| Show Hard times has one good effect: It makes the merchants pay more atten. tion to the.r collections and also more careful in extending credit. The wholesaler whole-saler who wonld be willing to sell any one a few hundred dollars worth ot goods and run his risk In getting pay for them is a thing of the past. The retailer who took chances in getting his pay from every dead beat who gave him thoir patronage has joined the army which retired at the suggestion of the sheriff. The wholesalers now want to know the standing of their customers cus-tomers and the retailers do not believe all that is told them. Both parties are situated better financially than ever before and business has got down to a legitimate business. |
