Bennington banner and reformer. (Bennington, Vt.) 1903-19??, 1903-01-08
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ed in but pants for my husband. and I
can't stand here listening to your tale
OF woe and have my washings at home
waiting, so be done.
s'Dtdn't used TO have to take in wash
ings, but now that coal Is SI2 a ton
and oil IA cents a gallon and meat and
other things nearly as high, I'm
obliged to help out Mike and earn a
dollar or so at the tub. His trousers
are nearly worn out and as he would
MT spend the money for a new pair, [
decided to buy them for him myself.
The ones he's using now he bought at
Goes cash store, year ago for 81. so
ana he's used them every day since
He always goes there but never do
because you are SO kind TO charge
things that feel under obligations to
come to you. Mike swears when You
send bills to him and says this always
being in debt Is worrying the life out
OF him.
ITS true be is getting little gray
and think sometimes he's getting old
faster than he ought but / never
thought that twas worry over his
debts that made Il. He's foolish 10
worry and | told him so. He was
asking a friend of his. who owes every
one he can, II he didn't find that il
v orried him and was hard to paw them.
why no, said his friend. sometimes
| find 1t little hard to get credit. bi3Ii
II never worries me after that. IL
there's any worrying to be done. let
the merchants do It. Mike told me
ABOUT what his friend said and told
at it.
well, Mrs Willis, you're owing us
quite a big bill and | haven't been
aoie TO get anything on il for some
tine' so this very morning ! wrote TO
Mike and told him he would have to
settle 1t or | would put it in the hands
OF lawyer. | don't want to cause
you any trouble but Mike must pay up.
why already we've had TO increase
our prices ten per cent in order to
partially cover our losses and our
cash customers are leaving us and go
ing TO Coles where they can get cloth
ing at prices that he could not pos
sibly give If he had any credit bust
Don't be arguing the question, but
show me some pants for Mike.
brought Sl.50 and Iwon't ask YOU to
trust me for them, / want good pair
that will last my man for another year.
But ] can't sell you trousers for $3.50
that will last a year, YOU see we can't
pay but 75c TO SIC for trousers that we
sell at $3.50 and this grade of goods
must be part shoddy and you know
shoddy won't wear very long. Now
here is pair al $500 that cost MS
SIPS. We're selling them very close
when we offer them for 81. They are
good material. one-haf being cotton
and one-haf wool and we really be-
lieve they'll do as good service as the
pair you said Mike got at Coles.
If we could get cash for every pair
we sold, we could sell them for $3.50.
but we can't do IL and we fear to
change into an absolutely cash busi-
ness, after giving credit so long.
Guess IT'S better 70 keep on getting
BIZ profit and selling on credit plan.
Wen, cant pay 80 as | haven't got
but 81 50aud / won't add another cent
TO our oil here till Mike has worked
IT down some. Tell you what III do
| saw some pants In Coles window
that were marked $50 and they look
ed Just like the pair Mike got there
last year so III go and take a look at
them and II they ain Z any better than
yours, IN tome back again. Good
morning, Mr. Credit Dealer! I'll prob
ably be back again"
Mrs Willis proceeds at once to the
cash store, reluctantly, 70 be sure. be-
cause she has been refused credit there
several times and this is enough 10
cause a feeling against any store.
nevertheless she is a little curious TO
see those $3.50 trousers close to them,
they looked so good through the win
dow. She enters.
SHOW me those trousers YOU had in
the window last week, marked $50
Don't believe they're anything but
shoddy."
"On the contrary, Mrs Willis, they
are one-half cotton and one-half good
wool as you could buy There is not
an ounce Of Shoddy in them. We are
the foes OF shoddv and find that we are
not compelled to buy cloths containing
1t. As our business is absolutely cash
we can afford TO sell these trousers at |
Sl.5O even though they cost Sl.25,"
Well, that's the very price Mr. !
Credit Dealer said he paid for the |
trousers he sold for So"
! nave no uOupl, MIS- w HIS, you /
are correct, we did a credit business |
ourselves several years ago but now |
we buy and sell for cash and this very
instance illustrates the saving we can |
make for you.
4 Mike takes 3S waist and 30 leg, but |
/ don't suppose you've got any as long
as that.
ooh, yes, we have, all lengths are
carried by us. You see our stock Is
very large and we carry even as big as
90 in waists and 30 legs. It pays us
you know to be able to TT any one. "
"I'll take pair and here's your
money, don't suppose you'd even do
them up till you saw my money. / tell
you | haven't any friendship for this
store because you won't charge any
thing, Mr. Credit Dealer is always
pleased and willing to give credit
whenever | ask. Maybe l do have to
pay more to him, but what of that, is
MT it worth something to be able to
get goods whenever | want them even
II haven't a cent? OF course Mike