. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. correspondence with him, secure a promise of some kind and then hold him strictly to his promise. The Net Besult. We have, of course, had some com- plaints on this method of collecting, but they have been few and the net result has been that we have seventy- five per cent less overdue accounts on our books than we had a year ago, that our collection expenses have been re- duced materially, that we have had to borrow considerably less money from the bank than in former years and that today the number of notices that we are called upon to send out is
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. correspondence with him, secure a promise of some kind and then hold him strictly to his promise. The Net Besult. We have, of course, had some com- plaints on this method of collecting, but they have been few and the net result has been that we have seventy- five per cent less overdue accounts on our books than we had a year ago, that our collection expenses have been re- duced materially, that we have had to borrow considerably less money from the bank than in former years and that today the number of notices that we are called upon to send out is compara- tively small. In other words, our cus- tomers have become educated to the fact that if they do not pay we are go- ing to get after them and stay after them until they do. On the other hand, we have found that many of our cus- tomers have requested that we give them a set of our collection notices and letters to use on their customers and are doing a better and cleaner busi- ness as a result; that lots of them are actually thanking us for the benefit we have done them rather than censur- ing us. THE EMERGENCY REVENUE LAW. Members of the trade who sell on commission are due, July 1, to pay the government the second installment of the revenue tax imposed by the so- called emergency revenue law. The payment this time will be $10, for half a year, as by its provisions the emergency revenue law will expire December 31, 1915, so that the forth- coming second payment of the special taxes will be the last, unless Congress at the next regular session should ex- tend the life of the law. If the law is. BXrORK No loss if you F mend your split - carnations with BUPKBIOR CARNATION STAPLKS 36c 'per 1000; 3000 for postpaid. ;Son 422 Main St. Sprififffield. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble t
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