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The Florists^ Review 



JnNB 8, 1916. 



:^286.28S 2i891.09i 5,763.001 7,835.655 9,414.90111,831.671 



A Special Form to List the Day's Receipts of Casli. 



A runnlni; total Is carried by taklDK a subtotal from the machine. The- grand total at the foot of the 

 last column Is a total of the day's credits. Agralnst this flRure the total credit postings, as shown In the ad- 

 ding wheels when all the day's credits have been posted, are checked for proof. 



1,000 accounts on their books, it may 

 be seen what it means at the end of a 

 month to foot up the ledgers and draw 

 up a trial balance, to say nothing about 

 getting out statements. When it comes 

 to making out statements, probably the 

 biggest saving of all is effected. 



Statements Out Early. 



Although the old system of making 

 out statements and taking off the trial 

 balance was founded on the same gen- 



MEMORANDUM 



THE GOOD & REESE CO. 



Charge $ _.. Date 



Charge and mail invoice. $ -.. 



Express charges prepaid, included in invoice, $. 



Credit $ - . : 



Wants Retail C.italogue— - . 



Wants Wholesale Catalogue ^ 



Wants Information 



Have mailed Invoice. Yes. No. 



REMARKS: 



eral principles as the present "method, it 

 consumed a great deal more time be- 

 cause of the slowness of the pen and ink 

 method. Seldom did the statements go 

 out before the third of the new month, 

 and sometimes as late as' the fifth. 

 Since they have been made on the 

 machine, they have not gone out later 

 than the first in a single instance. 



From 350 to 500 statements are sent 

 out each month. They are headed up 

 by a stenographer, who writes in the 

 names and addresses on a typewriter 

 in leisure time during the month, so 

 that when the rush comes on, the state- 

 ments are all ready for posting. 



No matter whether the items on the 

 statement are all debits or both debits 

 and credits, the final figure or balance 

 is transferred to the lower counter of 

 the adding machine, where it is stored 

 along with balances from other cus- 

 tomers' statements. When the operator 

 has all the statements made out, be 

 gets a grand total of all the individual 

 statement balances that were previous- 

 ly transferred to the lower counter. 



No Trouble with Trial Balance. 



In this way, the operator's trial bal- 

 ance is ready for him as soon as his 

 statements have been made out, and 

 there never is any trouble about get- 

 ting the trial balance to come out right. 



The adding machine is also used to 

 make out the company's bank deposit 

 slips. By inserting a sheet of carbon 

 paper between the forms, a duplicate of 

 the original may be made out and kept 

 in the office for reference. 



The Good & Beese Go. claims to lead 

 the world in the handling of roses. In 

 the culture of peonies the concern 

 ranks among the largest in the United 

 States, and also specializes in the dahlia, 

 phlox and iris. The greenhouses are 

 under 200,000 square feet of glass. Be- 

 sides disposing of its own stock, the 

 company takes the entire output of five 

 florists outside of Springfield. Sales 

 last year ran up into millions. Al- 

 though the stock of roses then was sev- 



Yellow Order Memorandum Slip. 



White Credit Memorandum Slip. 



Bank Deposit Slip and Carbon Copy. 



