The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-02-22
PAY UP WEEK"
TO Be NATIONAL
Everybody viii BE Asked To Settle
February 10 to -.
BUSINESS MEN BACK THE MOVE
All Around Settling OF Accounts
Contemplated During Week of the
Movement, Which Began at Wau-
kon, Wis.--Idea Has Been Gain
ing Strength Throughout the Cou-
ntry.

national pay up week Will be OBJ
served throughout the United States
from Feb. 10 to Feb. "a. During
these days the pay as you go" idea,
which has been gaining strength
throughout the country for several
years, will be boosted by civic and
commercial organizations everywhe-
re.
The object of pay up week is to
promote better business relations be-
tween buyer and seller, or. to be
more specific, between the retail mer
chant and the consumer.
Benefits All Concerned.
1t is generally recognized that
while credits have their place in the
larger business affairs the pay as
you go" method is morel beneficial
to both the retailer and his custo-
mer. Cash payments enable the
merchant to sell his goods at a more
reasonable price and at the same
time prevent tying up his money in
merchandise which must be given
out on credit On the other hand,
the buyer benefits by cheaper pur-
chases and at the same time has the
comfort of not having bills hanging
over his head.
National pay up week is further
more based on the conviction that
once year at least citizens should
make systematic effort to put their
business affairs in shape.
The movement is an effort to get
each community to set time each
year in which men shall settle one
with the other and get their business
bearings, so as intelligently to carry
on the work of the new year. Bust
ness is so intricate and complex that
one mans business success depends
upon the cooperation of those with
whom he deals in business way.
If one man pays his bills the one
who is paid can do likewise, and so
an endless chain is set in motion
and improves business conditions all
around.
The first community to institute a
pay up week" was the town of Wau
kon, Wis. Following the lead Of the
business men there, other towns
have taken up the idea until today
ii represents a formidable movement
Chance to Win Purse.
Because of advantages Waukon
merchants saw in the pay up week"
idea they instituted the Commercial
club and put up "a purse OF $50, to
go to those that should pay their ac-
counts. Then in each statement
sent out a little slip was placed. The
merchants sent out about 5000 sta
tements, and as result something
over 1000 accounts were settled. In
addition to this. they made an appeal
to the community spirit through the
papers.
''If all the accounts owed were
paid prosperity for the coming year
would be assured" and other things
of the same tenor were stated. Then
they had big window cards, do It
Today" Settle Your Accounts, "
etc. On the payment of an account
the merchant gave a ticket, and this
entitled the holder to a chance on
the $50 in gold. As a result over
$4,000 was paid during pay up
week"
Judged from the good results OBJ
tanned in Waukon, the benefits OF
national pay up week" have become
apparent to business men every
where, and they are giving them
hearty cooperation to make national
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