Show 1 Manti Messenger Entered at the post office omeo at ManU Mantl cr sr TC SUBSCRIPTION tir V I One year 4 I 1 PETERSON Six months 1 waiter and ami Three mouths months 60 ISO MORTGAGING 1 AGING THE fIlE SALARY Automobiles on the installment plan are not the sole cause of reduced purchasing power among the people Millions l of sturdy American citizens who would shrink from buying an auto automobile automobile mobile on the installment plan have no hesitation in going going in in for foi fora foia a refined practice of life deferred payments for diamonds suits dresses books stoves pianos radios furniture electrical electrical electrical elec elec- and and homes Instead of educating people to do i H a cash business modern retail methods have haye gone to other extreme Of course prices include the average per cent for losses and the interest rates charged seem to make it an object but brit the fact is now being developed that many people are pledged to pay more moie than ihan their weekly salary amounts to and wages of millions are arc mortgaged for years to come COlne Meanwhile l the grocer the doctor the dentist the regular merchant is standing the gaff for everyday necessities The installment business has assumed such proportions that I it is found necessary y to establish a customers customer's clearing house in ill each community to the end that one dealer will know what the customer may owe to another dealer and at the same sanle time cooperate co co- operate with the employer en Plans of this kind are in successful operation in several states and are rapidly growing because of necessity b but t it all ad adds s materially to the cost of living |