The diamond drill., 1917-11-10
CASH and CARRY
SYSTEM COMING
STORES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY
& ARE SWINGING TO THAT BASIS
/ Government Price Fixing Isn't Suf.
ficientIy Clear Upon All Points
In The Business


err, market has grown OF late, espec-
tally in the matter OF meat sales, has
brought out lot OF comment from
the retailers and also from the GUS
toners. AS is generally the case,
neither side is wholly fair in their
discussion OF she matter. IL Is told
to us that some Of the retailers blame
the editor OF The Diamond Drill for
the success of the market and that we
are running the retail business in the
city by advocating any such intrusions
into the rightful realm OF the retailer
Patrons say that the market is an
index OF how they have been robbed
by the merchants; that the merchants
are making exorbitant profits out OF
the people and make a lot OF addi-
tional claims, some valid and some OF
them very unjust to the retailer.
shows Where Missing Link Is.
The retailer who berates the editor
OF The Diamond Drill, the farmer or
the man who buys from the farmer
on the market instead OF seeming the
lesson that is shown him In the exhi-
bition on Third street each Saturday
has no business in merchandising
The market is the best thing that ever
happened TO the retailer in this cih
II he would only look AZ conditions in
business light.
In the first place the exhibit en-
phatically disproves the fallacy so o.
ten repeated by the local merchants
that the people demand service for
(which they do not pay. The number
! OF people who turn out show our
merchants plainly that the people
whom they are serving for nothing
don't thank them a bit for their gen
erosity and that what they thought
was "service" isn't service at all, bu'
Erauity. unasked for and thus
unthankfuliy received
In the second place, it but en-
phasizes the protest which a portion
OF the people who are willing TO pay
for their service and want others 10
do the same have been making right
along. There is lots OF money IN
Crystal Falls and il can be kept a.
home If modern business effort l.
made to keep II here.
In the third place the money that
Is spent upon the farmers market Is
kept in circulation i'm Crystal Falls
and not sent out to Chicago and 9th
er points for dried and salt meats a.
many of the customers OF this market
are I'm the habit OF doing. II the mer
chants are awake and go after this
money they will get all of Il back from
the farmer, for he has to live and will
spend the money he takes in al the
local stores II they are right and dom
ask him TO help pay the delivery Of
goods to the mining locations or for
bad debts
So. instead of injurlng Tie mer-
chants the editor OF The Diamond
1Drill has been doing them service
Tor which they Will thank him later
on when things are re-adiusted aud
this interruption to the past order
brings new order Of things as Il
certainly will
All Business 20 New Basis.
Wholesalers and their representa-
ilves are all coming to agree that the
day isn't far distant when the new
regulations imposed by the govern
mcnt will change business all over
this nation 10 a new basis The war
Il going to revolutionize everything
s7AFh the first place. people are goinc
~ look after the pennies. Dealers
will have to begin 10 split nickles
ATe.ty soon. II they haven't done Sc
Already No man knows what the
future has in store for him and. II he
ha&1ft already started. he soon viii
start 20 take advantage OF every OPP
portunity 10 safeguard himself againr.
the future. The extravaganza of The
American people Is going to have an
awful dent put into Il by this war and
me food shortages The doctrine
which has heen IN evidence. "Kce5
t,e price MP people have 10 eat" q.
rhhnr 10 bring dealers into disrcpufo
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