THE CREDIT SYSTEM.
" Most people are aware that the ' Magistrate's Couris were not founded ' with the intention of p.rfurmuig the luuc- J tion of ' bad-debt collecting innlitu-Mis,"' 1 remarked a delegate to the Ccnchbuilders' j ( Employes' Convention in Welti gtor ' 1 " but we do look for at least a reasonable ( amount of protection and justice from ] that source. If, as the magistrates re- i peatedly tell us, the remedy lies in our i own hande, and tlu.t we should not give ( credit, it is for us now to seek a solution 1 of this serious prob'em. If we are com- , pelled to adopt a cash system in order ; to protect ourselves from being victim- '< ised by the comparatively few who prac- ! { ticn the 'lambing down principle, then ] are wo not imposing hards: ip m vrorthv clients who we know would find it very difficult to purchase ccslly commodities in cash?" 8 = (
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17144, 25 April 1919, Page 6
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151THE CREDIT SYSTEM. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17144, 25 April 1919, Page 6
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