Show A creditable SHOWING THERE thera are many reasons why the officers and stockholders I 1 ders of zions cooperative should feel gratified at the condition of its business asset as set forth in the report of ef its president and the financial exhibit which appeared in these columns yesterday this institution is to a certain extent representative of the lat ter day saints in the commercial circles ot of the country and business inen bieu will have their ideas of this people very materially influenced by u what they may learn of its policy and condit condition on it Z C M 1 I were to find itself in a position which required it to seek leniency at the bans of iab creditors it by a failure to declare dividends its stock were to become depreciated precia ted if by any mismanagement of its affairs it should fall fail to fill the field assumed ass timed by it we should quickly bear all its shortcomings short comings attributed to the innate faults of the mor mons but the fact that the bills of Z C M 1 I are paid in the hour in which they fall due the regular semiannual semi annual dividend of 5 per cent and the undisputed ability of the institution to meet at the shortest notice the heaviest demands that are ordinarily made upon its stock or capacity are circumstances that have given it a reputation for soundness and reliability which is surpassed by no mercantile in the united states that approaches its dimensions the entire people of whom this ibis Is largely a representative establishment reap much benefit from the reputation it has maintained for itself and indirectly tor for them in the commercial world and in other directions for this reason alone if for vi u other Z C M hiis 1 is entitled to the support and patronage of the people whom it befriends in this way we call the attention of country merchants to a business principle which many of them teem to disregard by having few creditors your credit is made stronger it is bad policy for a country merchant to scatter nis trade among many wholesale houses it is far better for him to select as few as can su supply ply him and then stay with them in this respect Z 0 M 1 I presents the highest claims for the t trade ade of the country merchant it can furnish in any quantity any arti cle 0 general called for form in a retail store and hence retail dealers by centering their trade with it strengthen their own credit can be carried for a larger amount than if their credit were divided among many houses and by running heavier bills they get better prices time and discounts these with other reasons not perhaps so purely businesslike business like at first view but which are arc sound and emphatic should have bave the effect of turn urn afner log to Z C M MI 1 the hearty support oi of the retail dealers and purchasers who claim sympathy with the people of which it is so representative i |