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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1957)
Thursday, March 7, 1957 Brookings-Harbor ¿îlot The PILOT BROOKINGS-I1ARBOR PILOT AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER N A T IO N A L E D IT O R IA L I A S Í O C ÍA t IO N 1 U / A F F IL IA T I M IM IK | through paying — or by uniting in a common front through a businessman’s group, and get rid of stamps collectively. We at the Pilot have said our piece. We would wel come letters either pro or con on the subject, and place our columns at your disposal. Brookings Items Mrs. Violett Gillette drove to Grants Pass Friday on business. The Home Economies club will meet Friday at the Grange Hall. Mrs. Ellen Jaggers and Mrs. Ellen Johnson are hostesses for the day. Mrs. Calvin Gorte and s o n Brookings, Oregon Mike left Wednesday for Port land. She was accompanied by Mis. Viola Schustrom. Mrs. Zirbar of Walla Walla, Wn. and her sister are visiting Mrs. Zirbar’s daughter Mrs. Clarence Dial They will all spend spring vacation with relatives in the Bay area. P U B L IS H E R S A S S O C IA T IO N Entered as second-class m atter at the postoffice at Brookings, Ore. March 7, 1946, under an Act of March 3, 1879 Ray Pisarek, Joe Murphy Editors and Publishers SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year in Advance (in Curry County, ................................. $3 00 One Year in Advance (outside Curry County, . $3.50 What About "Trading Stamps"? I here lias been considerable discussion among tF businessmen in the area as to the trading stamp promo tion. I bey have even appeared before the city council to ask them to pass an ordinance, licensing trading stamps —and in effect—shutting the door on trading stamps in Brookings. First, let us explain our position on trading stamps. We are not in favor of them. We think that perhaps there was some merit in them at first, as a gimmick to bring new business into the store. We believe in promo tional devices, and as such the trading stamp idea wasn’t too bad. But like many another good idea the thing was worked to death. Competitive trading stamp companies saw that they had a g<xxl thing, and more and more types came on the market. There are, in fact, four different kinds of stamps in Brookings today. There are stamps that you can trade for merchandise, and there are stamps that you can get a cash refund from. And, because of the competition, lx,th the consumer and the merchant are getting the raw end of the deal, whether they realize it or not. Here is the way it works. A store puts in stamps, and then has to increase his col nine of Business, or has to raise his prices to pay the additional cost for the stamps That is logical. No businessman can afford to take the cost of the stamps out of his own picket. Certainly the first business to handle stamps increased their dollar colume. But then, alas, his competitor saw that he was losing customers, and then he too had to put in stamps. And then the third competitor had to— he had very little choice—put in a different type of stamp Now, what does this all mean to the average shopper. Obviously all three businesses can’t expect their volume to increase. And yet, somelxxly has to pay for the stamps, (iuess who? 3 he merchants may take less of a profit—so in the long run he loses, hut its still so very obvious that the purchaser has to pay for those stamps So who loses—both the businessman and the consumer. Other things are also important. First, it has been estimated by businessmen groups that approximately $60 ,000 a year goes out of tow'n to these various stamp companies—who contribute nothing to the town in re' turn. This $60,000 could pave plenty of streets, or build build several classrooms, or he used to put a small boat basin on the Crecto or any number of things. But no, it goes out of town and its gone. Gone forever. Also the businessman pays for the stamps, and then gives them to his customers. If the customer tears them up as he leaves the store, or if he sticks them in his shirt, or his desk drawer, the merchant still pays the stamp company for them. The estimates on stamps redeemed range from forty to sixty percent. This is a complete loss, f Businessmen also arc well aware of the clerk hours that are spent tearing off stamps. This is a loss to the merchant that can never lx- regained. Businessmen also know that many stamps are re deemed for merchandise, such as toasters, radios and the like. Here again, the merchant is the loser, because if the customer gets a toaster via the stamp plan he is n o t1 in the market for another hxister in a local store. We write all this at the risk of hurting: 1. Plentv of people who like to save stamps. 2. Merchants, and adver-1 tisers who think stamps are a gtxxl thing, and 3. Stamp companies. We write all this because this is the way we feel, and we’ve got the guts to come out and say it. I lowcver, at the risk of hurting a fourth group—those merchants that want to get rid of stamps, we want to say one thing further. We don’t think that it should or could lx* done through the city council. We think that it isn’t within the realm of city council legislation to re strict any type of a stamp plan. It is discriminatory, and consequently we are opjxised to it. It seems to us that the businessmen w ho think stamps are costly and valueless can get rid of them easily enough in two ways. lust tell the stamp companies that th v’rc L ook! L ook! Come One! F‘ojo The Clown Come All! and Little Pudgy will be at the OPENING of the NEW . . MAY’S FUN & MAGIC & GIFTS FROM THE SEA . . to give gifts to all the children. .SATURDAY, MARCH 9 t h . . . . New location, 636 Chetco ave. next to Coos-Curry Elec. O P E N IN G S P E C IA L S EARRINGS!— EARRINGS— EARRINGS .. 10c pr. Wrist Watches 1 year guarantee................... $4.95 Hand tooled Leather Purses Large Size...........$12.95 Small Size...........$ 9.95 Hand Tooled Shoes ........... 20% Off Regular Price Above Items add 10<£ Tax We are still doing watch repairing—$6.95 flat rate for all your watch needs to put it in 1st class condition Work guaranteed for One Full Year Clarice and May Say Cake and Coffee will be served to all grownups Open 10 a.m. tj|i 8 pm I k i ARRY’<¡ t B ill 1 u I . 0 W about <, Metco PHONE 2411 Bisqilìd i Large Sego Milk 1 Suga * r MEATS Duri) 370 22E CiH (MW UOI> 10 lbs 14 G al. CORNED BEEF - - 4 9 c lb MARG ¡ARINE Pork Shoulder STEAKS pound 49c 2« >c 2.9c PUREX LARGE FRANKS - 3 9 c !b Bacon Squares pound....... 2 9 c BOB A D I V P ORB'S MEAT MARKET 5c ORANGES ”’“"9c Cabbage ib.
