Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-03-20
Cash Versus Credit.
Or how you can Save Money

In our former articles We have dwelt
on the value of money down, and the
desirability of having cash. The great
question with so many people, Is. how
to get the cash and how to keep ii af-
ter getting 1t. One says | have so
many needs that my money will not
purchase all want or must have. In
answer to This one we would suggest
that. you patronize the Bargain Store
and make your money go to the furth-
est limit possible. We are at your
service to help you. Another one and
by far the great majority have their
money spent before they get it. This
is the class that needs the most urgent
help. How can buy for cash when
have no money? Do you advise that
1 do not pay what | owe? No indeed,
my friend; we want to put you in the
way to pay your honest debts and to
get out of debt and stay out Are you
willing to try? 1t is within your pow
er. We have helped others and will
help you. There are ways to save it.
Some people find them and why not
you? One of the quick ways to get rid
of your money without full value, and
many take this method to sqaunder
their wealth, viz. Get a book credit
at some store or stores and when you
or any of the family want anything,
send the book land as often forget the
book as a passport that you can get
goods without paying for them today,
but at what a ruinous profit when you
settle two, three. four and five times
the prices you would pay at the bar
gain store Prove us; bring your book
and goods. compare quality, weight.
measure and prices and your own con-
viction will be speedy. Is it any Won
der you are behind and getting worse
all the time? You may blame trusts,
combinations, money power and what
not, but can find the fault in your own
selves We know it is hard to have
these things brought home to us, our
own shortcomings. If you would look
to. how you spent your money ever so
little and make it go so much farther,
would it not help you? Your little
girl wants slate pencil. Charged on
the book one cent for it. We would
give you five for one cent. You want
some envelopes and letter paper.
Charged on the book one cent for an
envelope and one cent for sheet of
paper. We give you 25 envelopes for
8, or sc, and IL, Is or "a sheets of let
ter paper for &C. according to quality.
You want a lead pencil, bottle Of ink;
the book charges to sc for pencil, sc
for ink; we give you pencils 1c each,
ink to &c per bottle.
You can count your savings or gains
right along You have five dollars to
spend. Come to lis and we will make
it buy as much as 81, sS, 50 or $40 will
elsewhere. 1t depends on the kind of
goods. We have 26 departments.
Nearly everything a family needs.
You want to save money. We help
you to get a start and then you will
find out the bargains when you pay
cash for them. Another class chat are
pretty we'll to do waste a great many
dollars in having their purchases
charged. They think it is a compli-
ment to their standing to get goods
without paying down for them. 1t is
an expensive luxury, however. They |
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their goods than the Bargain Store
charges. "Oh, no, we don't" says Mr. |
Credit Storekeeper, I'VE consider Mr. !
Well-to-do just as good as cash, and
don't charge him any more if we
charge it or he pays cash" No doubt |
that is true but then Mr.. Credit Store
keeper has big profit on his goods !
and who pays for the losses made on |
credit selling? Come to the Bargain |
Store, where you can always get goods !
at the lowest prices and do not have to |
pay for some delinquent debtors. New, |
fresh goods in all departments. Com |
pare the following as sample of |
prices, quality guaranteed: Canned |
goods in grocery department at Sc; |
regular 1212. Soap at 19 bars for 26
cents. Flour 45c and 4Sc regular 55c .
and 6Oc per sack. Coffee Sc, Zoe, 121ac |
per pound Garden seeds at sc an o.,
worth 1Oc. Corn starch, TBS for 1Oc. |
Soda lbs, for sc. Caramels at Sc a
pound, worth 15c a pound. Fig cups
at Sc, worth 20c. Rob Roy candy at sc
pound, worth l5c. and hundreds of 9TH
er bargains in Dry Goods, Notions,
Clothing, Hats Shirts. Wall Paper at
4, 8. s, 10 to 25c a bolt Positively the
cheapest house in the county is