The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-08-10
.PAY-UP Week AN
ORGANIZED MOVEMENT

magic words are such, because the
great majority of the people do not
understand its meaning
The word prosperity has been a
political watchword and catch word
for generations. Great contests have
been waged around II because of its
magic influence over the popular
mind
But the people of this country are
realizing more and more that pros
perity is not thing to be had by
resolutions or by decree nor alto
gether by legislation, but II comes
through action of the people in keep
ing moving the medium OF prosper
ity, which Is our money.
We are a credit people. This ma
tion is possibly the greatest credit
nation on the face of the earth. The
great bulk of our business Is done
on credit. We credit one another:
the manufactures credits the mer-
chant; the merchant credits his Gus
toner; the professional man credits
his customers and client: and so on
through every avenue OF our whole
business institutions, we find credit
the one outstanding characteristic.
Credit is a great thing, too. but
like other good things II is some
times abused, and where II is abused
or mlsused II becomes detrment
rather than a factor In upbulld'ng
the business OF a city, town or COM
.muuity
The man who uses credit judicious-
ly In his business ~ an asset to his
community, but the man who mis-
uses his credit is a detriment to the
general business welfare OF his COM
munity, and yet there are great
many people who misuse their credit
unintentionally but with bad affect
nevertheless.
We as n people and a nation are so
big, rich and prosperous that we have
failed In our development to consider
some very essential things. and the
matter OF credit is one OF them. But
as our business grows In volume and
the matter OF credit Is coming more
and more to be recognized as a tangl- |
ble asset, II Is being found necessary
HlNa lhA Of
payment OF accounts more careful
and week has been |
set aside TO be known as National !
Pay-Up week, during which time peo- J
pie throughout the country are ask
ed TO pay their individual debts so far
as possible and in this way Increase
the prosperity OF the entire country.
This extraordinary and laudable
is being conducted by an
association of business men that is
unique In character. The National
Association OF Merchants Trade Jour
nal Readers Is. as the name might 4
suggest, national association OF 4
business men. These men are In 4
lividually interested In the general
prosperity OF their respective towns
nd communities. and as these men
re In business In practically every
own and city OF any consequence In
his entire country, this movement
o promote the payment of debts dur
ng the one week of October End to
th inclusive, will at once be nation
l and local, and being such every
'an aud woman in the entire coun- a
~ should be interested in IT, d
National Pay-Up Week is not a b
'oyement to promote greater buy ri
*, but IL Is a movement to promote b
lore systematic payment OF debts.
lac person who pays his debts dur b
~ National Pay-Up Week is not b
ecessarily buying more goods, but b
is simply paying for goods that n
ave been purchased; and not only la
dsiness men, but everyone else-the a
inister, the teacher, the lawyer, the n
Dctor, the farmer. the laborer, are n
! interested either directly or in n
reetly in this great nationwide
ovement,
Every professional man has an in =,
rest in the material prosperity of >,
ose about him because he is serv-
< them. Every minister in every
Iurch is interested in the material =,
'osperity of his people. and indeed
ose in other churches and those of -.
e community who belong to no -
urch. because 1t requires money to
nduct the activities of a church, 70
I'd the teacher is interested. too, be- Nv
use it requires money to finance '"
g educational institutions of this ~
untry. And anything that will :"
use the people OF town and COM "