Bisbee daily review., 1913-06-01


 the gallon of water from Chicago would be about 25 cents.
 But you know better than do what you want 10 buy, and so turn to the question How to Buy?
 How to Buy School Supplies. Do not buy of the travelling agents at least not until these men get the habit of dealing more fairly with Ari- zona people than they have in the past Seek reliable houses by inquiry have
 their catalogues constantly on file, with net price list. and when business is satisfactory with them, stay with them. unless decidedly better prices are given elsewhere. But one must make sure that these new prices are on the same quality of goods.
 | Get competing bids on special goods freight F. o. B. destination It is not so easy for the dealer to figure his prices with freight included. but he willdo it. And he will know better than you what classification of his freight will take, and give you the ad. vantafe of his knowledge. But Che specifications for the goods must be clear and insisted upon The ddsrep- utable dealer will receive your speei- 1 fications and then offer goods without lregord to them. confusing, you, if he can. with terminology and figures that look like yours but really are not.
 Buy the years supply of goods at one time. This necessifates careful l calculation of the needs of the year. ! by making an inventory of the stock on hand. examining the records of the i purchases of the past year, and then adding proper amount of expansion of the work of the school. If printing has to he done. have all of it done for | the year at one time, and give the ! printer the privilege of putting the so keeping his force busy and giving ] you the benefit of his lowest prices. i The greatest savings in purchase of school supplies is, l believe in the standardization of these supplies and then buying them in quantity. It is not necessary to have all the different kinds of pencils or penholdeTs that the various teachers prefer. Select a very i few sizes or one standard size and i quality and stay by this. Usually a l preference for one kind or another of pencil is a matter of habit and new one will be just as satisfactory after using a little time. In nothing does standardization count for more and make for better prices and better de- livery than in paper This should be named by brand, size, and weight. Yoursupply will then be uniform and satisfactory, and you will save the an noyance of having poor substitutions thrust upon ycu.-and there is nothing that is So common about which people, know less of the quality and real val ue
 1. I would advise buying special goods of special houses, and not of the gen eral school supply house. Buy furni- ture of furniture houses; paper of pa per houses Or of printers. The makers know more of the quality of their goods and their adaptability to your service tbao do tho school supply houses. And the latter are often on. iy agents of the manufacturers: they pad out their catalogues with cuts Of the other mans goods and quote you prices whish ore usually higher than the manufacturers Of course, the general line Of stationery will be Se- cured from the statiOner or from the school supply house.
 Quite as important as proper meth .O5s of buying is the accounting sys- tenn of the trustees. If the whole board passes on the orders and bills it is possible that there will be one who shall be peculiarly responsible for dis patching the order, keeping a record of t. and checking in the goods. Theer should be a simple but effect i've Tequisition system which shall provide duplicate forms, one to be sent 10 the dealer, and another exact ia every detail for office reference. These should be issued in numerical order. r. it is possible to typwrite the order and make a carton copy of it at the same time, this is far the best method. The duplicate should be kept by it. self or with others until the goods arrive. when it is taken out, attached ' to the bill and prepared for audit All untitled acquisitions should often be referred to so that the trustees may see # tEche is undue delay in delivery ! and if the bills are likely to come in within the financial year and none of them be carried over into the next year. Delays in delivery of supplies ! are almost certain to embarrass the l teacher in their work.
 Prompt payment Of bills will help greatly to Better prices and more sat lisfactory dealigs with the supply men. Take advantage of every cash dis icount possible. Under ocircumstan- ces accept longer time for payment of bills than is absolutely necessary; there is temptation 10 diversion of money for other purposes
 Now and then it is necessary to buy goods without having the freight in- ciuded in the bills. When this is the case ask the local freight agent for the most favorable classiications un- der which the goods may be shipped. so that you may have this information for permanent use. Daf1btless the dealer if honest will tell you this See that goods of a lower classification are not packed with those of a higher and so all have to pay the higher rate When possible, combine with your neighbor in shipping from a distant point so that you may get carload rates, or at least hundred pound con signments for the hundredpound rate. fl you order independently and have and have an order of light weight. | place several of your orders in tho same city and have them assembled 3t ' one store and shiuHed from there in