The evening world. Newspaper, July 26, 1917, Page 11

srr AN Stop The Returned Goods Abuse and Eliminate Waste The Government Asks Your Co-operation Mehra are many thousands of people employed in the stores of the couniry doing work absolutely unpro- ductive and unnecessary, that is occasioned by the abuse of the Returned Goods Privilege. Many of these people have been drafted and if the Returned Goods Abuse is not stopped the stores will be compelled to draw people from much needed and useful work, to replace those drafted. The Commercial Economy Board Of The Council of National Defence, Washington, D. C. has requested the merchants of the country to help them eliminate this waste of both labor and materials, and has asked them to urge their patrons to Shop Carefully and Return as Few Goods as Possible Merchandise thoughtlessly and carelessly bought, and afterward retuned, means Waste, Decreased Efficiency, Loss to the Merchant, Higher Cost to the Public It is every one’s patriotic duty to eliminate waste. Help the merchants help the Government. Not only will the country be served, but by the elimination of a grave abuse the price of merchandise will be lowered and the saving will be yours. Among the merchants of this city that are pledged to support the Government’s plan are: Abraham & Straus Bloomingdale Bros. H.C. F. Koch & Co. James McCreery & Co. B. Altman & Co. J.M. Gidding & Co. Frederick Loeser & Co. A. I. Namm & Son Arnold, Constable & Co., Inc. Gimbel Brothers * Lord & Taylor Oppenheim, Collins & Co. Best & Co. Greenhut Company R. H. Macy & Co. Saks & Company Franklin Simon & Co. Stern Brothers The Following Rule Will Be Absolutely Enforced On and After August Ist, 1917: No goods will be received for credit or exchange that are not offered to us within seven | days from receipt. This rule does not apply to merchandise that is sold on a strictly non-returnable basis for sanitary or other reasons, __ THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1917. a "