Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-01-13
PAY.UP WEEK

The business men OF Pullman,
following the example Of many COM
munities in all parts of the United
States, have inaugurated a Pay-Up
Week, and have fixed the time as
January IA to 81.
There is no better plan OF start
ing off the business of a new year
than by squaring up, as far as posi-
Bile, the debts which one owes. 1t
will not only benefit the person who
does it. but it will also benefit the
whole community The payment of
one debt often means the settlement
Of several debts in the immediate
neighborhood because, as a rule, any
MAJ who extends credit must ask
credit from someone else, When he
collects money due him he uses the
money to pay someone he owes and
quite frequently, after passing
through several hands and cancelling
an equal number of debts. the money
will come back to the person who
first paid it,
4 persons failure to pay his bills
is usually due to one of three causes
Either he carelessly forgets about
them, or he wants to keep his money
for some other purpose, or he has
no money with which to pay them.
The first two reasons are worse than
no excuse at all for not meeting one s
obligations.
Anyone who neglects to settle a
bill which he has incurred simply
because of Carelessness is injuring
himself as we'll as inconveniencing
the person to whom he owes the
money. He is impairing his own
reputation and credit and is putting
his creditor to the trouble and ex-
pense of keeping book account and
of making out and mailing frequent
statements.
The person who has the money to
settle an obligation which he has
contracted but fails to do it because
he wants to use or keep the money
for some other purpose is not dealing
fairly either with himself or with
his creditor. He is cultivating habits
OF selfishness. dishonesty and disre-
gard for the rights of others which,
If persisted in, are certain to under
mine his own character, and he is
deliberately betraying the confidence
of the man who trusted him and is
appropriating that mans credit to
his own use.
person may not be able to meet
his obligations because he has been
unable to collect accounts due him
or because of unfortunate circum-
stances beyond his control. In the
first case he should make every pos
sible effort to get in enough money
to pay his bills and not drift along
on the theory that when his debtors
feel disposed to settle with him he
will settle with his own creditors.
This is simply an evasion of response
bility. A man who cannot pay his
bills because of misfortune or I'M
forseen circumstances should so to
every one he owes and make frank
statement OF his condition, instead
OF trying to dodge his creditors or
stand them off with promises which
he has no reasonable prospect OF
keeping. He will feel better for
telling them the facts and they will
feel better toward him.
II everyone in this community will
make an energetic and earnest effort
to pay up his or her bills during the
week OF January Ii to 21, the finan-
cial atmosphere will be greatly
cleared and everybody will be feel
ing more cheerful and confident
Paying up bills has such won.
derful effect in bracing up the per.
son who does it that the fixing OF a
week in which TO make a special eff.
fort to settle accounts is fully iusti.
fled
VIM GOODYEAR.