Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1906 — DOES IT PAY ? [ARTICLE]

DOES IT PAY ?

An auctioneer in a neighboring county who advertises bis dates, uses the questionable practice of advertising his unfilled nearby dates —that is, dates so close that no one would want them—over in this and Newton counties, and gives the names of people near Rensselaer and Fair Oaks, etc., that no one here ever heard of and who have heard of no such sale in the vicinities mentioned. He reminds us very much of a certain print shop in Rensselaer that advertises that it gets out from two to five sets of sale bills every week, and yet the bills are not in evidence; they are not posted up about town nor in the country, as they would be if this was the truth, and the paper carries the sale notices for the bills it prints in its columns, same as does The Democrat, and only an occasional sale notice appears. In fact the shop has not printed five sale bills all season, while The Democrat has printed upwards of thirty, and can shop up “the goods,” for every one of them. We do not believe it is good business policy to lie to people, for as Abe Lincoln is quoted as having said “you can’t fool all of the people all the time?’ Sale bills printed while you wait at The Democrat office.