Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-29

! h. Value of Time.


II there Is any one ''i''i- I.'N + :'H:' II l.
IN which farmers are pr""!9"', i j. li4'
manner IN which they permit " ARE poi
ti'n Of their time 1" pas away "lliIoh
turning 1t 20 any recount III DUN
WIN the aF'f'2F l'''ii' NJ '''i'' = ~
estate. ana every utN me- It lows ~ E''9N
away without having done something l"
promote the interest "i M "'IS.n'.~-' i Ii"
better tiEth hlirhlh- UP sum 81 i,,'"'.N
equal III V-'lur /" Il cay M'IN, ne
that much p"''cf IT II -'f i'lh ne "A> III
tie morning ms pHEtIlH' r"'''9>iu'
mechanics amt m"llIi'clNf' r. ttf"~hl|c.
They N" neither ldl". n"r It. ihrN allow
hIIcfo ;'b"h IN m l-F'fE "'Fh'hI H''"
III the year i l'lh''l 10 some "'> 90" +
1T iaIm"I a""lt us lf'h' :'F' "h" We
have II" Idca ut HE rhd OF me year ne
would lEtvr any occasion 1" ny lilI Ill,
business d!d not pay we mem II H. if'H
managed II skIl.iully It wei ~ Win PER
sistent industry.
The most successful men III HISTORY nave
been those who knew how 10 place ro-
CT valu" ON time. HE lHodIGHl 81 time
i seldom economical of other values ~
curarV in the estimation ct NIlHc> l. Il ou1i-
ity or talent lnIlSprh-a3i' 10 success III
hus:nr~>. II "" impure INTO tic hN''> q!
lho~, who hay" acquired magnificent tor
tunes. We shall -rc tl"st they were i"irlN
mi-rrly III !hrr e OF time.
Farmers some INES complain 81, Wine
they envy the success of the merchant vino
in Il few Years. perhaps, has accumulated
millions. They complain that Will they
work much harder, their gains bear II"
proportion to those ct The merchant.
While we are ready to conceIr tlI- latter
assumption, We question whether th"v
work rs many hours on whether th"l'
work Is 80 wearing We lnNc known
something OF III" lives of some successful
merchants. and We know tllat they WorN
more hours i'll tWcntY-tour than tin most
driving farmer we ever knew, and lhrlr
Labor was more eXholstlng
They would rise early, look through the
morning papers before breakfast. scanning
carefully the markets IN All parts oi iit-
world. To see If there were any goods IN
their line that were iii pIrtlrHllr dcn"nj ;
look carefully over P'll,Ir.d movements /"
determine til Il pr"h"bIr bearings upon
commerce. an! 80 have their plans for the
day operations III Their minds before
stnriln@ ior tn" counting ho.>r- ArrIV NJ
there, if satisfied th-tt there would be an
advance in certain goods, they would send
out clerks with ORDERS To buy up that class
of %ooI>, or # they ila'l Il large class of
Goods that were likely to de}rtri:tp they
would make extra effort t. dispose OF
eurh
All through the day their time would
be occupied in interviews with Sharp hll-i-
ness men from different port ions of The
country. seeking to drive hard bargains
If old acqu,ntancc~ called upon them for
Il friendly chat, they would soon be CON
WINGED that they had no time to waste in
that way. that every moment was valu:,-
be and claimed BIZ the urgency of lhriI
business.
When they went home at night to Il ~iN
o'clock dinner, they took fiom the book
keeper an exhibit Of the DAYS account
and after dinner. instead Of Spending til,
evening with their family in social inter
course. CT attending places of amtI>cm mt
they would retire to Il private room an,
carefully scan the exhibit and see t!l1t tn,
accounts Were all straight. Then the,
would plan. figure and calculntc, with ,
view to further investments, thus sVrndu.
the time until midnight, leaving bat iiv,
or sin hours for sleep
How l. 1t with farmers? DO ANY O
them, and c>lcclaIIy the TrInbIIng por
ton, set such Il val"e on time ~ to 'rNot'
sixteen or eighteen hours ont If tn" tW'n
ty-lour to business? We are aWar" tina
many farmers devote h1uls CA u@h t. 1t
Dor. perhaps more thn tn'y ought +"
hlt II such. cVrn' would s'end Il portion u
their long winter evenings III krrt ING an'
examining accounts leading thrbrN' I"'r
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