Show ASI F MAIL ORDER HOUSE Interesting 1 R Results Might Be Ob Obtained b- b tamed b by Making Ce Certain rte i n I II I Requests I t 1 LOGAl MERCHANTS LOCAL I a HElPFUl f I h I Do o AtI AM All the Thin Things gs for tor the Pp P People ee pl le of I Their yo Community That th the e Catalogue a Concerns WillI Will Not Do I Cop w News Newspaper aper P Union o i It has bas been heen said that three fourths three or tenths nine pI or some sonie 1 such bi big pro pro- the the exact e x ct figure b el do not mute matter mut- mut mat of ter-of ter of the business Jf r the worl Is ls Isilone done ilone on credit If this was not true r there would wouldn't lt be bc much business ss dont for no system m could coula be devIsed devised devised de de- that would furnish enough money to to meet the needs o ot of commerce if every every ev O ery ery article sold had to be he paid for in actual cash The amount of money T In hn circulation in the United States is only 47 per pel capita and this would hot not io ro very elY far If everyone had to step keep enough cash on hand to pay for nil un that he bc might buy u The gr greatest of pf financiers need cred it They hey keep their x resources es e employed employ employ- ploy ed cd and rind a nt at times time's are In need of re ready y cash The same thing is true a at times of men of smaller means means The credit system as It ft I Is used 1 sometimes espe especially espe In the smaller r. r communities Is la abused and works a serious hardship upon the business m men n of the town Some merchants to avoid mold the loss that that- results from such abuse of the system or possibly to enable them to sell sen goods at a lower price than their Othello com coin operate strictly T on a ca cn cash h ba ba- basis sis but the great o of merch 11 mer merchants cr cl ch chants ants In every community give gh-c those custom customers rs who Iio are me responsible and honest the tIle privilege of a charge account ao- ao count n and d th the chances are tm that some sort of a n credit system properly safeguarded safeguarded safe safe- guarded will always s con continue t to be e a feature of legitimate trade A Ask k Catalogue House Hous for Credit You who have a n reputation in your c community for being at least fairly responsible responsible re re- and upright know that when you rou de desire lre It ft It or need It you can obtain I credit from om at least some of the I merchants mer merchants mer- mer l r- r chants In your town to But some time when nhen hen you rou are In need of some article of of merchandIse and are lIre a little tittle short o of read ready money order what you want from n a mall mail order house In Chicago or ors orsome some ome s other cit city and md ask them to p please lease charge It till the fir first t of f the mouth month The experiment will be bc Interesting at least and the answer that you receive may cause caus you to give a little thought to the difference between trading with the mall mail order house In some off far-off city and bu buying ln from the merchants in your YOUl own home borne town Some mall mail order conc concerns are now opt operating a called so-called credit system but It Is not a n credit system such as is maintained by most retail merchants These mall snail order older houses will sell seU certain Cel tain merchandise on the Installment plan but hut they not not- only demand an nn Initial cash payment but require the purchaser to o s sign a u contract which operates as a n mortgage not only on theme the me merchandise purchased d but upon an any other property that the customer ma may 3 possess possess There Is nothing In this system that bears any similarity to the open onen credit system that Is us used d b bythe by Y the majority of retail merchants There te are are some ot other l r requests you might make of or the mall order man when the occasion arises and the response responses responses re re- re- re might be equally Interesting For Fur In instance tance you O I Mrs Farmer who bought boug that box bos of grocerIes from the catalogue uc house house- last month might write the manager and ask him to buy your our butter Nutter nn and l e eggs g Of Course couise It would he be considerable le more trouble to pack them for 01 shipment to tale Hie city thou than It is to take them in to your local lo 10 cal col grocer who is always ready to pay you yon the market price for them but then the mall mail order man would pay you yon ou enough more than the market price t to spay pay you ou for the c extra trouble And then again maybe he And then there Is that mowing machine that you Mr Farmer have ye been figuring on trading In for a new new machine Suppose you write to the mall mail order man from whom hom you ou bought ought that wire he fencing and ask asic him what he he will allow you for your your old lq machine on n It trade for n a v ne new one Of course the Uie local hardware dealer In fn the town where you ou find a n market for your our farm products will allow you a fair fall price for your jour our old machine but what's the fhe use of or asking him to do 10 It The mall mail order man surely will be glad tp to do that much for you ou will he not Yes Fes he will Mill not List Is Endless There are aie a good many things thing's the thc mail mall order older man will not do 10 for you T TIe Tae e list would be too long to fo cr crowd wd Into one issue of ot a news n newspaper ws apex apel He lie will not gh gl e e you credit however much you Oll may need It He lie will Mill not buy the tho farmers farmer's produce lie ire will not pay par a n dollar of tax taxes s to help support your jour schools or r build bund your roads lie will not contribute a cent to the sup port of t your our churches or your charita ble institutions He will not lend you youa you youn youa a n helping hand band lu in time of trouble The local merchants In a community will do everything for lime people In that community that that- the nail mail or order order- ter terman I Iman man will not do for them This fact filet should make moke It easy for the people of the tho community to decide which It ia o 0 tu th lr h Interest to do business with IB |