The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-01-04

mox'ns for Young Merchants.
FRIExDSAHpERs:-I have just com, across
al extract from late pu5li;.ti m" Pra:ti-
cal Tr@atissoa BIsinss," by Freddy: om.
ing rom ths pen Of J,Hs Gsrcc, one of tn,
m D. success ul booksellers and publishers of
Philadelphia, and nov re ired in the emf ~
m mt CT his cary success. II is dressed
toyouny men beginning bu'in, ss. Our first
spelling boot was purchased o JOHN, AMI We
rem mDer him well; he vas prompt AM ac-
mn latiny, and ". KIN Nv that VII ltevt r h.
says, cDm 5 frIm a thoroughly practical and
strong mini. JJHS WIS always indIst ous,
up early AMI wide awike when W. He
picked u the scraps of Irvine and paper,
instead of sweeping them out, an kept no
lazy or idle hand, about him Blu, noba.ly
could say that this p,kr ID of scraps wts
mean spirited AMI illiberll, or that h, ever
kept shilling near his eyes tint he coull
not see a dollar; nor coull it be said tn It
whist he was keen aud industrious IN filing
his peck t., he WIS negIectful to ill his
head with intellectual treasures. / remember
too, the mighty par ide he made Of sho s-blis
around his store, proving that he WAS in al.
vance OF his tines in comprehend;n! "the
philosophy of adusrtssiny," and thus encour-
aging HIS OWN CESS, more than the printr.
The extract may seem long, but it is worth
being read by every Business man, AMI per-
haps my be good advice ''to cen over'' on
this, the beginning of new year, AMI be the
means of leading s,ma of cur young mnn to
WEALTH.
| /. Be industrious and economical. Waste
neith.r time ,r IN ,ne5 in SIN Ill an useless
pleasures and indulgences. Ifihe young Can
be indu led t. 5sg;n 10 save, the moment they
enter Oh the paths of life, the way i'll ever
become easier before them, and they will not
fail t., attain com potency. and that without
denying thems Ives any oil the real necessasies
and con .orts of Ii e. Our people are GER
tainly among tn. most impruviient and extra
vagan on the face of the earth. 1t is Ell ugh
to m Ike the merchant of the oil school who
looks back and thinks what economy, p-u-
dpncc, an discretion he had t. bring t. bear
on his own business, (and which are in fact
the buses of all successful enterrrise,) start
| hack in establishment to look at the ruthless
waste ami extravaganza OF the are and people
Tae highest test of responsibility with me
is honest i'm Justly. hell directed industry
makes men hipcy. The really noble class
the class that was noble when "A am delv'd
and Eve spun.' and have preserved the r
patent to this day un aruishei, is h. labo-
rious and Industrious. Until men have learned
iniJs'Iy, economy, and sri-conrol, they
cannot be safely ent u 'tel wit wealth.
II. 10 in 9ust-y Sand economy,a seIf-re-
lance Do no. take tao m1ca aduic,. The
business man mu t keep at the helm and steer
his own ship. In early lie, every on should
be taught to think FIR msslt. a mI's
talents are never brought oct until he is
thrown t. som. extern upon his own respur-
ces. Ii in every diff uty he has oily to
run to is p-in ipaI, an tn n i'm .,lici.iy ob,y
til. directions h IN y receive. Ia Will .v'r
acqu'r tn 1t ap itule OF percept'oi, 'nd III 1t
: pr,nptnes. decis on, and tia. frnn IS Of
purpose, which ar, bs)lIteiy u 'ce>siry to
! I, those win, hill imp ,rtint 81 ,tions. A
certain degree of indie pendent teelI' g is
essential to the full dcyrlc, 'ment ol e
inselle character.
| III. X member that paIciuiiitv is the
mother o .confid-ncr. IT, il not en- Jug I that
the merchant fulis his eng lgem nts; h
must d. what b. IN !ertaie, pr.cis'iy at tie
t,ms. as veil as in th. way h, agreed to.
Tn. mutual dep'n Ience OF merchants is SO
great. that their engagements, like a chan,
viii n, acco ding to the Law at phy>ic', IS
never stronger than is weakest link. are
oitener brok"n through The We knes' Of
others than their own. But a pr ,mpt fIl
f, fllment Of engagements is not only u the
utm st Importance, .cause it en- ibles others
t, met heir own encag ments promptly.
1t is also the best evidence thai the merchant
ha. his affiirs well orderrl-his means at
command, al; forces IN ,rshaIel. and .every-
thing ready for actiun"-in short, that he
knows his ovh strength. II ,is it is wi;c'I
inspires confidence, as much, perhaps, as the
meeting OF the engagement.
Nv. Attend to the inmate of the business.
small things as well as great. See that the
store is opened early, goods brushed W,
Irvine and nails picked up, aud all ready for
action. A young man should CONSIDER
capital, if he have it. or as he may acquire
it, merely rs tools with which he is to work,
not as a substi. ute for the necessity OF labor.
His often the case that diligence in ernpioyu,ents
of less consequence is The most successful intro
d teton to great enterprises. Those make the
best officers who have rived in the ranks.
We may say of Labor, as Coleridge says of
poetry, il is its own sA eetest reward. 1t is
the best of physic.
v. LIT the young merchant remember
that srlfishness is the meanest of vices, and
it is the parent of thousan ! more. 1t not
only interIeres both with the means and with
the enl of acluisition-not only makes
money more ffcut to get, and not worth