Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-09-07
pAwn-s.op CUSTOMERS.
stylish People IN Distress aud Imperaniou
sports Of AL sorts.

sports o. All H0rta.
II you want To study human nature
don't go - police court. but take
day off and spend IL behind the counter
Of pawnbroker's shop.
There il no more favorable place.
and II you don't find out something
about the weaknesses and foibles Of BIZ
peds there IL Is because you have not
the faculty for learning.
The faithful friend OF the impecuni-
Gus. my uncle IL found in all the
great cities OF this great country. and
you can not mistake his place. for
wherever are displayed the three gild-
ed balls. beacOns 20 the stranded way
farer. even there Is he. n beieweled
Individual. who often doles out pitiiul
loans on collateral two or three times
more valuable than the amount loaned.
III New York ptwnshops ARE seen
with painful frequency. Hardly a
block on the East Side is without one.
and each has Its regular patrons.
The profits of the business accounts
for the large number engaged In IT..
and this may be easily reckohed by n
glance ut the law which regulates the
interest which may be charged. The
statute reads as follows: '-On sums OF
800 or under. 8 per cent per month
for the first six months. and percent
per month thereafter. On sums over
800 per cent. per month for the first
six months and per cent per month
thereafter"
No wonder ''my uncle" IL prosper
Gus. IL respondent with jewels. owns
lands. houses. etc. With view Il
learning something OF the class who
enrich him. "a reporter called at n we'll
known Bowery shop and stated his OBJ
I ects
''If you choose TO stand here In my
shop for day." said the proprietor
''you will see some queer people. with
1 queer notions about the value OF the
lin some cases valueless--article,
they want me To lend money ON. w,
have regular customers. the same "a
In any other business. There Ii on
customer OF mine. for instance. MAJ
who earns good wages ms a mechani'
and spends his earnings In drink. win
has nothing In his pocket regularl,
every Tuesday. For the last ST,
months he has every wednesday
morning pawned his Sunday suit here
and as regularly redeemed IL ever,
Saturda' night He Is an odd chap
and although earning good wages, on
OF which he might lay by money eacl
week. he persists In his visits TO me.
"A few nights ago man came Il
here. we'll dressed. even handsomel
dressed; he had no jewels to pledge
no said, but he wanted TO get AN oil
suit for the new one he wore and tn
difference in cash. / need hardly sa
] refused to accommodate him Thi
Is by no means an isolated case. o
even an unusual one. The abject poo
are not our best customers. who com
from all ranks and the four points G
the compass
There Is constantly steaming int
this great city an army OF people. sol
diers OF fortune. In search Of employ
ment or wealth in other channels
raining IN their quest they are CON
PEELED to part with their watches. say
or their rings. or any other article 4
value; for they must live.
Then we derive great profit from
class which is not suspected OF need
ing our Observation-Disclosures people
who pledge their jewels periodically
TO tide over temporary embarrass
ment.
"Thon. too. the sporting elemen
among us Is q source OF profit To
day the gambler may be ''well-heeled.
us they say. and tomorrow broke. an
then he comes straightway to us.
the racing season he meets with losse
on "a dead sure winner. and. In orde
to wage more war. up go his damon
rings and studs. and every thing els
that will fetch him money."-N.