Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-15

be proud thing to appear among your
companions with a gold watch and cham,
but your employers have already de-
cided that they must watch you a little
closer. or perchance their money VIII be
used next for diamond pin. Every one
hundred dollars expended by a man at
the age of twenty years would, AT our
legal rate of interest, compounded an
nually, become three thousand dollars
should he live to the age OF seventy
But more than the mere accumulation Is
the satisfaction of knowing something is
laid away for the rainy day. Stick
where YOU are. "a rolling stone gathers
no moss Salary is but small point to
take into consideration. The longer you
stay with a firm the more necessary you
become to them If there are any
changes, your strongest claim will be
the length of your service, and 1T cannot
be easily overlooked. And in all the cal
culations made by young man, the pub
lie is factor not to be overlooked. Ii
YOU are found year after year at the
same place the fact is placed to your
credit You establish an acquaintance
with your customers that is worth great
deal. An odd customer comes in and is
met at the door by one of your brother
clerks-a new conner. Where is
Brown" he asks; Il know him. And
Immediately Brown" is called out
through the store and your employers no
tice that you are in demand. An Incl
dent like this, though it happens but
once a week, is eventually the cause of
your becoming a member of the firm.
Aim to be more than clerk, more than
merchants son; aim to be an educated
man. A mans life goes out beyond the
shop or the counting-room, and an edu-
Gated man is welcome everywhere. DO not
imagine that you are required only to talk
Cuisines" The best merchant is the
man who has the best general education.
The clerk who stores his mind with gem
eral reading is better clerk than he who
confines his mental recreation to Dime
Novels" In every department of life
education tells, and the man who can
bring brains into the market lessons the
number of his competitors.
Be truthful Every falsehood comes
back with companion" Your custom
ers will soon find you out, no matter how
smoothly you may talk. Have your
word as good as any other mans word.
Never misrepresent your goods; simply
as a question of policy it will not pay"
Your employer may smile over a sue
cessful trick, but you will be visited
with heavy hand when customers begin
to complain of having been deceived.
No man yet ever built solid business
upon foundation of falsehood. Have
it distinctly understood, then, that your
word is warranty. If there is blem-
ish in the piece point t out, and sell at
correspondingly low price; you have lost
few pence, bat have made friend.
Let billiards alone; there is better So
ciety to be found in a book. Do not
think you must smoke to be "manly.
Beware of intoxicating liquors. men do
not go to saloons for clerks or partners,
Select your companions with great care.
There is no maxim so wholly true as the
one which says, a man is known by the
company he keeps" Above all, ReUer
despdtr. The sun will still shine over
you though you may not see it because of
the clouds, and over young man who has
acquired habits of sobriety, economy and
punctuality; whose manners are polite
and conciliating; whose word is truthful,
and whose brain is full OF useful
knowledge, the clouds will not tarry
long. The demand is far beyond the
supply, and he is one upon whom there
is "no discount. 80 an Old Merchant" IN
Toledo Blade.