The diamond drill., 1918-01-05
MERCHANTS ADOPT
CASH and CARRY
SYSTEM WILL BE PUT INTO EFFECT
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
NO COOPERATIVE DELIVERY
Merchants Will Deliver Their Own
Goods and Charge Five Percent
For Doing So

For Doing So
The grocery merchants of Crystal
Falls agreed at their meeting held
last Wednesday night at city hall to
adopt cash and carry system
All Of the directors and managers Of
the different stores were present TO
listen to the report of the committee
which had been appointed to inyesti
gate the question Of a change in meth
DDS of doing business, and every
phase of the subject was thoroughly
discussed by the representatives.
The committee made its report on
cooperative delivery and the propo-
sition didn't seem 10 strike the mem
bers favorably at all, for it was de-
cided not TO attempt to combine de-
livery at the present time. The CO.
operative delivery question involved
a lot of snarly questio and seemed
to be such a large undertaking that
Il was thought best to do one thing
at time and do Il we'll
Must Pay For What You Get.
SO, the attention was turned to a
scheme whereby the merchants might
make the public pay for what each
person gets in service 1t was de-
cided to make the prices OF all goods
on the counter for cash.
If customer wished 10 run an ac-
count he will be charged per cent.
This two per cent is to pay the cost
of bookkeeping and the bad debts
that accrue in the years business.
In other words. the fellow who runs
an account with any grocery store IN
this city hereafter will help pay the
bookkeeper and all the bad debts
The store men figure that two per
cent is the amount Of that item Of
cost
II the customer wishes TO have his
goods delivered as well as have them
charged, he will pay an additional
charge OF per cent which the mer-
chants figure Is the cost Of delivering
their goods to all parts Of the city
and to the mining locations.
4 Concrete Example.
Say. John Doe is a miner, living IN
the city and his grocery bill amounts
to $50 per month on the average un
der the present arrangement Mo
Doe can save $4.25 per month. or SOL
per year by going to the store, buy
ing his goods and paying cash for
them as he buys. II person buys in
bulk, say $40 worth OF goods at
time the saving will loom up bigger
than II the purchase is only for few
cents worth at a time.
To Limit Deliveries.
The number Of deliveries will be
limited The committee hasn't made
out schedule satisfactory TO all, so
we cannot say just how the deliver
les will run, but there will he an an
nouncement made I'm these columns
perhaps next week. telling Just how
the goods will be delivered AZ the sew
eral locations and TO the different
sections OF the city.
II Is planned to have but two de-
liyeries per day In the city and one
or less 10 the several locations
Housewives who are In the habit o
ordering half a pound OF cheese or
pound Of crackers at fifteen minute.
20 6 o'clock viii find that they can"
gct their orders delivered II will b
necessary fer the women OF the CT
TO have regular times for ordering
their goods II they wish to have ther
delivered
Feeds and hulk stun will carry
more OF a charge than the ave eagc
run of groceries. and no stop viii be
made for less than cent. which
means nye-cent purchase. as Il FIRE
quently made will cost double the
price when delivered al the house.
The merchants wish 20 have tho
people visit the stores and carry thei'
goods away II will simplify matterf
very much. but they recognize that Il
viii be necessary TO deliver In many
cases. People who visit the stores
buy their goods, pay cash and carry
their purchases home will not onIv