered
to give victims thirty-three
and one-third pounds for
$1.00.
In an investigation by the
federal trade commission,
Sears, Roebuck and Com
pany admitted they had sold
sugar below cost to the ex
tent of loosing $190,000. But
don’t think there was an act
ual loss. In order to get thirty
three and one-third pounds of
sugar for $1.00 it was
necessary to buy other goods
amounting to $10. That’s
where the customer got a trim
ming.
One of the objects of offer
ing to sell staple goods below
cost is to show up the local
dealers. This Chicago house
sought to prove to the people
that their local merchants
were charging them too much
lor sugar. It was an outrage.
Anyone with knowledge of
conditions understands that
sugar has never paid the deal
er a sufficient margin. Being
a big institution with plenty
cf money and skill adroitly
used in advertising, it was able
to carry its point until haled
before the bar of justice by the
federal trade commission, fol-'
lowing loud and persistent
protest from the merchants.
Sears, Roebuck has made
millions, it has grown to be
the largest distributer of mer
chandise to consumers in this
country, has posed as the I
emancipator of the people and
their protector against high
prices and now we find that it
has all been a sham. Not con
tent with underselling them
on sugar to an appreciable de
gree to “show them up” thru
hiding the shells through the
combination deal, this four
flushing friend of the consum
ers has acknowledged to the
worm mat it ftas been double
crossing them. Moreover, it
stooped to the lowest depths
of unfair competition by cir
culating catalogues containing
advertisements which repre
sented that its competitors, the
retail merchants of course, did
not deal fairly, honestly and
justly with their customers. It
was the dirtiest kind of compe
tition and consumers every
where should relentlessly
show their resentment.
In many homes the most
conspicuous books are the bi
ble and a Sears, Roebuck cata
logue. These mail order con
i cerns are governed by no law.
They run wild and rough shod
j over the territory of the whole
United States.
Patrons of local dealers have
the assurance of fair treat
ment. There are laws in Mis
souri which govern advertis
ing. There are similar laws
in Joplin. Patrons of retail
ers located in Joplin may have
reasonable assurance that the
goods advertised in the Joplin
newspapers are as represent
ed. If the merchants of Jop
lin are not living up to the
statements made in their ad
vertisements, the Joplin Ad*
vertising Club will be glad to
know it, and prosecutions will
follow.
It seems unnecessary to point
a moral. The average person
will see it without referring
to it.—The Joplin (Mo.) News
Herald.
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A Woman’s Recommendation
j Worry and overwork cause
: kidney trouble and women
I suffer ecually with men. Miss
Sara Westen, Belvidere, 111.,
writes: '‘I could not stoop and
when down had to crawl to a
chair. I was so lame I suffer
ed agony. Now I feel like a
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1 Ark. Adv.
CASE KEROSENE TRACTORS
Plow Deeper — Bigger Crops
Case 10-20 Features
1— Pulls three 14-inch plows any
where a team can continuously
pull one plow.
2— Most powerful tractor in the
5000 pound class. Delivers 14 7-10
per cent more drawbar horsepower
than rated.
3^_Has 4-cylinder Case valve-m
head motor — head removable.
Burns kerosene successfully and
economically. Efficient air strain
er prevents dust and grit enter
ing cylinders. Motor equipped
with Sylphon Thermostat to re
tain proper temperature of water
surrounding cylinders, thus in
sures perfect combustion at all
loads. , ,
4— Cut steel heat treated transmis
sion gears, enclosed and running
in oil. Hyatt Roller Bearings.
5— When plowing, all wheels travel
on unplowed ground. Combined
tire width 32 inches. Abso
lutely no side draft.
6— Friction clutch pulley with brake,
regular equipment. Drives 20x36
Case Thresher with blower, feed
er and grain handler; Case No.
15 silo filler and other machines
requiring similar power.
7— The 10-inch idler can be clutched
in with a lever and used as an
extra driver.
THIS Case 10-20 pulls three plows in sod as
well as stubble. And it wTill not “rear-up”
when plowing upgrade.
While the soil in different fields and the price
of kerosene in different localities vary, we can
give you an idea of what this tractor will do by
stating that in August, 1917, the University of Ne
braska found that it plows one acre in one hour
and six minutes at a fuel (kerosene) cost of 20^4
cents, plowing at a depth of 6 inches. We know
of no other tractor that works so economically.
This all-’round tractor is at your service day
and night, always ready at the exact time you
want to use it. It is sturdily built and bound to
outlive others.
We are always glad to talk tractors, and will be glad
to tell you about this and other Case tractors. Be sure
to see us before you buy.
RIGGS BROTHERS
McCRORY, ARK.