The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-11-04

"Not at ALL" answered Mr.. Stewart
"you sell the goods bought, pay me
back my S. 600 and that's all I ask or
expect. bought them for your accom-
mediation and not to make anything
myself.
1t is unnecessaryto to pursue this dia-
logue. Mr.. Chambers would not listen
to anything else than sharing the profits
with Mr.. Stewart. He insisted further
that they should open store together,
and that Mr.. Stewart should be the
salesman, while he would buy other
goods at auction for tue establishment.
This programme of business finally
agreed upon, the next thing was to get
u store. They looked through Pearl and
Hudson streets, tho great centers then
OF retail trade, but could find no place
to suit them, the principal objection
being the high rents asked. Finally n
bill "To Let' upon the door Of No. 2S3
broadway, attracted their attention.
The rent, on inquiry, they found to be
1915 year. For some time they pom
dered over the expediency of assuming
such high rent. The man who had
Just vacated the place failed, and this
made them extra cautious. They de-
cided to take the store.
? We have given, with some prolixity
the above details, as they never havo
been given to the public before. They
show exactly the circumstances under
which Mr.. Stewart entered into busi-
ness; that, instead Of his selecting his
own business, as most men do, for a pre-
objection for it, on the suppositious be-
lief OF its opening the way to brilliant
fortune, on the contrary he had strong
aversion to it, which it was difficult to
overcome, and that, as already stated,
he was launched nOtens uolcns into bu-
siness in its subsequent development
the most remarkablr OH record; one in
its progress calling into activity most
remarkable executive abilities-one in
the rapid attainment of wealth unea-
qualed in the history Of modern times.
In the fall of 1923 Mr.. Stewart began
business at the store No 2S3 broadway.
Mr.. Chambers bought goods fol him
for n short time, but never became a
partner. The business was all his own.
The store was small, being only twelve
and half feet wide by thirty feet deep.
He rapidly developed his aptitude for
business. He had no knowledge of it
whatever when he began and did not
know one kind Of goods from another.
He soon saw what business could be
built up. Hc saw the golden fortune
store for him. He bought only the best
goods. He knew no plan of business,
but he made one-paticnce, persever-
ance, labor, honesty. His rule was the
Golden Rule. His motto was truth
He carried out this plan and adhered to
this rule and motto, and from the start
was crowned with success.
The cause of his success, he has been
heard to say, is his patient plodding.-
he saw his adaptation to the business
and stuck to 1t. "Work, work." Is his
laconic advice to others, who would be
successful. After remaining here three
years he removed to No. 2G2 Broadway.
Increasing success followed him here
he remained at this latter place three
years, and then moved to o57 Broadway.
His business here continued to increase
with the most astonishing rapidity. He
remained here seventeen years. The
foundation OF his immense fortune was
now fairly laid.