2693. May your shopman, Mr. Anderson, have done so?-Not so far as I know.
2694. Do you issue any kind of lines or acknowledgments for the balances upon sales made to you?-I give no lines.
2695. If a party comes and sells a shawl to you, and does not wish goods to the whole value of it, what is done?-I understand you to refer to goods bought over the counter; in that case I mark the balance down in a book. If they come with a shawl or any other article, and sell it over the counter, and if they don't wish goods to the whole value, I mark the balance down in any name that is given to me.
2696. In what way is that entered?-It is entered on the back of the day-book by itself.
2697. Is there a special place in the day-book for making entries of that kind?-Yes.
2698. They are put under the particular date?-Yes.
2699. And are these balances generally settled up within a short time afterwards?-Generally.
2700. The party comes back soon to you for goods?-Sometimes soon, and sometimes she delays a good while.
2701. Is it usual for a party who has a balance of that kind to ask to get it in cash?-No; that is not usual at all.
2702. When you buy a shawl in that way, do you consider it to be part of your bargain that the payment is to be taken in goods?- Yes; it is distinctly sold for goods in exchange, and paid for in that way.