Show ip PAWN A WN SHOP BUSINESS f SHOWS IMPROVEMENT Arrival of Better Times Is Welcomed by Uncle Says Detective The old belief that when times Umes are hard dad will pawn everything f from rom om baby's shoes to the family scrubbing scrub scrub- bing Ing bing brush to fill the pantry shelves Is all wrong according to Detective Walter W. W Griffin Griftin head of the police detail pawn pawnshop awn shop In fact its it's just the antithesis in the opinion pinion of ot Detective Griffin who daily aily visits visit all pawn shops and sec sea and ond nd hand stores in Salt Lake City 1 As all other businesses the pawn pawnshop pawnshop shop hop and second hand industry industry has suffered during the depression Mr Griffin said There have been far fewer ewer articles turned in at those places laces during the last four years than during luring previous times Then too loans on articles have dropped off oU to approximately third one-third of the pre pre- depression volume Mr Griffin who has been checkIng check check- Ing ng on the shops for more than a decade decade was puzzled over the peculiar situation himself until only recently I couldn't figure out why people let ct up on pawning during the depression depression de- de years I thought that if it there here was any time when unemployed would rush to the shops to swap articles for money it would be during hard lard times limes But Bur I was was enlightened just the other day when a fellow came into a pawn shop for a loan on some trinket He explained that he could afford to turn in his watch on n a loan now noty for he was wac sure he could obtain the money to pay for the theoan loan oan and interest in the near future whereas a year or two ago he could see ee only forfeiture It seems as If it people will starve before they'll pee peel off of their jewelry for cash The detective also pointed out that he ic found less Ics lc stolen goods at pawn pawnshops pawnshops shops hops during the depression years than han In previous times But business is starting starling to pick up at t all of the city's 14 pawn shops shops' Mr Griffin said sad Its Ils a sure sign that hat the depression is leaving us More people are asking for lor loans and pawn awn shop men are arc getting rid of a alot alot lot ot of dust dust covered co cred articles that have unsold for years During the he depths of the depression a pawn pawnshop pawnshop shop hop man considered business good if I he made three loans a day but now the he shops are arc known to make near nearly 10 0 loans on good days das Y I II I 4 L N Walter Valter W. W Griffin |