Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, December 22, 1916, Page 4

i JF % 6 T A B ) | (. our ‘business men took advantage-of this offer. i Now; then; comes & letter dated December 5, 1916, from Edward M. Hurley, chair- H .wan of the Federal Trade Commission at Washington, D. C. announcing that they are sendingout, upon request, to manufacturers and merchants, two pamphlets, one en- ‘titled, “Fundamentals of a Cost System for Manufacturers," the other, “A-System of DON'T THINK FOR A MINUTE that it. will be necessary for you to alter your present detailed system, hire a book- keeper, etc. No, this is not the case. You will be able to keep your own books, by spending a few more minutes a day. Our motive is a bigger one, We are proud of Bemidji, we are proud of our merchants.dnd business men and want to be proud of their methods of accounting. We are compelled to keep books in the banking business and know that it pays. It would be a good thing if the law compelled every merchant i1 actly what your income was. { The income tax has proved very satlsfactory and the indications are that from ¥ now on it will be used more extensively than in the past. It is possible that the Take Inventory As Usual ] i 1 1 | | | { —and when yon are ready to start your new year, come to our bank and ask for the ' books. No, we do not carry them in stock, but will get them for you, pay for them, and i arrange with an expert bookkeeper to open the system in your store without costing you | 2 NORTHERN NATIONAL BA ' Phone 108 Bemidji, [EW SET OF BOOKS FOR 1917. Recall Mr. Merchant, we announoed flns same proposition-in December 1914. Quite a number of ‘We know:that: propefly money for YOU which in turn. means:more: money for us. HERE 1S THE OFFER We will give you free a set oi new books for: the purpese of epening 2 double eatry system in your: store.{o bggrwith the year. l!l’l MORE THAN THIS----READ ON An-expert bookkeeper will spend a.day or mere: with you:in- opmng these books and starting| the -systemr corretity. “His: smiunli the set of beeks will cost you nothing. He furmishes the services;.we furmish. the: books. We Advanced this Idea in 1914 to.keep a double entry set of books so that you would know at least once a year ex- ept secoxds :mean . more Yill you let us do it.. Accounts for Retail Merchants.” He: further states: that he .would. like to:have us send him-a list of manufacturers and merchants to whom-we 'would like to have them mail these pamphlets. If you are interested, tell us. states as well as. the counties may adopt this method of taxation as’ tha Federal gov- | ernment is now doing. If this. is the case it will be absolutely: impossible:for you: to know whether you are paying a proper tax or not, unless you keep a proper set of books. We:do not doubt that a.great many are-now:paying:a larger income tax than they should pay because they jhave no method-of ‘determining what their net income is: SOME OF OUR MERCHANTS HAV.E A,SPLENDID: SYSTEM:. OTHERS WHO:HAVE NOT WILL FIND IT MUC H'TO THEIR ADVANTAGE TO ACCEPT THIS OPPORTUNITY. IF THERE ISANY DOUBT IN YOUR* MIND, ASK ANY MERCHANT WHO NOW OPERATES A DOUBLE 'ENTRY SYS'DEK IR HE WOULD GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY.' uuseq. a penny or even obligating yourself in any way. This: offer is open toevery: merchant and farmer, whether he does his:banking:business with us, or with another bank. Make your desire known by calling at the— ‘Minn, Cor. Beltrami Ave., Third. St. ' The Northern National Bank will pay for your , - New Set of Books L CoMETOTHE 'AND-PICK-OUT WHAT YOU NEED. Ledgers, Journals, Records, Trial Balanm a;nfl‘“ : Columnar BooksiGilore. 'WE "Wl ‘BELP YOU ALL WE: CAN. Bemldil Pmneer Publlshmg Co. "Defective Page i