Beaver County News | 1916-07-21 | Page 4 | Local News

"Cut-rate" and "slaughter" sales, conducted by professional "promoters" "pro-moters" should be discouraged in the small town and there should be a license imposed upon this class of transient "artists," sufficiently substantial to make the discouragement emphatic. A bona fide "closing out" sale can be conducted by the proprietor himself, with less expense to his firm, less injustice to other merchants and less wearisomeness to the public, than when handled by the outsider who blows in with his often extravagant and ridiculous advertising, which deceives no one, but which disgusts the public. The outside "promoter" leaves little or nothing in the town, but takes away with him a snug commission, orherwise he would not be in the business. When a local merchant rinds it necessary to "close out his stock he can usually do so by moderate, truthful advertising, and without finding it necessary to state two or three times that hi9 sale is "bona fide" or "according to law'' or "legitimate," etc., etc., as is usually the case when the "promoter" composes Uie "patter." j