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Show I THE HIGH COST OF LIVING PPH uYou Can Do More To Remedy it Than PPH a the Government ffl H t -iKcad every word of the following PPPJ Jit' is to your interest : PPPJ f'f'We ask your advicb and coopera- iil ' titon in a matter of great import PH 'to YOU, to US ami to the COM ML' N- H ITY IN.GliNUAU. , iil iYou will agree, with us. that the PPPJ rPHOSPIiKlTY of a community dc- iiH pends largely on the prosperity of PPH its MF.KCliAN'TS and of EACH and PPH EVERY INDIVIDUAL therein. H 1 PKOSPERlTY. THRIFT and CER- PPH -TAIN SUCCESS can lie attained PH Vonly throiiRh the rigid PRACTICE PPH of ECONOMY and" constant PH AVOIDANCE-OF DEUTr PPH Rcccntly-thenrhns hecft'eonsidcr- PPPJ able agitation throughout the cuun- iiH 'try On tho all-important iiuesti6n of PH "THE HIGH COST OE LIVING" PPH and various tmri.iu? of the Gocrn- PPH incut sere empowered to make e- PPH Iianstise inv,"iligutniis with a Mew PPPJ .to dLtcrinuniiR the CAUSES THERE iiH 'Ol, ami recommending possible PH REMEDIES PPH i Several of these officials, whose PPPJ jiartial nne.stig.itious hae beta iiH made public .irt apparently united PPH 'in the ntwiun.t that tins SERIOUS STATE of AFFAIRS, can be attributed attrib-uted largely to the GROWING AU-USE AU-USE of the CREDIT SYSTEM. They place the blame at the door f the merchant, arguing that in FREELY EXTENDING CREDIT to the, public he ENCOURAGES EXTRAVAGANCE EXTRAVA-GANCE in many Jiomes, that already "have a tendenCytbMivc beyond jheir means. The ultimate result" in most instances is a WOEFUL STATE of INDEBTEDNESS from which the average family finds it difficult ,if not well-nigh impossible, to become. extricated THE MERCHANT, THEN, WHILE INTENDING A FAVOR. FA-VOR. IS REALLY DOING HIS PATRONS PA-TRONS AN INJUSTICE WHEN HE OFFERS THEM CREDIT.-1 ;-"-- M This condition could-not-cxist'Trer all business conducted on a STRICTLY STRICT-LY CSH 11ASIS, the "pay as ou go" 'method of liviliK, that has al-rcadj al-rcadj been restored in some localities, locali-ties, resulting in their 'FINANCIAL ..salvation. The universal rqstoratiou of of the CASH 11-SIS SYSTEM is rcc-steps rcc-steps should be taken to compell all ommendedt pending whiclt strenuous, persons to LIVE WITHIN, TI1F4R MEANS by eacmg the full and prompt pavnient of their1 debts When due ' . -ft J I ' 'I! , II , ' I,1 ' So much for the merchant's rcspon-sibitityfor rcspon-sibitityfor this sad statu of affairs. Now for the other, side. A merchant starts in business with a certain amount of capital which he invests in merchandise, perhaps paying pay-ing cash, or he may have arranged for thirty days credit. He sells this merchandise mer-chandise on credit, relying of course on the promises of his customers to pay for same within a stated tunc and orders more merchandise to replenish re-plenish his stock, which in turn is disposed of in the same maimer. His hills become due, and since he has been unable to collect but a fractiqn of what is due him from his custom-, crs, he Is compelled to draw on his reserve re-serve fund to meet his;obigatfbus.' If this condition Is permitted to continue con-tinue indefinitely he is forced iilti inatcly to borrow funds from a bank in order to pay for the merchandise for which his customers owe him. Is this not INCONSISTENT and WHOLLY UNJUST? , " " Tiforder to secure the bcsf-goods"at tliribvvlfstprlccs1v,e havc-to-pay cash and to pay cash we must have prompt returns on our collections. Our customers cus-tomers 'benefit Ai much as we do from thU policy. Our money is tied up in, their bauds whqn it should be in use purchasing new material for our benefit ben-efit and theirs. ' Wc want to show our customers every consideration, jet wc must im-, prcs.s upon them the importance ot meeting their payments according to our tends Therefore, for our customer's guod as well as ours, we are going to start to-day and limit credit at our Stores to THIRTY DAYS, no longer. Accounts Ac-counts not PAID JN FULL monthly will be closed and further credit, dej uicd. Trusting that' oW friends and pa trmis will gladly cooperate with us- in. thin requirement, vc are, --- .- iUjrjs trujyj J lJ |