Show Start the Ball Soiling One of the causes of the stringency in financial and business circles which is being complained of so loudly is the neglect ne-glect of people to pay their honest debts Many of these are but trifling perhaps but in the agcregate they make a large sum If everybody who owes anything would make an effort to pay up considerable consid-erable money would be put into circulation circula-tion and great relief would be the natural consequence Failures in business are chiefly due to this neglect to pay what thou owest The credit system cannot be abolished It might be greatly curtailed but the commercial relations of the world are such that credit is absolutely essential within certain limits Goods are bought by dealers on time and perhaps per-haps this must be so in many instances It is not that which we refer to so much as the individual credit system and tho neglect of individuals to pay what they owe to each other and to the business houses with which they deal At the theatre a short timeago when it was crowded in every part and a trashy performance had drawn the great multitude multi-tude it was remarked that there seemed to be plenty of money in city judging from that audience Yes said a gentleman in reply and there are a lot of people here who owe me and cant pay and under his breath he continued There are some here that I owe and I cant pay them t If a general reform in this particular could be inaugurated it would be of great financial benefit If each debtor would make an effort to pay what he owes a salutary sal-utary change would take place in money matters business would be stimulated and activity would succeed the present lamented stagnation everybody make an effort A little money set in motion and kept in circulation has a widespread I effect and all classes of the community reap a portion of its benefits Pay your honest debts I |