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. ? S** ■ \ Svj g i m æ^as 0 \ % * I 1 . : Î P * / V' ! I h. ! Ur> ) i > I % f 3 h ? u • ot ottt a Ö«. *.« « •„ „„«an °" I * ° ne «b» 'f *" .no*"' or '" ot y eat» Not c Ust y»» a, they /, to thei t\ve **? Z:'* pttttttg buste® 58 . county litne s lote p utc^ seS - » ; :. ese th s °Usa n j H"er e ' Hrf/7 of I» at te// ad if t a/Jv *iot ir r ot P"*ted action. e *tfir ! C ««ti«f. an * » k •% \ 1 r i f We unalterably believe in doing for our customers what we would have them do for us. We believe that a business founded on country store or the most magnificent city department store. the above principle is bound to succeed be it the humblest Our customers are entitled to the best that we have—in the quality of Merchandise, in price and on which to do business, pay our ex in service. All that we are entitled to is a fair and square margin penses, freight and taxes. We propose to take nothing more, we are hardly able to take less and still do business. A transaction with any one of our many customers must be right, if it is not we make it right. Even a temporary loss is not permitted to stand in our way to a satisfied customer. We must have their good will. We stand ready to do anything within reason to keep it. Upon our ability to render the people of this territory a good and honorable public service—to fur nish them with high quality merchandise at the lowest possible cost—do we solicit your business. You have the right to demand this of us—nothing less, itothing more. Measuring up to these principles, having been weighed in the scales of honest and fair dealings, we have the right to ask of you your good patronage—your moral support and your good will. Having contributed to the limit of our ability towards civic, fraternal and religious betterment having paid large amounts for taxes towards the support of your schools, the building and maintenance of your roads, bridges, streets and public buildings and institutions—the collective contributions of which make it possible for you to maintain yourself in the community, makes it possible for us to maintain County, City and State governments, it is your duty to keep you# business as near to you as possible to the exclusion of firms or corporations residing in distant cities, which thru gigantic manipulations of finances and the taking of exorbitant profits are seemingly able to offer you goods at lower prices. Those outsiders are not contributing anything tdwarrd educating your children, building or maintaining your roads or bridges, are Contributing nothing towards your church, lodge or any civic or religious bet terments in which you may be interested. Is it not your best judgment that you should keep your money and your business among your friends who are I* helping you maintain your community? 4 longer farm his own land but will work the towns and villages will be earning their living by laboring or all of the business will be conducted from gigantic offices in the The time will come soon enough when the faimer will no for large landlords—when the people in for super-corporations, when most large cities which will take the money there. Why hasten that time by contributing to the upbuilding of gigantic retailing corporations when you have you if local merchants who are in a position to serve you as well or better? Under the present conditions of manufacture and distribution you are thru no choice of your own contributing a great portion of what you earn or raise to giant monopolies, but why hasten the time when all that you earn or raise willgo to someone that you do not know? f We solicit your business. Our ability to serve you will increase in direct proportion to the amount of patronage that you see ronage. fit to give us. Always remember that we heartily appreciate your good pat - oe Mercantile Comp GENERAL MERCHANDISE-GROCERIES, CLOTHING and SHOES O. A. MOE, Prop. Plenty wood, Montana g i ' »