Show Dui sand and ee Releases Report Sanpete Businesses released by D D. D E. E Smith district manager of the Salt Lake City office of Dunand Dun Dunand Dunand and Bradstreet Inc reflect the trend of the business population population pop pop- in Sanpete County during the past year Figures obtained from a physical count of the Dun and Bradstreet Reference Book for January 1952 totaled wholesalers and retailers in inthis inthis this area The Dun and Bradstreet Reference Book lists all manufacturers manufacturers man man- wholesalers and retailers who seek or grant commercial credit It does not include some of the service and professional businesses such as beauty and barber barbershops barbershops barbershops shops security dealers and andreal andreal andreal real estate brokers Therefore the figures for businesses in Sanpete County would actually actually actu actu- ally be higher than the quoted above The Dun Bradstreet Reference Reference Ref Ref- Book which is the worlds world's largest regularly published published published pub pub- volume is revised every every ev eVe ery cry sixty days to keep the o t- t 4 m do r iI business listings current During During Dur Dur- ing the past sixty days nearly new names were added to the Reference Book and almost were removed During the period credit ratings ratings rat rat- ings were changed on more than business enter enter- Using the Dun and Bradstreet Bradstreet Brad Brad- street Reference Book listings as a guide it is interesting to review what has happened in the four principal county communities Jan 62 Jan 61 Jan 60 EPHRAIM 37 36 35 GUNNISON 35 41 36 MANTI 41 45 45 45 MT PLEASANT 44 44 48 As one phase in revising credit reports and keeping them date up-to-date Dun and Bradstreet Inc through its national network of offices writes every year to all businesses businesses busi busi- nesses in the Reference Book their fInan financial ial state state- I t i. i t row f. f I ments This year these requests requests re reo quests are being sent to approximately approximately ap ape proximately three million businesses businesses businesses bus bus- to the corner grocery grocery grocery gro gro- cery store worth a few thousand thou thou- thousand sand dollars as well as to the businesses worth millions When the ow owner er or officer of a business enterprise or his accountant fills out and mails his financial statement to Dun Dunand Dunand Dunand and Bradstreet it becomes apart a apart apart part of the credit report on his business and a factor in determining the credit rating of his business Each Reference Book listing Is a condensed summary of the information contained inthe in inthe inthe the Dun and Bradstreet credit report The report includes a history of the business a description description description de de- of what the business does and how Jt t does it a financial fi- fi financial financial fi fi- section which usually includes the latest financial statement and a record of how the business pays its bills Credit reports are primarily primar primar- ily used by businessmen who want to evaluate the credit risk of a business before shipping shipping ship ship- ping or selling 5 J f t |