The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-14
Pay Your Bills"

4 ~well-known business man hailed rs
to-day with:
Come here, | want to interview you."
The idea Of Il merchant interviewing n
newspaper man was 80 odd that the call
was answered right away.
What made you put that article in
your paper headed Pay Your Bills?'
Because we replied. it seemed the
proper thing 10 do"
Well" said he, " YOU were right; it
was the proper thing To 10. Now. let me
tell YOU | have been a business man here
/ several wears, and ! believe | know what
| am talking about when | say that if
everybody would pay the bills he owes
to his neighbors once IN thirty days, or
upon presentation, there would be very
little OF what We cali hard times The
man who owes a dollar and has it to
pay, but hangs 10 il, prevents the pay
ment of a good many debts. The jour
ney that a dollar travels the first week of
the month. and the time il makes. a. we
may slv when We talk of race horses.
would surprise 4 man who never inyesti-
gated. ! marked a dollar once and kept
track of il Il few days, requesting each
man to keep a record of whom il was re
ceived by him, and 10 whom paid. Be
fore it disappeared, about the end of the
first week of the month, il had paid be
tween twenty-five and thirty dollars in
debts. Not long ago l presented 4 bill Of
SO 10 Il man amply able to pay. | knew
he had the money. But he looked scar
ed and said, ! can't collect my bills, and
- ! cant pay you o /; wait a little
while Now, that $40 belonged 10 me,
but he had it in his possession, and of
course / couldn't take il from him. If
he had paid it to me as hc ought to have
done, ! should have paid it out almost
Immediately and the chances are that il
would have been kept going. and by this
time have paid ten times IFS value in
debts
You see he went on, money is val
liable when il Is in circulation. Like
blood in a mans body. when stagnant it
il Of no use. There are too many cow
ards. \ man who gets scared and grips
his dollar when he ought 10 pay his debts
with 1t, does a positive injury. His mon
ey would certainly return 10 him through
creditors. The financial coward does
more to bring on hard times than any
and a nuisance. We talk of the timidity
of capital. Ii Is not the money, but the
men who handle it, who are ;imid.
"You were right when you YOU said
that if everybody will pay his bills next
week. in three months time business
viii be good and money plenty. Wecan
make courage and confidence if We will.
Some men who are chronic deadbeats
put on a great deal of STYLE. | could
point YOU out a man who dasllcs up and
down Spring street behind a hired fast
horse, and his creditors are thicker than
bees. He stands them off and rides.
while they have TO take wind for money
and walk. He is 'kiting now, but he is
sure e conle down in dishonor and dis
grace. Let every honest man who can
do it, square up with his neighbors TO
whom he owes a few dollars, and times
will ease mp at once. There is plenty of
money, plenty of produce, plenty of ev-
erything except honesty and courage.
Honesty and courage. viii restore confi
dence. The croaker, whether he be a
newspaper or a business man, will soon
quit his croakins, and nobody will re-
main with a woeful tale about hard times
except the professional deadbeai, who Is
always looking for some excuse for dis
honesty"