| Show baj I 1 to prosperity the word prosperity teonia at Q magie gie word to moat most people just as other other magic words are such beem bee ause se tho the great majority of people do not un meaning the cord ord pros 0 edity has las been heen a political watchword eatch word for generations great 4 ts a on att t eats sacs have been waged around it because of ot its magic influence over ove r the mind itai isda tha people e of this country are tire Ivl i izing more and ino inore re that prosperity is not a thing to be had by re lions or by decree nor altogether r by legislation but it comes conies through action of the people in keeping M moving oving the tile medium of prosperity which is our money I 1 we are i C credit P people this nation is possibly the greatest en cradit dt nation on the face of the earth the great bulk of oar business is done on credit wo we credit one another the manufacturer credits the merchant the tile merchant credits edits cr his ills customer tho tile professor Profess lr al pan inan credits his customers and abent and so on oil through ever avenue of our whale business institutions we and find credit the one orle outstanding characteristic credit is a giedt thing too but I 1 ke other good things thing 1 I it iff sometimes abused and where it is abused or misused it becomes a detriment rather than thili 4 bactor factor in up building the bu business iness u a cily ton gi 01 community tho the man who uses credit judicious iyan business is an a asset to his community but the ma man who misuses hta his credit Is a detriment Imant to the general business welfare of his bi 9 community I 1 and yet there are a gre great a t in many a ny peo people pla who misuse their credit tent tio tonally nally but with bad affect nevertheless th eless I 1 til i as a people and ra nation are ure so big rich ami ani pros prosperous that we e h have ave failed in n our development to consider very essential things and the latte r r one ne of them but as our business growa grows in n volume and tho the matter of credit incoming is coming more and more to be recognized as a tang tangible asset it is being found necessary to give the matter of credit and the paa payment ment of accounts more careful consideration a week ins bas been set aside to ur known as national lay pay up week during which time people throughout th the country are asked to pay their individual debts so far aa na pos possible sibl inu in wa wai a i crease the prosperity of the entire country this extraordinary and hudack movement is being conducted by an association of business men that is in character the national associate association ion of merchants trade journal readers is as the tile name mw mie t i v association of afi suggest a s Lt ional business men these men are in interested in the gene general ial prosperity of their respective towns and communities unities and as a th these ese men are in business in emy town and city of any consequent coose conse quenie quene in this entire country this movement to promote the payment of debts during the one week of october ad to ath th inclusive will at once be national and local and being kulil in the entire every min man and woman country should be interested in it i national paup pa pi up week is not a movement to promote greater bu ing but it is a ino movement to promote more attic tameni oa meni of the person who p ys ss his debts dur aff log national paup pa ila up week ib not necessarily buying more goods but he lie Ss Is simply p ing for goods that have i ve been pure purchased h iced ed and not business men but everyone else the minister the teacher the lawyer the detor altor lt or the farmer the laborer are all either directly or I 1 indirectly in the tile great nationwide nation wide movement 0 every professional man has an interest in the material prosperity of 0 those about him because he lie is serving them every minister in every church is interested in the material prosperity pros of his people and indeed those in other churches chuoc hes and thone those of tho the communist comm unit who belong to no church because it es money to conduct the activities of a burea and the teacher is interested too requires money the educational institutions of this country ana anything any that will cause the people of a town anil and community to pay their debts will help every business every institution and evary individual in that community incidentally this mo movement ement is not new aw as this same al association concreted a national paup pa pi up week during the week of febra february ary to octh inclusive during this time hundreds eds of towns throughout the tile country participated in the moe mone ment with the result tint that thousands upon thousands of dollars were put into circulation in huntington indiana In diani thousands of dollars were P alid ald during the week and all agree that they feel better as a result at Ridge ridgeway wa av pennsyl pennsylvania ania the tile secre secretary tarl of the pa paup pay up week association said after the event As ve we so be did we reap in ciri greenville enville south carolina people be became ame so enthusiastic over their debts that many who he did not have the cash dated checks in advance so eliat t aliat liat they would be sure their debts were paid at the earliest possible moment after they had money in bank with which h to pay hundreds of towns we were re awakened I 1 to the tile evils of the unrestricted credit california to maine esq from busin business and from wash washington ington to florida in small towns of but a few miny thousand population it was found bat hat amounts often running into hundreds of thousands of dollars were due and ana ir mv nan instances in these smaller cities and towns amounts ranging from 50 to were paid during pay up week national At lonal ila pay up week is one of the me rate things thing 4 that is worth much yet costs not nothing ning and the people of tins lis town this community should bo be interested in a great debt pa pacing ing kind because we campaign campi ign of this hamoui hae out debts here just as people in other communities in other parts of the country hae them their |
