Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1894 — Understand Your Agreements. [ARTICLE]

Understand Your Agreements.

Many of the disputes which arise between buyer and seller are due to the fact that in making a contract the terms are not clearly understood. In so common a matter as the buying and selling of goods it is necessary that all points relative to the trans action should be definitely stated. Some houses state distinctly on their bill heads the terms on which sales are made, so that the buyer is compelled to recognize the terms. There are many other contracts which come up in the course of business which need a clearer understanding than the act of buying goods. It is important that both parties should thoroughly understand the transaction. There are publications devoted to contracts in which forms are given, but many of these legal forms seem better devoted to obscuring than clearing up matters. In all transactions it is necessary to come to a point and have that point clearly understood. Long arguments are not necessary, and the whole tendency of modern trade is' to put things on a basis of brevity. It is advisable to make a written memorandum of agreements, for it will always be in evidence and save many future disputes.