St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-23
to France to do so, and, with
the advent of the hanson cab,

the advent of the hanson eaD,
and the Figaro and all the
other good things, which the etfete
monarchieS have to offer, and the best
of which only the Americans accept,
has come the expert accountant On the
plan of supplying demand created by
the everlpcreasing magnitude OF the
business interests OF the city. Look
out then, gentlemen of the pen and
figures. The expert is in our midst to-
day, in fact has been for some time.
Look out for him, for he is lynx-eyed,
austere, mercilessly full of the knowl-
edge of his business, cold and unap-
prOachable when following the trail.
There may be men, without any doubt
there will be men, who will pick up this
GLOBE and read these words, and theT'
CONSCIENCE WILL BE SMITTEN.
for day by day they are living a life OF
secret misery and dread, stealing from
their employers whatever they can get
hold of, generally stock, but if possible
what is much better appreciated-cash
To such men the expert accountant is
! Nemesis, at first seen afar, but daily
coming nearer and nearer till the fatal
hour he is called in ON judgment, and
with his practical and experienced eye
lays all the guilty mans faults clearly
before his employer. But all men must
not suppose or picture man in this
business in the light of a bqgbear, for
he is only such to raScalS like those
enumerated above. Bookkeepers
working for firms are too prone to take
OffenSe when an expert is called IN.
They say by such action their honesty
is impugned, and fly indignant right
away. To obviate this, employers who
have no reason to suspect their men,
yet who are anxious to know how things
are going for their own satisfaction,
have the books examined in the night,
and while the bookkeeper is peacefully
snoring in the bosom of his family the
books from which he derives his living
and general happiness are being
closely scrutinized by one who is as
near to being infallible in this business
as it is possible for man to be. This
method of keeping watch is very often
employed, and with satisfaction to all
concerned. REGULATIONS from firms and
corporations are all the
RESULT OF CARELESSNESS.
For instance, there was a local case
hushed up short while ago, in which a
certain man was discharged from large
firm, owing them from steals he made
while in their employ some $1,000 or
$1,000. His moduS Operandi was making
false entries of freight bills. II a bill
was for $40 he would charge it up to $40
and pocket the difference, and this was
possible only from the carelessness OF
the firm who never from one years end
to the other looked at their freight bills,
which were tied up in bundles, and kept
in an empty cask. "When called in Oh
that case" said an expert, II suspected
where the trouble was right away and
went for those freight receipts. When
| showed the firm what had been going
on, they were astounded, but acknowl-
edging very generously it was partly
their own fault for being so slip-shod,
they let the follow 60 and never pun
ished him."
In such a manner does the
expert accountant acquit himself
beside doing the class of work which is
generally of an irksome nature, he is
called in to open up sets of books, to
adapt journals to certain kinds Of bust
ness, and to supply balance sheets in a
thoroughly business style, which is
something the ordinary bookkeeper
very seldom does. The possibility of
stealing would almost become an i'm
possibility were firms to employ an out
side accountant once or twice year,
for an outsider will find mistake in
evitably before the employer would
ever dream where the screw was loOses
Business men are beginning slowly to
appreciate this fact, and every year the
business of the gentlemen engaged in
this profession in Minneapolis is largely
increasing. The specimens and styles
of bookkeeping nowadays Q
SHOW REVOLUTION &
in the business even to what it was a
few years ago. The tendency is and
always has been to lessen the number
of books as much as possible, in fact, to