The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-03-24
To Our Many Cust0mers:-
Dear Friend:-

Dear Friend:
On rsbru"yl 1916 this company changed its manner of dng business to practically a cash
basis Youw ng get the benefit of the change. W want to naheh dearto yvu that you do reap a
real bene6, whcht sH the purpose of this letter to explain
First eethf rmy in your mind that whenyo you pay cash you get the benefit ina cash discount
five sell for cash. we can pay cash for our goods and can buy them chnper;t thus we can at
fore to sell cheaper forh paying cash We too gta dhcmt We not only get this cash dMaount
more m cmn1 thna cash msnss -md nn ,ntn means mnms m+ns aG ~n%mat ' nmes
than you have you have to pay interest to get it, dom yu? That's it in a nutshell Now, in putt
ting our business on practically cash mh we have tm edHsintm opvzt5rsu make to you bus
mess propositions hatw ii pay you interest on Every dollar that was spend with u.s.: And right here
we mays say that this proposition has beer in force for two months mdh has met with hnt sue
cess. We tried it once befo~ several y@sa o butt did not york them but it does now and the
customers @et eng US every day that they like it and wish that had been in force long ago. that
is their own unprecedented opinion and 50 We are going to tell cache yuS that u. can see your
Cash oh" No. l. We WILL give 20" per cent discount for spa cash on day Of sale On anil
purchases excepting the following: acr sugar. kerosene gasoline and farm produce Get that?
Well then in orer" r receive this discount the customer must not have any bs 2"days @a mote
paste due. Ts. may seem hard to youb but tits more hnmt than ome Of the wh%eae houses are
with u.s. form der to @to rd iaount from wholesale house We must pay within ten days from
teda Of their invoice in other words we mtp pay fr~ What we buy good many days bene wcre
cde@ the goods Now you @: lilo" will save by paving csh?' Well if YOU no paste due &C.
v,u VIII r% ~~%a H. * s %sxt % ht xwn M ~ go" umrh t m1 m1 y n ~v 1 uo n a~mt ~, %~
or. There sm money for you in this cash offer TO- which pays yun the me basis as banks pay
you certificate of deposit 5 per cntdh discounts the same as 50 per cent Interest for one year.
Cash Offer No 2 Dur second pop@hionS to allow 3p@'c t discount or dAao day bills if
paid or before the 10th hy of the following montn (t on the eleventh day. however,.
Cash Offer Nos Our third proposition to allow you pay your d"sateodays net with
out INTEREST," if paid dMn 8 days of the first of the month otf four d~D. Auhms must be settled
Credit A Convenience
When all said and done, theb best that can be said u.s. that is convenient. Credit is largely
responsible or the high cost of Evmg:
tba buAnessp rovrbt that the nan with the cash buys the cheapest Every man who
gets Ms.e letter no matte what his business, knows this:
Our Quality Store price, service and dependable good" re known you as honest fair and
helpful With this change to & practically cash basis, you Wilt more than ever glad to trade
with US md peasdw with our goods and our services
DO little figuring f%y Yourself. whether you are a big buyer a little buyer the facts
am figures ien above show you mL genuine ah:n-hands saving here
Letus add that while we do not inmd to cmtal or refuse credit in thief FUTURE to the deserv
ing. we must and will insist upon adfeentp procedure in setng open accounts within ten days or
at the most 60 lays. We shall ask settlement from our credit customers as above stated.
While we there's strictly to the foregoing we wish to give you our cordial assurance that any
coresNsw w can &tend you will be cheefuNy accorded in the futne asn the past
Sincerely,
Yours for Business mSvna
Thew H. Peck, Co.,
(Nk Money By Borrowing IT,
:. s, Borrow money at 10 percent hanH at Sc pewert nothing to lose everything to gain
You can get into the money kanng class with your first prcme at our EQUALITY Store This letter
explain fully our cash syst,n which went into effect on hef std lay Of Fehual9l6. 1t explains
the many advantages it gives u.s. as uy~sa and how your cash purchases enables US to extend cash
benefits yu the purchaser
Your Bnkm will gladly ba1 you money at percent We will gladly pay you the equivalent
alto percent That you can ID lily grasp You lean figure it ou. You cannot jWge figures to
bring any Other result Show his to your bankel let him fNWet OF tfry you
W. are simply offering you thu advantages Of cash discount. which works both way; tyon
advantages and to ours as WE'LL Your paving cash enabesu to ryc cash, Wen we pay cash W get
adEounta and we simply pass ts advantage On to you That's all hreS to it, Read the letter
carefully.
Remember too that this h d. suuntn given on the same Quality Store service prices and