The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-01
ABUSING HIS BENEFACTOR

meeting Of grocer and a custome
on the street, and the grocer aske,
the other man for settlement of al
account he had contracted last fall
An Indifferent reply provoked tn,
merchant to say well, if that is thu
way you feel about paying me after
getting me to wait all winter l will
not ask you for it again but will at.
tend to collecting it after a plan OF
my own"
You'd better not start anything
like that. I'm here to tell you that
you won't gain anything by it if you
do" was the reply. - -.@
Mr.. Merchant said, well now, if
the course l take doesn't suit you,
don't you get sore at me for | have
given you every chance to fix it up
on your own time, and now | have
lost faith in your doing what you talk
about doing"
m as good man as you are, and
my word Is as good as yours, and if
you come outside of town I'll con-
vince you," said the sensitive man
who owed the bill.
The merchant offered his body for
test on the spot, saying it was not
necessary to go out of town, but the
other fellow didn't want to make a
scene for the police to observe, and SO
there was no boxing.
This is a sample of the way the
business men are treated by lot of
dead beats who get into their conf
dence and then abuse it. The man
In business is expected to be an un-
railing source of supply, a wonder in
making money and forgiving bad
debts and bad treatment, and also
De prize tighter to punish every bully
that fancies himself insulted at being
asked to pay according to agreement.
Ih1s same insulted dead beat is
probably doing" some other mer-
chant now, or possibly winning his
way into the confidence of the other
man by paying him occasionally with
the money he beat the first victim out
OF. There Is lot of this kind of |
work going on here, and the place
ior such men is in the chain gang,
put since our laws are liberal and in
tended to give every man a chance,
the least that merchants should do
Is TO organize protective association
TO bar dead beats from imposing up
on them. These losses all have to
De charged up to the expense of the
business and the reliable customers
VINO actually pay are the ones who
daily contribute to cover all these
leaks.
!. The day is fast approaching when
me business house that does a credit 8
business and has no means of protect
ng lts good customers from the rob-
'ery OF the dead beats, will find the ,
'ood customers doing their trading
With house that does.
Clean-Handed Justice
A short time ago tailor named =
ieberger who had been taking or a
ers Tor suits and collecting enough +,
advance to show good faith on the h
art OF the customer was hauled into y
ourt and convicted of using the - -
loneys advanced in such cases and -, ~
ever making any effort to deliver :,
lie goods ordered. Men who had been -
eaten at tbs game got tired of seeing ",
eperger running at large, plying his ",
ame upon others, and now he is o.
orking for the county under guard o. ..
The community is indebted to the w
en- who brought Heberger into ~ ~
urt, and all who abuse their priyi- - ~,
ges and the peoples confidence in tr,
binary business tranactions should 49,
promptly dealt with. There should ~
an association for such purposes. to,
q have a man in charge of the l w.,
'rk who can act at any time. The IT, IT,
In II. e. Nichols who was here in 10 10
interest of w. e. Skaif & Com ~
ny could have been made to deal ou
rly or quit contracting debts If d.
re had been any concerted means 49,
acting. The man who was here on'
the interest of the Singer Sewing a am'
chine company and jumped some So So
cry and other bills short time We We
J, is another one of the takers who t 20
uld have been pursued and 10y 80,
ught back to be made an example ~
3 little self protection goes a i in1'
3 way in prevention. t 4uu