Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 302, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1925 — Page 27

MANAGER FINDS MOST PERSONS PAY UP DEBTS Credit Official Asserts Only 2 Per Cent Try to ‘Beat Store.’ People are honest. That Is, 98 per cent, of them are. Robert O. Bonner, veteran credit manager of L. S. Ayres & Cos., says so. His experience in dealing with all classes of society represented among customers of that department store should make his opinion a criterion. Os the honest people, 7f per cent pay their bills regularly and promptly while only 2 per cent deliberately seek to obtain goods for nothing Between the two classifications is i he 23 per cent that bring grey hairs to credit men. Bonner said. “These people are fundamentally honest,’’ he declared, “but they are like children. With the best intentions in the world, they And themselves in the hole, because they have bought more than they can pay for." Adivises Budget Bonner advises all young married couples to budget their expenditures to avoid financial worries that undermine happiness of home life. Clothes ad general bearing cannot he relied upon t. odetermine honesty of persona-applying for credit, Bonnet- said. “One of the most ragged and unkejit persons I have ever seen turned out to be one of the best customers of the store,” he said. “He was a, foreigner who had worked hard end

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saved enough money to buy an entire half black of residential property.” Professional crooks cultivate ability to look credit manager in the eye with apparent sincerity, according to Bonner. They are dressed in con servatice and pleasing manner, and have aJI appearances of being de slrable customers. Investigate Records Hong conversations, careful investigation of past records plus intuition are necessary to avoid dangers of the professional “moochers,” Bonner said. The public is sensitive about credit, according to Bonner. “Most people are so sure in their own minds of their standing in life and of their ability to meet their obligations that they resent any suggestion of verification of past records." he said. Credit is something any person may achieve. "It's all up to the individual,” said P.onner.

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