Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-05-26
The Weekly EXpOSitOr.
FRIDAY, MAY &c. 1898.
a Good lime To sett.e Up.

Everybody IN the country SnOulu
promptly pay his debts. This is an
argument that has general application
| to all men and all seasons of the year.
Promptitude in business dealings is Il
matter to be continually insisted upon.
But there are special reasons, at pres
ent, why folks of every condition in
! life should hasten to settle their bills
in order TO begin the summer sOlstice
with an easy conscience and balanced
ledger. At this particular time we all
need the money our nelghbOr owes us.
| Whether we loaned IL TO him or earned
it by laboring for its interests makes
no difference in the payment. Wheth-
er the indebtedness is large or small it
should be cleared Oft at once. There
may be certain instances to which this
completeness of liquidation is impossi-
| BILE. In such cases pay poor people
and let the rich wait little longer.
The milliDnaire can grant an extension
of time more easily than the trades
man. If it is inevitable that somebody
must be disappointed, let him not be
the poor man who is trying to make
ends meet
A great many of us will not be here
when the country holds another
World Fair. So it is our intention to
enjoy life while we may, and in this
object we are at present studying the
cost of going to Chicago. The success
of the exposition depends to q cOnsid-
cradle degree on the payment of just
dues to our neighbOr. lie wants to
attend the Fair also, but he may not
be able to go unless his customers settle
their bills. The most patriotic princi-
pie Of citizenship is to pay off all debts
and thereby allow every person to join
us in making the Fair prosperous. 1t
may be cautiously objected that only
Il small proportion of the money thus
spent will be paid in at the turnstlle,
while the Chicago landlords will pocket
the rest But what Of that? We shall
have good time anyway. The half
dollars spent at the Fair gates will
admit us to All inspection OF wonders
worth double the money. 1t does not
matter if the hotel keepers and BARRIERS
charge high rates. Chicago people
must live. Such of us as cannot assist
them materially in this obligation can
hire room on the top floor and grow
beard. The honest, industrious man
does not ask any favors. He only
desires the money he has earned. II
all his customers settle up he will be-
able to pay his debts and so to Chicago.
Many people are careless in this
matter. Their business or profession
is remunerative; their bank account is
prosperous; their credit is good. They
are scrupulously prompt in paying
salaries to clerks and wages to servants,
in returning the landlords rent bill
with check, in tire settlements of
notes. But it is singular thing that
men who handle large amounts In the
course of years business often defer
the payment of tyitiing debt no
matter how just it may be. The poor
creditor does not dare to- run the risk
of offending wealthy customer by
duns. lie is obliged to wait for his
money until the rich man Is thoughtful
enough to pay it. The sum is, perhaps
too insignificant to be remembered by
a merchant who is engaged in transac-
tons that involve the loss or gain of
fortune. But this debt is multiplied
by many in the small tradesman's
books and if his customers remain
forgetful of their bills his little capital
is lost and the unfortunate shopkeeper
goes into bankruptcy.
The butcher and baker and the cam
dlestlck maker want 10 GO 10 the
Worlds Fair as much as their patrons
do. They are almost always thrifty
people, who can afford this enjoy |
ment if they get what is owing to them.
They deserve II vacation. Everybody |
who attends the Fair will learn some
thing of advantage in his vacation.
By studying the worlds master pieces
Of the sciences, arts and manufactures
we shall become better workmen and
more intelligent citizens. Let Us pay |
our bills and enable everybody so go
10 Chicago.-New York Press.