Arizona republican., 1915-07-09
MESA STORES
 STOP CREDIT
Dry Goods and Habcrdash- cries Combine to Alleviate the Extension of Credit and DiscOunts-Sav Bet ter for All

ter lOI All
 The following notice of change to cash oasis was sent out yesterday by Mesa business men:
 To Our Patrons:
 Ever mindful of the welfare of our patrons and being alive to the many progressive changes that are taking place in the merchandising world of to- day for the betterment of the customer as well as the merchant, we the dry goods. clothing, furnishing goods and )shoe merchants of Mesa recently met and adopted a few of these new meth ods of doIng business. And We desire to announce to the public that among the most important of these changes is an agreement entered into to conduct our businesses on and after August l, 1915 on a strictly cash basis, discontin- uing entirely the credit and charge featuEes.
 The thousand and one benefits that will accrue to the customer by chang ing to this new method, to say noth- ing of the elimination of the countless worries, disputes etc. that come to both the merchant and the customer through the charge method through lack of space cannot possibly lie enum- erated in this short paragraph But suffice 60 say that the saving in office expense, losses of bad accounts, the taking of all discounts made possible for the merchant by the customer pay ing spot cash for his goods the paying of little or no interest on borrowed money etc. all reduce the cost of doing business. thereby enabling the mer- chant to reduce his margin of profits and pass them on to the customer in the way of lower prices. These things we pledge ourselves to do. and trust that this new change will meet with your approval and co-opration. thereby putting business on a fairer basis for all and offering you inducements to purchase always at home thereby mak- ing Mesa the most prosperous town in the liyest county in the most progress sive state in the union.
 Sincerely yours, THE DRYGOODS MERCHANTS OF MESA.
 The Agreement
 We the undersigned dry goods. gents furnishing and shoe merchants of Mesa. Arizona. hereby agree that on and after August l, 1915 we shall give no discounts whatever outside of the above lines of business. except on the wholesale orders.
 We also agree to keep our places of business closed on Sundays and agreed holidays.
 We further agree that on and after August l. 1915. we will do no credit business but will run our businesses on a strictly cash basis.
 We still further agree to close our places of business at s: 30 D. m during the summer months. except on Satur- day nights.
 Signed
 LESC R-SPILLSBURY co.
 per J. w. Lesueur mgr
 THE TOGGERY INC.
 Per Geo. A Jamison
 JARRETT-BL co.
 C. c. Jarrett
 CHAS. F. ROBERTSON.
 Following is the agreement entered into by the above merchants. and also Hart and Johnson. Tn addition to cut ting out the credit feature of their business, the merchants are going to stop the extending of discounts.
 We, the undersigned merchants. dealers in dry goods. shoes. gents fur nlshlnSs, hereby agree that on and after August 1, 1915, we will give no discounts to anyone whatever, except to merchants and salesmen in a similar line of business as the above mentioned and we also agree to keep our busi ness closed on Sunday.
 HART &, JOHNSON.
 LESUEUR- -SPILLSBTRY CO.
 C. F. ROBERTSON.
 JARRETT BLAKE co
 THE TOGGERY INC.