The Arizona champion., 1890-10-04
CREDIT BROKERS.
Merchants Through Whom a Man Can Get
 Anything on Trust.

Merchants Through whom Man Can Get
 Anything on Trust.
 "A what9"
 "A credit broker. Didn't you ever hear of credit broker9 We'll, it is a new business, to be sure, this credit brokerage, but it is an active one"
 An uptown business man adjusted his eyeglasses to read little card he held in his hand and proceeded to q close to reporter some of the myster- ies of this new trade.
 ''Lots of folks, you know" he con tinued, haven't much money" The reporter agreed that there might be some people in this condition.
 1.-The absence of a large income does not relieve them from the desire to five comfortably and keep up good appearance on a small salary. They have to go in debt or buy things on the installment plan. Some people are not well enough known to get credit from the regular old established firms It is to the relief of such people the credit broker comes. If you want a suit of clothes, made to order or hand me down. he will send you to first class place where you can present his card and get what you want without further question, though the merchant may never have seen you before. He will then give you an order to some furniture dealer, if you want, and you can have your house furnished and fitted out on the same terms. Or with his indorsement you can have your children fitted with new store clothes and you can get shoes for yourself, your wife and all the little ones with out any ready money. You can get watch and seal ring for yourself and earrings for your wife. If you are carpenter or workman of any sort you can get tools in the same simple way. In short, you can get anything you want. You can even get your teeth filled or an aching molar dislocated. You can be fitted out with a new suit of clothes, a beaver hat and cane, shoes, studs, a watch and chain and all the other jewelry necessary to the complete outfit of gentleman, besides fresh tie, clean collar and GU ifs, stiff billed shirt and enough at home for change-you can get all these things on credit, though your face and name are not known to merchant in town, if you have an order from the credit broker.
 1.-The business is started in this way. A man who has enough means to make his credit good with merchants has large circle of friends whom he knows to be honest and reliable, but who have no credit with merchants, not being known. With this to start on he decides to become credit broker He gets up list of reputable mer- chants in various lines and makes an arrangement with them under which they are to give credit to any one pre- senting an order from him and are to pay him a commission on the trade, he being responsible for the debt. He then gives orders to his friends and acquaintances who want to buy on credit, but have no acquaintance with dealers in the things they want. They buy their goods and pay him in in stallments or spot down at certain time. The man entering into this busi- ness must of course know the men he is trusting, but having large circle of acquaintances he can easily deter mine whom of them he can trust, and can get enough regular and reliable customers to make him a good busi ness. A man in one of the departments or in any business establishment where a great many persons are em- ployed may work up good business as a credit broker. The man whose card. hold here has gone regularly into the business as a credit broker. He has arrangements with some ten or fifteen reliable business houses, to which he sends his patrons and from which he gets good commission on every sale upon his order. He makes from $50 to $250 per month out of the business and very seldom makes bad debt. Washington Star.