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Show j' Buying On Installment ': Automobile and household equipment constitute the bulk : of the commodities that are bought on the installment plan, t). according to Guy H. Hulse, secretary of the National Retail ,,: Credit Association. r The annual installment business of the United States, Mr. Hulse reveals, runs around $6,500,000,000 an amazing J; sum. Fully $3,500,000,000 of this goes for automobiles. Radios are in second place, with an even billion dollars ; elec- 1 trie refrigerators come next, with $800,000,000, and vacuum !, cleaners follow with $700,000,000. The nature of the articles bought on the installment system shows how small is the risk involved. An auto, a radio, an electric refrigerator or a vacuum cleaner makes i excellent security for the house that advances the money. V And the system unquestionably makes for a far wider dis-1 dis-1 tribution of these articles than would otherwise be possible- |