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Show H if "THE PROBLEMS OF H 'RETAIL T.RADE H , Reference was made In the prcvl- H t -otis editorial In this nodes to the H problems a merchant has to meet In H ., tho matter of returned goods . It In H ' of coitrso a two sided Question, with H ' two points of view to bo looked at. H ', A woman may go Into a storo and H i make a purchase Hint showed poor H i' i Judgment and which she regrets ns V ! ' soon ns ulio gets homo. It Is not ni- H ) -ways ensy to mako n decision on tho H -spur of the moment, and with a great 1 many pcoplo hindsight is bettor than H foresight. H If under Buch circumstances a cus- M tomor is permitted to return tho M goods, assuming that they are not In- Jured In any way, nnd can bo put H -right back Into stock n great service M Is done by tho merchant. Ho hits co- H mented his friendship with n custom- H cr, nnd saved lier from making a mis. B i 'tnko sho would many times regret. H ITo has made tho strongest bid for M her futuro patronngo. U There nro n great many enscs, how. M over, very different from this, nnd M very oxnspcrntlng to tho storo peo-( H -plo. "Many persons will buy n pair m of gloves, Jab down between tho H fingers to put thorn on, which splits H i tho glovo. Then tlioy demand anoth- H J cr pair. A great many merchants H -wHl give them tho second pair which will split Just tho sanio If misused H In tho same way. I H Merchants say that there arc pco- H plo who will order hats or gowns to H wear to somo pn'rty. Having used H them, they will send them bnck. , H Tliero arc cases whcro It wouM seem 1 ns If they ordered tho goods merely to wear to somo occasion, with no Intention of buying tho goods. They bring them back n llttlo soiled, bo that tho nrtlclo has to bo closed out j tat n reduction. ' Ttoinli trado naners and nssocla- H 'J tlons nro discussing tho matter of H ' roturned goods n good deal this win- H tor, nnd many of them feoi that tho H l merchants should unlto to prevent H themselves from being Imposed upon. H t It Is a dlfllcult matter to distinguish H . between rensonablo and unreasonable H rcnuosts. Tho public should not ex- H U pect too much Whcro goods that Hj " ffi , -aro not defective nro returned bo- B l cnuso tho customer mado an error of H Judgment In buying or using them, M mid where such n return Involves tho -merchant In n loss, tho public should M i Tcallzo that such returns nro n chargo M on tho business. The public In tho fl i end wllli have to pay for them as a m t -jmrt of overhead expense. |