Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-11-30
l's.le g0od.-Pacitc Christian. Adyo.
COUNT THE coSr

COUNT THE cosT.
Everything, no matter how small ho,
aone value. E;Ferything used abont
any shop, mill, or place of business costs
something, and no matter how small I; -
u.s. or how little its cost, it should i; +,
some way be accounted for. The old
scotch saying, smony mickle makes a
meckel!' should always be kept in
sight $, Everything purchased should be
u. weighed and it's value noted
LIE price paid for thing is not an ey-
ponent OF its value. It's value consists
IN the return it brings. A book, paper
nachlne, or appliance is of no kind Of
value to it's owner unless it gives him
something in return, or renders an
equivalent for time Or money expended.
and we should "count the cost. A
thing We cannot use, and consequently
is Of no value to us, is dear at any price.
we should "count the cost" before
buying.
Before buying any machine we should
see it, Or its duplicate, working under
all the conditions the machine is calcu-
lated to work under, and in no case buy
a second quality of tool Or one that will
do small amount OR an inferior quality
OF work. The cost should be counted.
and if more is paid for it than it will re-
turn to us in work performed, it is a
dear purchase.
The cost should be counted in buying
betting. A poor belt is costly at any
price, for it never runs we'll or pulls
we'll, and costs more in time to lace and
relace and patch than two or three good
belts would in the end. Lacing should
be carefully selected. If you trust to
the dealer to select hides of lacing for
you, he always has few hides of poor
quality, and it is to his interest to get
rid of this poor stock, and if you leave
the selection to him you will probably
get one of these poor hides, therefore it
is best always, before cutting them up,
to see how much it will cost YOU to
use it.
The first cost of anything is small
item, and not single thing should be
bought because it can be bought "for q
mere song" What will it cost to use
or run it, comparatively? If it lisa ma
chine, count the cost of oil, betting,
time spent in repairs, and amount and
quality Of work done in given time, and
compare it with another machine doing
the same kind of work.
In buying files there should be close
discrimination, for files are curious
things to buy. There are thousands of
them so poor that junk-dealer would
not run the risk Of stealing them, for
the cost of carrying them to his pile of
old iron would be more than they were
worth. The only way to get good files
is to count the cost of using, and get
hold of some firm like Kearney & Foot,
who always furnish frst-class file, and
stick to them. Don't ever buy, or beg,
or even borrow, an acid re-cut file.
Count the cost Of hiring labor, and be
careful in selecting it. A man may be
good man for somebody, but not for
you. A man to be Of value in any par
ticular business must be adapted to it,
and be able to do it with ease and dis
patch. Simply because he is man is
no sign that he will be of value to you
as an employee. Count the cost of
everything in the sense Of what value it
will be to you in using.-The Wood
Worker.