The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-12-13

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COMMON MISTAKES.
Men in clvlhztd Communities nre
obliged TO trade, to excbonge their goods
and services for those Of others. There
fore, IL is important for everybody to
make such exchanges wisely, no rs TO
purchase what he wants at tho last cost,
and sell his own services TO best adyan-
tRge. Skill in this direction is 4 special
qualification Of the successful mau, and
those who are lacking IL nre sure 10 be
less prosperous than their neighbor.
Sueh skill and prudence are important
for the poor. They should make 1t one
of their daily duties TO study economic
methods, They would be well paid for
their time
Mistakes in practical economy are fire.
quent and of various kinds, and, FIRST, in
making purchases. We are apt, for IN.
stance, to purchase in very small guam.
titles. when we eonld buy in larger
amounts at reduced rals Some things
must be bought in small quantities, be.
cause they will not keep well; but many
things that We require Tor our tables or
for other purposes cin just as well be
bought in larger amounts, nrd if so
bought they can usually be cot at con.
siderable REDUCTION in price. again, we
are too much it, in tho habit OF buying
on credit when ezertion aud forelLoughl
would enable &C to buy for cash, aud
make further saving in that way. For
instance, the ADVOCATE costs one dcllar
If paid in advance, otherwise. one aud
quarter. Why not save twenty Gye cents
by paying in advance? In general way
we are safe to say that We could save ten
per cent by doing cash business.
Besides these Of en- economical chorac-
ter, there are others Of different kind
into which we arc apt to fall in the use
OF our meapa. One of these is the pur-
chase of inferior goods or shabby imita-
tions, when q genuine article, even Of |
lower grade, would DO more satisfactory, |
ard often cheaper, Many buy shoes for
three dollars, whereas they should pur-
chase those that cost from five TO seven |
dollars. Three dollar shoes last only |
half the time that five dollar shoes do.
The mending win cost Only one half as
much for one pair 0s for two. Ore mo-
ment's pledi,ation will convince you on |
this point, i you ever took notice, you |
found that clerks and prcprietors always
wear the hest class Of goods. They often
wear and use things that they never keep
in their stores II you ask them Why |
don't you use this article, or wear this |
kind of goods? They answer, "It is too
dear Why shall We not follow their
exampl.?
Then, large sums in the aggregate are
spont for artIc,es of ornament that are
not ornOment'', Gnd for vulgar nj use
IN ants and other tliags OF little or 40
real vlue, Ornamentation is not only
the style in which We dress, the be- j.
ful teams we drive, decorated houses we
have, aud the 81 ci ty in which We move
but also the training OF our intellect and
tho culture Of our so1ls. II is blessing
when tho two exist iu our homes, but
SHAME when tie fo;m = is mona, ch.
Many dollar is Fpeat umoug poor CO.
pie, for which they receive no bsl eft
whatever, which when invested properly
Wculd afford them many advantages.
Again, many make mis- axe Ly not
supplying their children with proper
reading matter, 1uis way We can keep
the young busy and out Of mischief. We
nre no longer czcislJls IN tine ground
that boots cost toe much. A coed IL
brGry can be purchased at present for q
trifie. Il is Eo longer The rich that can
Lave /. family library, but the poor can
get the same material only in O cheaper
ftGm. II is the moral duty of every
parent to supply their children With
good r-ading matter. If they don't do it,
their boys and girls will buy. dina liter
eture, and tLis is what spnilsso many Of
cur young people. Iut good reading
matter in the haads Of CHILDREN aud they
will become useful mtn and women.
BY this we open to tie yourg generation
tie practical coudUct Of lie in its econ
omic as. col, matter in which Il, oreti-
cal knowledge is Of subordinate impor-
;anee. II is no, to he expected that
men so impertectly educated as ID la
boring masses, and with so little loisure
and spare energy rs they have tn uld
be able to Giye much study to tho laws
of wealth; but there is no reason v by
trey should not manage their own busi.
ness Affairs with more prudence Than
some Of them show now. Z.
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