Business: Who Pays Bills?

Who pays his bills the most promptly— butcher, baker or candlestick maker? From credit men the length & breadth of the land Professor Paul D. Converse of the University of Illinois sought the answer. When his data were assembled, the National Association of Finance Companies arranged the answers by occupational groups on a percentage basis. Last week Cleveland Trust Co. charted the results. No class was rated 100%. At the top were office clerks with 92%. Various types of storekeepers ranked below clerks and just ahead of schoolteachers (85%) and railroad trainmen. Dentists (82%)...

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