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Show U 1 Old System Musi Go Commencing today, one of tho lending lend-ing mercantile houses In Plpasant Grove will go onto cash basis. Tlie old er.dlt nstcm will bo discorded. This is one of tho most importnnt movements that has been Inaugurated Inaugurat-ed in n long time, and we understand that two other houses will follow Bull on February 1st. It will be 0 rude awakening to the man who is accustomed to telephoning telephon-ing or sending a child for whatever his fancy suggests, and then settling settl-ing up when tho crops wore harvested, harvest-ed, or the now calf was marketed. Hut why should tlie merchant carry a lot or deud beats and mako the man who pays cash pay for the profits that the merchants must have? If a man buys a bill of goods and pays for them n yeur later, the merchant has to pay his banker eight per cent for tho ubo of the money with which tho goods woro purcliasod. This wipes out the merchant's profit on tho bill that I charged, and ho must mako It from tho man who pays cash. This Is not Inking Into account tho man who has Ills bill charged and then never pays. N'o man has n right to nsk tho merchant mer-chant to lend him a bill of goods for two or six months nny moro than he has the right to ask his banker to lend him cash for the same length of time. It means tho same thing. Tlie Golden Rule Stores, and others who are selling on the cash basis, will oventuloay compel all tho business busi-ness houses to follow suit or go out of business. |