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To collect from those customers who did not mail their
payments directly to the Star Telegram, petitioner had to go from
"door to door", which was a time consuming process. Customers
who paid the petitioner in this manner did so by checks made
payable to the Star Telegram, or in cash. Petitioner turned the
checks over to the Star Telegram, and if his monthly liability to
Star Telegram was satisfied, he received a Star Telegram check
for the amount turned over. If he had an outstanding liability,
the checks he turned over were credited against the liability.
Petitioner kept the cash that he collected from his customers in
a bag in his house. Petitioner used this cash to pay the balance
of his liability to the Star Telegram after payments made by
check were taken into account, and for daily operating expenses.
Although we cannot estimate the amounts with any degree of
precision, it appears that petitioner made substantial cash
payments to the Star Telegram each month for the newspapers that
he purchased for his delivery route.
Because such a small percentage of petitioner's customers
mailed their payments directly to the Star Telegram, and due to
the nature of areas that petitioner served, petitioner considered
his delivery route relatively undesirable. His route included
apartment complexes and trailer parks that had transient
populations, and some of the area's less desirable residential
neighborhoods.
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