Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-01-02
stark County Republican
Convention.
The Cash system.

The Cash system.
We expect to part company with
some whose names have long occu-
pied a place on our subscription list.
We mean those who arc in our debt,
and whose actions show an inclina-
ton to remain there. We have given
all ample notice of our intention to
sell our labor and brains hereafter
for cash only, and none can complain
on that score. We have stated our
reasons heretofore, and all must adj
nit their fairness and Justice The
tact is, that the same rules apply to
our business as to all others. While
we have to pay cash for all we con-
sumo, we cannot afford to sell the
products of our labor for credit
The paper maker, the manufacturer
of ink, the merchant. the grocer, and
Others, by whom our wants are sup
piled, will not and cannot wait for
their pay until dilatory subscribers
choose to settle their long standing
accounts. We are therefore forced
to demand the same treatment for
ourself that we receive from others.
There is another aspect in which
the credit sys tenn may be viewed
with profit, and that is, its injustice
to those who do pay promptly. To
say nothing Of the space occupied
by this and similar articles. the man
who sells his goods or labor for 9TH
or than ready pay, of necessity en-
counters many and serious losses.
Debtors are prone to die insolvent /;
some leave the country and their
debts behind them; others, again,
defy both the collector and the con
stable; or subject the creditor to the
cost OF law suit; misfortune makes
many who are willing unable to pay
their debts These losses the care
full business man foresees, and must
proyide aSainst. To save himself
from ruin, therefore, Ire must sell his
goods for labor at figures that will
afford him profit sufficient to live
upon, after his losses are subtracted
therefrom. SO it is, that those who
pay as they go are compelled not on
ly to pay the full value Of what they
receive, but an additional sum, also,
which latter goes to reimburse the
seller for his losses by other custom
ers.
On the other hand, the man who
buys and sells for cash only, can fur
nish his customers with better arti
Gle for less money. In our own case,
when we have shaken Off those whose
hardness has made their patronage a
damage instead of benefit to us,
we shall be able to give the paying
patron more for his 90 than we have
heretofore. Our subscribers here
after will not be annoyed by duns
and appeals to deiinquents, and in .
stead Of being compelled to skirmish
through the streets for the money to
meet our aecruing liabilities, our
whole energies viii be devoted to the
Improvement Of our paper. -ns'
We of course reserve the right
to continue sending the paper to a
few old friends who have stood by
us in times past with a devotion that
has won our lasting esteem. Some
such have not paid for the last yea r,
but We are certain that they will do
so at an early day. Those we compli-
ment in this manner will not, we are
confident, allow us To become losers
by ourindulgencc to themselves But
to the great body Of delinquents we
say farewell. If any have been pre-
vented by misfortune from making
good their promises, we sympathize
with them, but are unable to distin-
guish in many. cases between. such
and the less deserving.