5 'lff r -, 1(4f . J& ti ' 't. V. v .... JV ,',- - - EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEBPHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 19, 192a. 13 :A v "We are never afraid te show goods in the store" Se writes Themas N. Witten, hardware mer chant, of Trenten, Missouri. "Though our store is in a town of 7000 pop ulation, ever half my trade is with farmers. It would be larger yet if manufacturers re alized hew much of the purchasing power of America is in the rural districts and adver tised te reach it, "The largest field for sales of home conveni ences is in the country. The rural mail route has changed farm reading and thinking and the farm family wants better things than a few years age. "Missouri has just voted 60 million dollars for geed reads. Creps are fine. The farming business, the first te feel the depression, is also the first in recovering. I anticipate a profit able future for agriculture, which means a constantly growing opportunity for the sale of standard goods. &Z$&bVrfjZ'' ."- ' ..V," ' 'v 'V f. s 1 ' '. - f ' I v" S, ,. w J&U'J.-&-J&-'-z-:"''' THOMAS N. WITTEN Past President Western Retail Implement and Hardware Association "It seems te me THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN opens up a field in advertising high grade merchandise that has a wonderful pos sibility in sales making. We find it responsible for many of the inquiries for our goods!' cMe COUNT G E, T L E M AN The Curtis Publishing Company,, Independence Square, Philadelphia, Penna. The Country Gentleman The Saturday Evening Pest The Ladies' HomeLJeurnal Kfc