The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-04-13
WANT
FARE REFUND PLAN
TWICE EACH YEAR
Trade Week in Pensacola
Was a Success and Busi-
ness Men Believe In Max
ing 1t Permanent.

Nearly all of the merchants who CO.
operated with The Journal in the
Fare Refunding Trade Week which
closed when the lights went out in the
stores last night, pronounce the plan a
decided success.
That The Journal continue the plan
at some future date is the sugges ton
of many of the merchants-uWice each
year-in the early spring and in the
early fall being the times suggested as
most opportune.
Customers came to Pensacola during
the Trade Week from more than a
hundred miles, buying sufficient goods
to entitle them to round trip fares
Some came by boat and some by
wagon, and all expressed themselves as
weH satisfied with the grade of mer-
chandise they were able to buy and the
courteous treatment of the merchants
with whom they did business
Following are several short and inn
pressive interviews with some Of the
merchants who were in the campaign:
W. c. Jones, secretary treasurer w.
A Ray Hardware Co: 'It was a sat
isfactory week and consider the plan
very beneficial to the merchants in
general, both from an advertising and
profitable standpoint. I think it
would be a good plan to put into
practice twice each year, say in the
early spring and early fall. It should
be a little earlier than it was this
year. Our out-of-town business was
very satisfactory"
w. N. Falk, of Fa1k & Friedman: SCI
think it has done great deal of good
brought many strangers to town and
generally stimulated trade. know
that we were very muoh benefted by
the outside trade and 1 think it would
be very good idea. if all of the mer-
chants would cooperate in a Bargain
and Fare Refunding week twice each
year"
c. W. Parker, of Watson, Parker &
Reset ut is my idea that it would
be very good thing for Pensacola if
a Refunding Week could be put into
operation two or three times each year
and especially at the beginning of each
spring and fall season. In that way
the ott-of-town people would be look
ing forward and saving up for a shop
ping trip to town. Our out-of- town bust
ness, as we'll as the local, has been very
brisk during the past week We think
that all the merchants could not do
Better for themselves, and the town,
than to participate in the plan the next
time The Journal puts it into opera
ton"
Ben Clutter. Of the Clutter Music
House: I'VE desire to say that owing
to the Fare Refunding plan our out-of-
town business during the week just
closed has been far beyond our ex-
pectations. This idea should be con-
tinued al least twice each year"
B. L. Gundersheimer. of the NJ. & o.
Clothing Store: The Fare Refundins
idea is a good one and considering that
this is the first time it has been put
on in Pensacola the results have been
very satisfactory. I think it should be
continued and put in effect about twice
each year. Our out-of-town trade was
very brisk during the week and we is
sued a good number of 7 he Journal re-
funding slips"
James A White. manager The John |
White Store: The idea is a good one |
aud should be continued. Many people |
have seen what Pensacola stores can |
cffer and will be eager to take advan- |
tage Of the next opportunity"
FRANK Marston. of Marston G, Quina: |
Indirectly the Trade Week has done |
a great deal of good for the town. We /
have done some business with out-of- |
town people, and on the whole 1t has /
been very satisfactory"
Miss Herman, miIliuer: I'VE had /
a good many out-Of-town customers /
and did an excellent business with |
them. We had an exceptionally high |
class trade. The bargains that were /
advertised drew the country people in |
almost as much as the fare refunding I
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