"FOR SPOT CASH."

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 March 1914, Page 2

"FOR SPOT CASH."

(To the Editor}

Sir,- J am sure the reading 01 your paragraph referring to Canon Sedgwick will appeal to everyone in our little town, at least business people. And I lie (|UC>iiou a.rises, wlio don't people pay cash '.' even in this town large sums are owing both by people in an apparent good position, and by the man with IDs a week. And why!' Because there are so many couuler attractions that demand cash on the spoi : billiards and pictures, for instance. I f a man wants a railway ticket it's "cash, please. llui any of life's necessities may be bought for credit or on (heborrow-ul-till-l-caii-pay-you principle. Ii a tradesman allows his credit Io inn 100 long he has 10 per cent added t ill it is paid, and it would probably help the position if a similar sysloni were adopted among the tradesmen io Iheir patrons. The good payers have to pay more because of the shortcomings of the unprincipled and (he unfortunate. Is there a tradesmen's (nisi or Association in Levin r What is it for? is it. 'live!' Is it working for the niu"ml interest and prelection of its members? Letter import Canon Sedgwick to Levin to give the inhabitants a few points in the payment of dehts. 'Who cares anyway?. T am. ofc. "SPOT CASH." Levin. March 10th. !