Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-05-13
Rules for Business Men.

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Take advantage of modern facilities,
and accomplish as much in single day
as required weeks. months. or years
formerly.
Use the means within your reach there
is something for everybody 10 do; and \
place for every one who is willing TO
work.
Don't depend upon your own lungs
alone; use tho lungs of tho Press.
Don't depend alone upon your own
hands, or the labor Of other mems hands I;
use steam power il possible.
Make it known by printers ink that you
are prepared to do business.
Confess ignorance in regard to subjects
on which you are uninformed; listen and
learn.
Be silent when fool talks; ho will
cease the sooner; you cannot gain by his
converse
Be ashamed Of nothing but your own
errors.
Calculate the probabilities Of tho future !;
increase and multiply the means Of in
formation.
To compete successfully with neigh
Dor, participate in the facilities afforded
to GO ahead.
The door to wealth, respecta bility. in
nuence and honor, is thrown wide open
TO all.
Establish yourself on the broad and
sound basis of integrity; conduct your
business with intelligence and judgment.
Trfle not with serious matter, and be
not serious about triiles.
Wisdom and virtue mako the poor rich
nnd the rich honorable.
Thore is no deep or hidden mystery to
be studied or practiced 10 carry on busi-
ness successfully; on the contrary. all that
any honest. legitimate concern. demanded
by the public wants. requires. is fair judg-
ment, close industry. unwayering in
,egrity, superior workmanship. lair
prices, and to do better by the customers,
il possible, than others in the same busi-
ness can do by theirs.-and give it
publicity.
lie, the business Of others alone, and NJ
tend to your own.
Don't buy what you don't want; use
every hour TO The best advantage, aud
study even to make leisure hours useful.
Find recreation in looking after your
business, and your business will not be
neglected looking after recreation.
Buy fair, sell fair. take care OF the prot.
its, and be economical.
Should misfortune overtake you, re-
trench, work harder, but never fly the
track; confront difficulties with unflinch.
ing perseverance should you then fail.
you will be honorcd; but shrink, and
you'll be despised.
Consider the cause of the good stand.
ing of some. and the decline and fall and
want of success of others. and regulate
your conduct accordingly.
The tricky. deceitful, and dishonest are
rarely prosperous, for when confidence
S Withdrawn, poverty is likely to follow.
With the preservation of an upright
character. if the opportunities Tor acquir-
ing knowledge and cultivating the mind,
which lie in every one'a way. be properly
improved. responsibility, influence, and
perhaps wealth. may be the reward.
Resolve to perform what you ought.
and perform without fail what you re.
solve.
Reflect on what you see and hear. Set
your mind at work reason with candor,
weigh we'll and consider for yourself; de-
eide and act.
Be civil and obligiug to all; it costs
nothing, and is worth much.
Be kind, liberal and just 10 all connect
ed with you in business.
Be not diverted from your duty by any
idle reflections the silly world may make
upon you; their censures are not in your
power, and consequently should not be
any part your concern.
Rest satisfied with doing well, and
leave others to talk as they will.