Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-02-05
Meanness in Business.

ASa general thing II will be fouuu,
ether things being equal. that he who was
must liberal IS most successful in business.
OF course we do not mean it to be inferred
that d man should be prodigal in his ex>
penditures, but that he should show to his
customers, /! he is trader, or to those
whom he may be doing any business with.
that in all his transactions, as well as social
relations, he acknowledges the everlasting
fact, that there can be no permanent pros
periiy or good feeling in community
where benefits are not reciprocal. We
know Of Instances where traders have en-
joyed the profits OF hundreds of dollars
worth OF trade, and yet have exhibited not
the slightest disposiuan to reciprucate
even to the smallest amount. Now, what
must necessarily follow from such a c0ursey
Why, simply the loss of large annual prof
its, in the loss Of trade, which under a.
more liberal sys EN-. might have been rel
! tanned. The practice OF some men seems
to be to make as little show in the way Of
! der, takes no pains in the appearances ct
his store. Everything around him is in h
| wori ut, dilapidated, dirty condition. To
| have it otherwise would cost dollar for
whtewash, and perhaps five for painting.
and putting things in order Aud so he
| plods on and looses hundreds of dollars
worth of custom fer the want of attention
to these matters, while his more sagacous
neighbor, keeping up with the times and
! having an eye to appearances. does a pros
porous business. Another will spend no
money In any way to make business for
| fear he should not get it back again
/ ~ 10 "a IL. a.
tributes no handouts, publishes no adver-
tisements, but sits down croaking about
hard times. mourning over the future pros
poets OF notes to pay, no money, and no
trade, and comes out Just where he might
expect to come-short while his ncgh Dor,
| following in different track, doing all that
is necessary TO be done to make business,
has business, and is not short, but has
money to loan and it would be just like
him to get twelve per cent, perhaps more
! for the use of it, and we should not blame
him for doing So. The times have changed
and the manner of doing business now is
different from what it used to be 1t would
be just as foolish to insist upon doing bust
ness now in the old fashi ned way as il
would be to insist upon travelling with an
OK team instead of a railroad to get news
by the old-tashioned stages instead Of hav
ing it brought by the telegraph.
The times demand men of enlarged
liberal, energetic souls, men who will keeT
up with the world as it goes-men OF
hearts, too, who net only de-ire to GO
ahead themselves. but take pleasure in
seeing others succeed, and who have public
spirit enough TO do something for, and re-
Jnice in the prosperity Of the people We
cannot have too many such men, and the
result Of their influence will be felt
throughout the whole community. Then
success will be observed and emuiated -
Not only will their own business he -four
fishing, but that Of their neichbors will be-
sensibiy affected. By their very iberaliiy
they will be incited TO extend wider and
wider their sphere of action, and they will
be met with corresponding action on the
part of those with whom they have deal
iDgs. As the world goes now-a days, this
liberal man is fast winning the first place
People very sooD find out the man 9hS
displays meanness in his business, aRt
they seldom give him second call. Or
the other hand, they as readily ascertain
the man who IL noted for hberality in hi,
dealings, and they do not forget to circulate
the fact. Their calls upon him are fire
quent and they induce their acquaintance,
to call also. As matter Of course, the
liberal man finds his business alwayt
healthy and profitable and when he look,
around upon those less fortunate thar
himself, he has abundant cause for congrat
ulatiou that he has found out the secret
that Hberality in business is an all-imprt
ant aid towards achieving that success
which is never won by him who, though
industrious and prudent, has not learne,
that meanness in business never vet resul-
ted favurebly to the fortunes of him VIII,
might be justly charged with it'll
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