South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 193, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 11 July 1920 — Page 22

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"O ATHER a pertinent question no doubt some will say. Yet, its a question to which we wish many would give thought and consideration. Though the most of our customers have always paid promptly, there is a certain percentage of our credit customers who have become lax in the payment of their accounts. They know themselves to be "good," but for some reason or other, merely put off paying, not giving thought as to how it affects their credit. This practice has been common for sometime. Present day merchandising and economic conditions, however, cannot permit or sanction a continuance of it. Credit, is simply. a convenience extended upon the basis of prompt payment, and no matter if a customer is worth a million dollars, but is slow pay, that customer is of less value than a $30 a week salaried person, who pays when the bill is due. Slow pay (those who take their own time in paying bills) must get into the prompt pay class, or lose standing with these South Bend merchants. So that slow-pay cannot trade one month at one store the next month at another and then go to a third we have adopted our Credit

nnfflta Max Adler & Co. Adler Bros. W. R. Baker & Co. Beistle Auto Sales Co. Beitner Sons E. A. Bennett Overland A. Be r man Bran don-Durr ell Co. Brodbeck Bros. The Ferndell Builder Supply and Specialty Co. Central Drug Co. Chard & Thompsett Clauer Jewelry Storo Colip Bros. East Side Lumber Yard Community Coal Co. Elbel Bros.

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Electric Service Co. The Ellsworth Store Frances Shop Franklin Motor Car Co. A. Friesem Economy Deptment T. S. Garland Hagerdorn & Webster Herr & Herr Heller Furniture Co. Home Fruniture Co. Hinkle Motor Car Co. Jacob Hoffman Hyde Lumber Co. C. H. Jackson City Lumber Co. Kanouse & Phillips Livingston's Store

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Rating Bureau as an official reporting bureau. Through it one member is enabled to get credit reports as compiled on information from other members. The prompt payment of all monthly bills is now required by these sixty-five merchants. So that an opportunity may be given to those who are delinquent at this time, this week has. been set aside as Pay-Up Week. Pay-Up Week starts Tomorrow and continues all this week Pay up your bills this week. Get in the prompt pay class and anyone of these sixty-five merchants will welcome your account If your bills are more than you can conveniently pay at once go see your merchant and make a definite arrangement for the payment of your bill at the earliest possible time. Your credit is just exactly what you make it. Your future credit standing in South Bend depends not on how CAN you pay your bills but how DO you pay them.

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Lontz Bros. Samuel C Lontz & Sons Miller & Snoke Ross Martin Huppmobile J. E. McEndarfer Northern Heating Co. Newman's Store Olsen & Ebann John Parker Tailor Peoples Store W. S. Lowen C. L. Perkey Porter & Strom Public Drug Store F. C. Reimold Hardware Co. Reis Furniture Co. Robertson Bros. Co.

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