Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-03-21 | Page 15 | Retail Merchants Say They Need the Money

RETAIL MERCHANTS SAY THEY NEED THE MOr MONEY EY The Tho Retail Merchants Merchants' association 1 Is planning to Inaugurate Inaugurato a n campaign fo for forthe the tho curtailment of ot grocery s credits For somo time lime tho the members of members members' of the tho association association tion have been complaining at the tho meetings s that they were really u up against lt It it Flour wholesalers whole wholesale sale butchers dairymen and commission commis- commis slon sion merchants are arc now demanding week weekly payments for their goods The green groceries must bo be paid for when purchased At the samo sarno Urn time customers are becoming be becoming be- be coming more negligent ent In to their ac accounts at af- counts grocers say tho the chief offenders being those who pay tho the grocer only one half to third one-third of ot their bills at atthe tho the regular weekly or month monthly 1 pa pay da days s Many Ian of or tho the grocers grace declare they are threatened with failure on account of the largo large bills c confronting sf them This condition eO df n the tho association proposes to meet with a n united effort to stop prolonged accounts Tho larger part rt of ot grocery consumers consumers consumers con con- sumers are prompt in the payment of or their bills bUls and only run prolonged at accounts fie fie- counts when It Is ab absolutely necessary and the retail merchants are anxious that tb these so will not take tako offense If th they are notified that they must pa pay their bills immediately Tho a association will demand clemand this action from every overy member