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two million dollars' worth of its own products 

 at its own shipping point, so that the prices re- 

 ceived saved to the community the cost of trans- 

 porting the crops to the city market, a saving of 

 fully $150,000. The purchaser paid no more 

 for the goods or for freight than would have 

 been paid had he bought them second hand in 

 the city. Second hand goods are usually a 

 little stale. By direct purchase the dealer in 

 the small city actually saved on first cost, paid 

 no more freight, secured fresher goods, and by 

 so doing gave his customers a better product. 



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