- How Many
ales Transactions,
Do You Need? +
“Aa ‘Advertisement ”

_ a addressed to our

local retailers : .

Se It ia possible for'a retailer to calculate the number’.
of :gales transactions required by his business each

“enn be made!

1 Sum up. the. estimated operating ‘expenses
for the year -— the amounts required . for
rent, wages, delivery, aupplies of various:
sorts, insurance, repnirs, losses, _ Aad, also

., the net profit one should have, to. reward
his capital and enterprise.

Tout. +

“B Divide this by the total number of working .”

°°. days in the year—say, 805, in. order to get’
the average daily cost of operating’ one’ gs °
busineds. ©

tebe pe Da Be Ascertain the amount. of the s average sales as,
Maou we... tiransaetions! (The daily records of indi-
a eS _, vidual. sales, over a period of a ‘month or.”

lata Ie one ot = BO, will. enable one to make this calculs-

| ay eat ee Hom),

: 01 €n average sales transi ctlon—20-—25— ‘
_ -80—per, cent...  ~ ‘ ;
15: Divide the total average ‘daily expenses : ,
7 by. the profit on the + average sales, transuc- toe
HOM, a ee

. Thus one gets the number of sales transactions’
: ‘required daily to.r recover ‘the’ costs of doing business. _

j a desired. Tiet profit, total. $4,000,: 0 Says:
Sa p per. days that. your averagé sales transaction :
56 cents, on whielt the averagé ‘gross profit, at 25 pe
ént, would be 14 cents,..hen’ your required: number, |
“of sales tenmeartiong per aay would be SISAL, sida

AM ow; “to: assure, at 1 average: eof os gales tranéactions =
? per day, rain. or shine; ‘will require you: to he. extraor-.
«inary diligent {n the matter of attracting « customers: ;
- Your windows should be made alluring, » Your sexvice. ;
: should. be, courteous, prompt | and: pleasing,” gO" “to *,
_ make: ‘your customers willing “repeater ine Your: ‘Tange r
Of merchandise should be: good, and 3 your prices:shonld

ibe, competitive. ne .

‘But these: alone won't suffice. to" asst

anno every. day, on: an: ayerage.: :
‘ta‘do a whole’ lot: of inviting. - ‘Week ‘by; week your. in,

_ day, week, month, yerr. Here's how the een 7 oa
ss - poe ; _ Nitatlons to > buyers is aught. to. be published: in this news:

“Its you. fail toi issue cordial i
~ invitations, week by week, |
then your business i is in a.
_ State of peril.

-# Reckon the amount of | gross profit eaitied Some .

4 ~ daily Without. 2- / daily... “feasuring af aa

" - aehlevensent against’ requirement. nO.

“business management ‘ean be.
‘called: safe.

" Tesued: by the Ganwidind Wacky Newspapér Association. - ‘

ri, i Ortaca: Herald|. NEW OIL-AND COAL oLIcY

‘Hon. N.S: Lougheed, minister of | :
"NEW: HAZELTON, B. C. |

Lands, speaking at the Naniamo con:
‘| vention. tecently,..stated. that a com.
7 “Published Every Wednesday: | pletely new ol] and. coal’ development
C.. A. SAWLE: me  Pupuisiar, policy: “would be introduced-: by: the

‘ ooo : government: at: the: next. session ‘of. ‘th:

: legislature, ‘The: new legislation (wil). -
‘advertialing: rates— 1.50. ex Inch -per ~mionth 7
are notices 1c me line pet nah pt 10 per | resulé ip: lifting, thé blanket reserve 01 ;

_ litte aed aicencenehnanit or 3+ oll and coal lands, and allow. them t

a = 7 be staked - ‘in smaller “pareels. than i
BACK TO Big LAND PATTULLO possible under the present ‘statute;

arouse more juterest in. Northern” B
“Hon, T,. Di Pattullo, after’ a 1 trip Ov a, thin. this' announcement. It is i

cr the _proviuce, ‘announced in. Van the ‘northern. part. of the province tha.-

Couver the other day that the present | all new development’ nlong. these. line
eovérnment. ha d@ made an.awful meas | Must take: place: No place else is th:
of the relief work Progra. , He sale] it wit not be all wild ‘prospecting iv
i policy of; putting men, on the Jand there’ are now nfiny proven areas.

wat have been very much betier:| - The ueit legislation willput-aew Iie -

That statement should’ keep Mr. - Pat: into Northern British Celumbin,
tulle: out of” ‘the premier's chair. for -¢ ; :
Inns time, at least until consumptio:
af. farm. “products: ‘catches up with. »pre-

weet | me

“agian Canadians. ave saxked) for

bread they lo. not. give fh stane; The’
f - ‘Right now thére js “
: Kent yproduction: : Rig Is ntly asker, .

sovernineh 4 nt
PAE, nore} food: ‘on the: farms: ‘that: ‘can foi f if Canad

be: disposed: OL: at almost: any. price : ;
; aan ; } mie, thira,’
iW hat’ would; tt Af mo and’ ‘there is.
a. Dit On | the lands, : Bel are ie

. * employed in BD ©: today. inow. ‘which
end Yarrs mille: ia cow from, : “There: “Are
ta lot. of; thins about a-:farm ‘that 1
rendly -fozetzu. to store. .. clerks,: stock
brokers jclerks,: iron jand. steel: workers.
miners; office men and Jumber Jacks.

date: et the ‘the
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Dry’ Goods’
*: Men's Wear —
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furniture:

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| Padroage | :

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high ry ecognition,

~alwiys:-has ‘been “very forttinate,

“receives “the |
* patronage of: the people ‘of "Brit-
: ish- ‘Solumbia; * : .

- Pacifie Milk |

. 358 Dralte ‘St, Vancouver’
' Factories. at -Abbotstant ani Ladner

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Special ordera receive ‘Prompt at-
coveFeow 3 tention.

Glassy: Shoe oe Rettig Done

: AV hep the, Br itis “Eoyernment
thinks’ it. w ‘ise! to induce’ fits people
to tride at home: by dropping the
‘value: of .the pound, home. patron:
- age has merits that: are receiving:

‘Rot Parts
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