The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1918-04-18
cash AND CARRY"
Hn.N 4 SAVING
ELIMINATE COST OF DELIVERY
SYSTGM AND CUTS OUT
CRGCiT LOSSES.
opportunity For Community Workers
TO Establish Plan Everywhere by
er'n9irS About Understanding Be.
tween Storekeepers and Customers.

Bringing About UNDERSTANDING Re.
tween Storekeepers and Customers
fa!r and even moderate prices of
lood and food products these day. az
abnormal conditions are so greatly in.
creased over prices which were stand.
ara year or two years ago that many
i'ouSeReepers whose family purses
nave not been fattened in proro,tjo;
10 the advance in prices are CxDerienc.
ing difficulty in providing. even with
r'gld economy. the necessities OF life.
ana many others are stretching the
weekly or monthly allowances over
these periods only by taking advau-
tase OF every opportunity to save
Inc retailers are. as a general rule
se!Ang at prices which give them no
iaofe than a reasonable profit above
cost and expenses OF operation t.
which they are entitled: but ono of
the big items figured in cost is the OK.
pense OF credit and delivery. This ex.
pehSe is OF course greater in larger
ceiters, bat even i'll the small com.
muni;ics il IS a Gnctor which con.
. tributes to making food and foodstufrs.
already dear. even dearer to the cor.
suner
Any Plan wh"rebv the retailer rnsv
be 'H'hled 20 ! f.cl nr,du,rs cv,~
a fraction chcan.r withou. cv,..,., inf.
tn" reasonable pr,ljt 70 which he j.
entities and which 10 mast re.essa,
iiy h"'e 20 ra'r'rn himself in bus:
H''.. VIII. o. ''y 'r welcomed
~ j - tin ,.'.. and the Consume
o. -s"aa"'. .-. Tho "". - ana C.,
~ r."n. wl.,r is h-i-r .an.3Tod t-
..' .i .h' .,"ra. cities o: the cor:
~ would appear % commend itself.
The Cash and Carry" piail-whiel,
Is simply the doing away with deliv.
eEIeS 5" far rs that is practicable.
and T1y'rH cash not only eliminates
the one expense OF delivering ones
goods at his kitchen door. but also
n" more considerable expense cf
bookkeeping, credit and collections.
or " II the greatest is that OF credit,
81 term always implies a Ger.
tain pc entago 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
food products. IL they might have the
cooperation Of their customers on the
cash and Carry" plan which would
mean that the customer would either
call at or send to the store, pay cash
for the goods purchased, and carry
the goods hcme with him. In the
handling Of heavy goods there must,
o. coUr@'. he deliveries made.
AS GH example OF what saving can
be ch"C'ei through the Cash and
Car. p,aA. one G. the largest dairies
in tn" United States operates 1875 milk
Sos CT depots in New York CITY
Tim D.g dairy corporation recently
advertised what is termed "the bigger
service, and annO"2cci that on A"g'.
1st the Cash and Garry" plan w..
become operative. TO al those ""
carry Their containers TO any one q.
~" lS1 milk are.. miiS : s,old at -
cents d quart. for cash. II tho m'lk :
delivered AZ he corporation Is viii. ::
TO do il that should be preferred. ~.
price for thH s"Ei, grade OF mi.N
- cents 4 quar-; Through the &C
and Carry" ran tho consumer sav.
fear C"":s a Quart
Ah".h": system of food stores IN
the metropolis. operating or the "Ca4h
and Carry" plan. will. on each o..
dollars worth OF goods purchased
S.Ve the customer "A cents either IL.
cash or in additional goods. il the Gus.
toner will carry his purchases with
him and have the stores the expense
of delivery. fourteen cents on the dol.
lar is certainly worth saving.