The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-04-18
cash AND CARRY
PLAN A SAVING
ELIMINATE COST OF DELIVERY
SYSTEM AND CUTS OUT
CREDIT LOSSES.
Opportunity For Community Workers
to Establish Plan Everywhere by
Bringing About Understanding Be-
tween Storekeepers and Customers.

/ ONucTSIanOtnQ
tween Storekeepers and Customers.
Fair and even moderate prices of
food and food products these days of
abnormal conditions are so greatly in.
creased over prices which were stand.
ard year or two years ago that many
housekeepers whose family purses
have not been fattened In proportion
to the advance In prices are experienc.
ing difficulty in providing even with
rlgld economy, the necessities Of life,
and many others are stretching the
weekly or monthly allowances over
these periods only by taking advan-
tage Of every opportunity to save.
The retailers are, as a general rule,
selling at prices which give them no
more than reasonable profit above
cost and expenses Of operation to
which they are entitled; but one of
the big items figured in cost is the ex-
pense of credit and delivery. This ex-
pense is OF course greater in larger
centers, but even in the small com.
munities 1t is a factor which con.
tributes to making food and foodstuffs,
already dear, even dearer to the con.
sumer
Any plan whereby the retailer may
be enabled to sell food products even
a fraction cheaper without cutting into
the reasonable profit to which he Is
entitled and which he must necessar-
lily have to maintain himself in busi-
ness. will, undoubtedly. be welcomed
by both the retailer and the consumer
everywhere; and the Cash and Car
ry' plan. which Ia being employed in
| some OF the larger cities Of the coun-
| try would appear to commend itself.
The Cash and Garry" plan-which
is simply the doing away with deliv-
| cries so far as that is practicable,
| and paying cash not only eliminates
| the one expense Of delivering ones
goods at his kitchen door, but also
the more considerable expense of
bookkeeping, credit and collections,
| or which the greatest is that of credit,
since that term always implies a Ger.
tain percentage Of losses, which must
likewise be figured in by the mer.
chant. else he could not continue in
business very long. In other words,
the man who does not pay his bill pen.
!, aliZes the man who does pay.
, 1t would appear that in any com
munity the retail merchants would
, willingly give their customers the
benefit Of these costs--of delivery and
credit-cutting down the prices OF
= 1000 products. IL they might have the
cooperation OF their customers on the
: Cash and Carry, plan. which would
mean that the customer would either
4 call at or send to the store, pay cash
= for the goods purchased, and carry
e the goods home with him. In the
e handling Of heavy goods there must
= Of course, be deliveries made.
I AS an example Of what saving car
+ be effected through the Cash and
q Carry plan, one Of the largest dairies
in the United States operates 1875 milk
stores or depots in New York CITY
3 This big dairy corporation recentl,
advertised what is termed "the bigge,
e service and announced that on Apri
1st tho Cash and Garry" plan woult
4 become operative. To all those who
!. carry their containers to any one O
the 1S5 milk stores. milk is stold at II
cents a quart. for cash. II the milk 4.
delivered, as the corporation is willinf
to do If that should be preferred. The
. price for the same grade Of milk /.
IA cents quart. Through the "Easf
. and Garry" pan the consumer sayel
II four cents q quart.
Another system OF food stores II
9 the metropolis, operating on the "Casl
e and Carry" plan, will, on each on,
! dollars worth Of goods purchased
give the customer IA cents either II
cash or in additional goods. IL the Gus
toner will carry his purchases will
him and have the stores the expens
Of delivery, fourteen cents on the dol
lar Is certainly worth saving.
| PLANT WAR GARDENS.