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0. S. £, G. Members Muy Get
Discounts in Buyers* Murket
By È. HL C lymer
Most 'retail stores allow a discount on
purchases to certain groups of buyers.
Practically all stores and business^ es
tablishments allow a di|c|>unt to large
cbmpan'es, contractors and other deal
ers. Also manyMyill extend the discount
privilege to company, federal, »state,
county and city employees"' I
The usual discount- will vary from
about 5 % to 50%, depending upon the
class of merchandise and the merchant.
When there is^à' sellers market, that
is, when there is a scarcity of merchan
dise and buyers will buy what they can
get at any price as during the past f iv |||
years, it is difficult to get a d is c o u n t
When there is® buyers market’, that is,
when there is an ab u n d a n ^Sbf mer
chandise and the buyer can be sew tive
both as to quality and price, it is usu
ally fairly easy to get a discount.
During the past few months, mer
chandise/ in certain lines has become
plentiful enough so that some mer
chants are willing to extend discount
to the Oregon State Employees Asso
ciation membership. In order to know
which merchants, will give discount , to
OSEA members it will be necessary’ to
ball and talk to the managers of the
various stores and business establish
ments in all the ci^ilSi throughout the
state. This can be accomplished if each
Chapter w ill ap p o in ta Committee to
contact merchants in their immediate
vicinity* The n am O n d address of mer
c h a n ts 'th a t will give discountsaBto
OSEA members, should .begq|warded to
-the Executive Secretary Forrest Stew-
' art, 311 Oregon Buildingy|Salem, Ore
gon, /so that all membersWf the Asso
c ia tio n can be informed. I
In Salem a few: merchants were con
tacted with fair results, considering
that H many lines-' we have a sellers
market.
The State Tire Service, a state wide
organization, will give a discount to
OSEA members in any of their stores.
Their Salem store and servic^ ||ta tion is
located, at the tcorner of'¡State an4£Got-
tage, a" convenient^ location fo rB |l||e
employees. A credibWard for identifi
cation may be obtained through the
OSEA executive I secretary, Forrest-
Stewart. 7
The Pittsburg Plate Glass and Paint
Company,; 254' N orth Commercial
Street^ Salem, will give a 1 K ||| discount
to. OSEA members. A membership card
will be sufficient identification,
The work of finding merchants who
will give; discounts to OSEA members
has only started and with 'suffieght
effort and time all classes of merchan
dise will be purchased at a discount.
The .effort of- eveVy member will be re-
Lq^ired to meet this goal.
Benjamin Franklin once said, "A dol-
at saved is%F dollar earned.” This is as
true today as it was one hundred and
seventy-five - years ago,
•' Set I aside to preserve a Sequoia tree
planted by an Oregon pioneer of 1843,--
William - Waldo, the nation’s ¿smallest
city park is located almost" in the mid
dle of N orth Summer Street, Salem,
Ore. The park Q barSly "large enough
to protect theflbase: of the tyee and may
hJSE&o-be enlarged-as the tree grows.
Linknriver, which joinC-Upper Klam-
ath lake with Lake Ewauna, is one of
the nation’s shortest stre*a;frts!. Less than
a mile long, it flowsentirely within the
city limits b f Klamath Falls, lumber
ing and agricultural city of southern
Oregon. The nation’s shortest’ river is
the D, 400 feet long, flowing’ from
Devils lake into-the sea along the Ore
gon coast.