The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1864-11-02
: Business Rules.

/. DO not undertake o business with.
which you are not perfectly acquainted, /:
any sooner than you would attempt, if
blind, to survey city. First thorough,
ly understand whaty propose to do
Serve an apprcnticeship-do anything
before taking single step involving
risk.
2. Never attempt a business for which
you have no,taste nor tact. Seek to do
that for which you have natural faeui-
ty and relish. Don't aspire tc be a
merchant, when you should be a,farmer,
mechanic, or day laborer.
3. Never connect yourself 10 partner.
ship with those to whom you would not
bc willing, sick or we'll, at home or
abroad, living or dead, to intrust all
your business affairs. -, >"'.'
4. Never attempt to do more business
than you can safely do on your capital
S. Avoid taking the extraordinary,
risks of long credits, no mattes''What
profits are in prospect.
6. Give no cred it whatever to any one
who does not possess a good moral char.
acter.
Z. Supervise carefully Jour own bus
mess (not ysur .neighbor's), and look
after your clerks, and sec that they are
faithful in the performance of all their
duties. ~.
8. Let all those with whom you have
dealings or intercourse, understand, dis.
tinctly, that you will rot lend yourself,
for the sake Of trade, to do any mean
thiug-anything which your conscience
will not approve Of. -, ~. :: <:,1':;
8. Never lend your name by iudorse-
ment or otherwise, except under most
extraordinary circumstances, and thea.
let the act DO guarded with every posi-
bic security ar.n'. -" hL.' . .''..T
10. Never allow. yourself, or your.
partners, to draw dollar ffom.the. con-
ccTrn, Germ to invest in in any outside opera.
ton ""whatever:' ~"
,1l!,In forminea co.pnrtsership, insist
that a limited !frcd:'sum only shall be
drawn. by each partner, for pcrsonalsex:
penses. ,..., -: az. .ro :...y:., q,
r. Under no circumstances whatever,
deal iu stocks. Dor!t- believe any ono
Of. the thousand, tales, of',a fortunei1
Mdt /! direction They arc a trap and
lie. '-''''
,..13: Keep NIL your accumulated. profits
iu your. business, So long as yop,o
dollar: When you haze more property
than you ,yyou' can use, then it will be proper
to invest1e6ntside'. 'H'" : .'> .'''.'.'''
- IT: Borrow never; fit can be avoid
cd. If temporary aassiatance:is needed;
seek it from q tried friend or from .
sound banking institution, and, then l,re:
turn the loaPp' % the aay f1od, with !i.!l" the
=. Is. Have an eye on the condition Of
the country: its crops and 1.-The general
prospects for business, and. look out
Sharp for the. movements Of politicians.
who, in iiiiie cases out Of ten, care moro
for a reelection than for iour CONNER.
cislintercs.s;ar;io iou. national, PROSPERITY
There ,ara ptbeg, ,agd' most important
matters which should not he forgotten.
Keep good company: Value Integrity
moro than money. I've within you.
means. $Escbq* wiuc, :lcWdiHomeu md
fast horses. tUse uofProEsno language.
Never quarrel with u pattaes. BE kind,
considerute, and generous to. clerks, and
also to your, unfortunate. debtors. Cul.
'|tivatc the friendship, Of, all: DO your
proper share in promoting the public
veal. Be man, 4 gentleman, mud o
Christian ;i'and you will make sure Of an
inheritance in this life, and Of untold
riches in the life which is TO- conc: ~