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Show v I till 1 thr ' Subscribers wishing the addross of f1 thulr imper changed will please give j'- formor us well us their presont ad- dreits. All piipers are continued un- B y. ti explicit order is recolvcd by us to H j discontinue. All arrears niUBt bo paid H J In every case. H 1 A USEFUL NEW YEAR H I CUSTOM H I Tho Heathen Chinese Is said to H f have the very agreeable cuBtom of H I paying all bills January 1. In our H highly, civilized country, January 1, H I bills aro often considered valuablo . for filling tho wasto basket. Tho l I rag man will pay somothluir for them. H I Not every ono who lets his bills H '""' go unpaid at this timo and other po- H rlods is indifferent about It. Many B pcoplo would gi&d.y pay all that they fl owo, could thoy collect the debts duo I them. Thoy are caugkt in the cogs of tho machine, and ran only ad- i' k vanco as faBt as those behind them. H Tho easier some people could pay, H H tho less ready they are to do it. It H i ' would makn them very tired to sit Hj down monthly and write off a doz-' j; en checks. Hy letting the bills run, ' Mf, they can do' it all ln ono Job. This Bn i saves them much hard work. Yet (V thoy may have Idle money In banks. WL n v Somo business men allow bills to HHlj f run to savo a trifle of Interest. It HmVt would offend tholr thrifty souls to H I drop a dollar that has been nccumu- H luting In the savings bank. Of K' courso tho creditor Is mcunwhllo los- B r lng Imorest. Hut creditors nro con- V , sldcrcd grasping creatures who liavo H all tho money thoy need. Tlioso H habits of debt paying, so often need- H tcnsly slow, clog the whole business machinery. B ! A largo porccntnge of tho business HBBJ rnl'uro aro of peoplo v,ho would bo HR porfectly solvent If they could col- fi lect their bills morel from thoso Hb'' debtors who aro easily oble to pay. 1 (' It Is surprising how quickly a dol- f ; jar will run around n town. When K you pay that long standing 1)1 1 duo Hr , the grocer, ho Is immediately able to Ht' A t satisfy tho teamster. Tho latter can HV settle with the butcher, who can now Hw pay that old bill at tho printer's. So H( Tho net result is a new feo'big of Iconlldonco and good will. If n general gen-eral debt pn)tng custom could prevail pre-vail January 1, a gre.it man) people H I would feel a new cpurngo about their H I, business future. They wou'd buy H ) nioro freely. This would mean moro E. ordcis for the factories. A wno or j now business would spread oor tho B , country. Let ecr)oiio do what he H can toward it |
