The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1919-12-20

itV to Whatever Will H-lP tHS PND7
lie to complete its commercial trans
actions with the greatest promptness
and the least expense. ANY group L
men who seek the patronage OF tie
public but who abuse IL by setI"g
nm their own personal interests -
first and being opposed to the geE-
eraI good, should be required 10
nromptly change their tactics CT hrd
their patronage shifting to ot"e-5'
Our manufacturers, merchants ar~
farmers, should require CONFORMITY
TO those methods which leave the
largest net results by reducing, as
far as possible, the operating cos
incident to making exchanges BE-
tween the different sections OF tie
country.
ANYONE who has shipped any pro-
duct and is entitled to g cert2lA
amount in payment, at certain
point, should say to the DEBTOR;
"You may send money, or you nay
send a check, or any other instrument
which is worth the same as the Mons
CIV. but since anything is worth e6'y
what we can get for it, you must
send some instrument from which W.
, can get the amount due-not less
amount. When you send us q check
: we will credit your account with Only
what it is worth. Certainly you car
5 not fairly ask US to credit you Win
S more than it is worth.
t "Any banker can now arrange &c
G make your checks worth one hundred
y cents on the dollar anywhere.
: "You cannot afford to put your
: name on any check that is worth
v less than its face value.
f eff your checks, drawn on your
I account at your bank, are not worth
# what your signature indicates, yoa
should transfer your account TO g
Il bank which will make your checks
is worth one hundred cents on the dol
v AR and strengthen your credit and
" the value of your signature accord
g ingly.
Al eff you prefer to continue to keeI
~ YOUR account with bank which viii
,e not honor your checks for the IN
NJ amount of your deposits bsns
10 which will not pay out on your ordel
q the full amount you have paid In
Id if you think you can afford to Keel
err your account with such bank, thoi
the least you can do is to write yca
m checks in such amounts that VIVA
ad your creditors will get for them WI
bv be the amounts you owe--and Il
ed less"
es To whatever extent these priT
CIV ciples are being disregarded, tt
mt farmers, merchants, and manual
turers of the country, and in tt
nd end, the people, are being made
in pay to these bankers tribute K
ort which no corresponding service
es- given.
Md Par collection viii be universe
ave and the Federal Reserve Banks w
ess no longer be hampered by those VI
ney now oppose it, when the busine
nd men and the public generally, unde
nse stand what it really means to thel
or It will mean that any good che
re- YOU receive will be worth one hu
itch red cents on the dollar and that wis
Iect ever it costs to make them so "
be- be a matter to be settled betwe
is the persons signing them and
has bankers on whom they are drawn.
,out It will mean the elimination OF
lot of unnecessary steps and the
With pense of them, with the correspoi
, at ing reduction Of the cost Of eve
and thing upon which. the unnecess'
,hey tribute has been paid.
unts The business men Of the Unf
heir States have been overly good
tured, patient, and long-sufering
.orn- this connection, and it is time t
! to one and all should insist upon I
they versal conformity to the meth
orm- established by the Federal Ress
pub Board.