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Show Bad Deb s. Suppose each retail merchant should make out a list of bad debts incurred during the past ten years, would uot the amount be very considerable? con-siderable? This deplorable state of affairs is due largely to the little jealousies which, exist between be-tween those in the same line of trade. These little differences afford af-ford a leverage which is utilized by deadbeats, (who by right should be on the "black list") and by making them a study, they are enabled, en-abled, with a reasonable amount of tact, to secure credit from a merchant mer-chant who is over-zealous to sell a bill for fear his competitor might ' make a nickel . In this way a dealer will find certain accounts growing in size, until finally the end comes; he becomes alarmed and askes for a settlement This is pietended to be taken as a personal per-sonal insult by the credit customer, and he straightway accepts the longed-for excuse, and goes elsewhere elsew-here to seek a new victim. The laws are largely in favor of the dead-beat dead-beat and against the merchant The latter must pay for the goods he buys or bo closed up by the wholesaler, yet at the same time in many inisances he cannot collect col-lect what is due him. Business men generally ore waking up to the advantages to be derived from organization, more especially against tliisclass of robbers than anything else, but other benefits ensue from co-operation and mutual mut-ual intercourse. It is, of course, important to sell goods, but it is equally important to know that their money value will be received. Too many failures in business can bo directly traced to carelessness or slack methods in granting credit. Stationer and Printer. |