Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-07-20
libcrality i'm Husinpss,

There is no greater mistake, says u contem-
porary, that business man can make, than
to be mean in his business Always taking
the half cent, and never returning a cent for
the dollars he has made and is making. -
Such policy is very much like the farmers
who sows three pecks of seeds when he ought
to SOW five, and as a reccompense for the
leanness of his soul only gets ten when he
might htve got fifteen bushels Of grain
Every body has heard of the proverb of
I" penny wish and pound foolish" liber-
al expenditure in the way Of business is al
ways to be u capital investment There
are people in the world who are short sIghted
enough to believe that their interests can be
best promoted by grasping and clinching to
all they can get and never letting cent slip
through tIeir fingers.
As general thing it will he found-oth-
er things being equal, that he who is most
liberal is most successful in business. of
course we do not mean it to be inferred that
man should be prodigal in his expenditures,
but that he should shew his customers if
he is trader. or to those whom he may be
doing any kind of business with, that in all
his transactions. as we'll as social relations,
he acknowledges the everlasting fact that
there can he no permanent prosperity or
good feeling in community wher" benefits
are not reciprocal.
enjoyed the profits of hundreds of dollars
worth of trade, and yet have exhibited not
the slightest disposition to reel procate even
to the smallest amount. Now, what must
necessarily follow from such a course Why,
the loss of large profits per annum in the loss
of trade, which, under more liberal system, Il,
might have been retained.
The practice of some men seems to be, to
make as little show in the way of business
as possible. Such one, if trader. takes
no pains with the appearance of his store
Every thing around him is in worn out, di-
| lapidated dirty condition. To have it other
wise it would cost dollar for whitewash,
and perhaps five for painting and a few dol
! lars besides for cleaning up and putting
| things in order. And so he plods on and
loses hundreds Of dollars worth of custom
for the want Of attention to these matters,
while his more sagacious neghbor, keeping
up with the time, and having an eye to ap-
pearance, does a prosperous business.
Another will spend no money in any way
to make business for fear he shall not get it
back again. Consequently he sends out no
circulars distributes no handbills, publishes
no advertisements ; but sits down croaking
about the hard times-moaning over the fu-
ture prospect OF notes to pay, no money and
no trade ; and comes out, just where he
might expect to come-short while his
neighbor, following i'll different track, do
ing all that is necessary to be done to make
business, has business isn't short, but hu'
money to loan ; and it would be just lik,
him to get twelve per cent perhaps more, tol
the use of it a; and we should not blame him
or doing
The fact is times have changed, the manner
of doing business is different now, from wha
it used to be. 1t would be just as foolish L
insist upon doing business now, in the ole
fashioned way as it would be to insist upoI
travelling with an ox-team instead of by rail
road to get news by old-iashoned stage
instead of having it brought by the lightnin.
telegraph The times demand men of en-
larged, liberal, energetic souls-men wh
will keep up with the world it goes me,
of hearts, too, who not only desire to g
ahead themselves, but take pleasure in see
ing others succeed and who have publ
spirit enough to do something for, and re
joice in the prosperity of the people.