, 1876-08-26
Fai.ures--,shai Tsey Teacn.

Failures = hat Trey Teach.
| The Suspension fixtures aud susprnsiorr-
! which have made ,he commercial world sine,
( 'br panic Of 1873 one cf constant upheAvai
and change, should be utilized by those fo,-
tuns'e ones Who have thus escaped disaster
aud by thos, who are entering. for the frs.
'In.r. the + u Of besiuess lie for the lessons
that may &c drawn from ,heri. Failurrs
like every species Of Irishap only follow irou.
d. enthr',nt eausei and usually il IS ou- thar
could have easily hs-a couuterac;ed OF avoid.
unknown. Aud il, just here that We find 20
many OF our business men weak. In their
acquaintance with their own business. they
lacS that complete command Of the calling
they have p5oi,sseily maie themselves mas
Ter of which alone eualles one to understand
and avoid il dangerous points.
The eyil lrs IL a TOO Superficial knowledge
Of the business they undertake 20 manage.
The man who makes q study Of any occupa-
ton. outside VI the professions, ia the strict
sense OF tie term, who deyotes time TO an ac-
cur.Ie aa1 sc:ea,ifc elucati0n in the business
b. has chosen is means icr tho accumula-
ton of wealth, i, now rarely found, and it
seems TO us that large number Of the fail
ures OF The last thrse years might Justly be
attributed to this csuse. And especially is
tbs ;sae Of the class from which the deple-
tion IL our mercantile ranks is to be made
good. The clerk who has stood few years
. hind the coanier considers himself amply
qualih,l to take charge oi business involv-
liz the most Intricate aai Perplexing details
and the book krrIer Ur salesman whose Cx
Y.ri-nor IN the scirEce OF manipulating lum-
b,r has be.u equally limited, stands ready at
q momrnt's notice 10 assHme the manage
m,nt of a lumter yard or saw-mill. Tie
idea seems 20 prevail that a business transact
ei on ones own account is 4 kind of perpet-
ual motion that once started will not only
keep i's,lf in operation bat may be drawn
to an almost unlimited extent for the means
10 aiu other enterprises. The inventor
who sq-nds years in attempting to realize his
impossible machine Is not mo-e certain of
falere than - who starts in business with
aush expectations ,lme when rrr-.-y
la :. saa5e bv when
w-..l,h eouI b,--A
has faded "a. away
ers e strife and
.ha-s---I-- .s.-a ~
faIrd themselves for the war:a.e -
succeed.
y Is not luck that makes one man fall and
-, nyishbOr sloceei, it Is not tickle fortune
hat brings clouds Of dificnlties unnn On"
while uuo'her has appireatly plain sailing. it
/, something far rore certain IN lis operations
than either Of these. II is skill and perfect
command of its resources that enables one
clnn 70 advance where another can make
DO progross; and these two qualities are pos
~s-,-! only 6y those who have made their
bu-in...- he one thing they must become per
feo'ly familiar with.
The world j. not ye; so crowded that any
need = TO the wall TO support the rest, therr
j. room fir all and an abundsnce TO spare
The great wan, l. for more men who ar
well qualified fDr work aud Who will pu
their -bauld-r- to the wheel and push ANY
p-r-..n who l. determined to win and wh"
uuires aith his perseverance sense enough T.
knJw that succ--s epu,es Only 70 those VII"
d----rye j., 10y the patience aud skill wTi
which they toil. has before him an inviiinE
f q! f,r labor aud may enter it with the a.
sur,urs that # his efforts are rightly dIrec'e
they viii meet with sure rewzrd--L'n
j.THes.