The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-12-11
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Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union. }
| It has been said that three-fourths
or nine-tenths. or some such big pro-
( portion-the exact figures do not mat
ter-of the business of the world is
there wouldn't be much business done
for no currency system could be de-
vised that would furnish enough money
10 meet the needs of commerce. if ev-
cry article sold had to be paid for in
.actual cash. The amount of money In
circulation in the United States is only
Si7 per capita and this would not go
very far if everyone had to keep
enough cash on hand TO pay for all
that he might buy.
The greatest OF financlers need cred
1t. They keep their resources employ
ed and at times are in need of ready
cash The same thing Is true at times
of men OF smaller mems. The credit
system, as ii is used sometimes. espe-
cially in the smaller communities. is
abused and works a serious hardship
upon the business men OF the town.
Some merchants, to avoid the loss that
results from such abuse of the system
or possibly 10 enable them TO sell
goods nj lower price than their com
petitors operate strictly on n cash ba-
sis, hut the great ma jorlty Of NOR
chants in every community give those
customers who are responsible and
honest the privilege Of n charge ac-
count and the chances are that some
sort of a credit system. properly safe
guarded. Will always continue to be a
feature of legitimate trade.
Ask Catalogue House for Credit.
You who have reputation in your
community for being nj least fairly re-
sponSibIe and upright know that when
you desire IL or need IL you can obtain
credit from at least some of the rner-
chants in your town. But some time
when you are in need of some article
of merchandise and are a little short
OF ready money. order what you want
from a mail order house in Chicago or
some other city and ask them to please
charge ii till the first of the month.
The experiment win he Interesting. at
least. and the answer that You receive
may cause you te give little thought
To rhe difference between trading with
the mail order house in some fnr-off
city and buying from the merchants in
your own horne town.
Some mail order concerns are now
operating so-csiled credit system. but
il is not credit system such rs is
maintained hy most retail merchants
These mail order houses will sell Ger
tain merchandise on the installment
plan. hur they not only demand m
inf al =
purchaser 10 sign Il contract which
operates rs a mortgage not only on the
merchandise purchased. but upon any
other property that the customer may
possess. There is nothing in this
system that bears any similarity 10 the
open credit system that is used by
the majority of retail merchants
There are some other requests you
might make of the mail order man
when the occasion arises and the re-
sponses might he equally interesting.
For instance. you. Mrs. Farmer. who
baueht that box Of groceries from The
catalogue houSe last month. might
write the manager and ask him IN huy
your butter and eggs. Of course, it
wonld he considerable more trouble to
pack them Tor shipment TO the city
than ii is 70 take them in 70 your To-
cal grocer. who is always ready 70
pay you the market price for them. hut
then maybe the mail order man would
ray you enough more than the market
price 10 pay YOU for the extra trouble.
And then again. maybe he wouldn't.
And. then. there is that moving
machine that you, Mr.. Farmer, hnve
been figuring on trading in for new
machine Suppose You write ia the
inail order man from whom you hought
that wire fencing and ask him what
he win allow You for your old machine
on trade for new Que. OF course.
the local hardware dealer in the town
where You find market far your farm
products will allow You n fair price
for your old machine, hut what'S the
use Of asking him 10 do 1t. The mail
order man surely viii he glad 10 %
that much for you. viii he not? Yes,
he viii not.
List Is Endless.
There are good many things the
mail order man viii not do for you.
The list would be too long 20 crowd
into one issue Of newspaper He
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