PAWNBROKER PHILANTHROPISTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 7

PAWNBROKER PHILANTHROPISTS.

SMALL MAN'S BANKER. (By Teleeraph.-Speclal Oorrospondent.) Chrlstoliuroh, July 10. Although it is assorted that_ tlioro is a groat doal more genuine destitution now thnn thcro has been for many jeare, the pawnbrokcrfi do not feel it. Uueiness tln» month has boon slacker than it has been oven in tho middle of winter for yaare past. One pawnbroker in tho city told n reporter that hie total loans for this month, as far as it had gone, amounted to only 10i, Comparatively few pledgee aro submitted, and on the whole they are rcdcoincd promptly and without much difficulty. Another pawnbroker stated that pawit. brokers, like other business pooptai flourish in good times, not had tunes. Tho bottor the times, the bottor tho trade, and there is always a dullness in tho dull months, "Wo don't live upon tho poor," said i another, "we livo upon llioeo who have a littlo property and a little go in them. Tie poor don't help themeolvoe, bo how can they; keep us? "It is people v.ho want small sums for business purposes that keep us. Tho ness may bo email, but it is important to>| thoso who aro conccrnod in it, and our aw sistanco aften loade to greater things, bnngJ ing perhaps mdopondnnoo jf not affluence. "We aro tho small man's bankor, aadj wo don't know what he would do without! us Timo after time wo pay tos iont. "Hie, money that is obtained from us and eponti in drink is absolutely trilling Wo ' don't! oncourage that sort of,business " ;