Telegram-herald., 1889-12-10
BUSINESS HABITS
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aaltn, aai u tl4 tgl.t ~ our .anor b o.
le eamvea anywhere, 10 certainly
should 81 there. Bat 1t us consider
NAllc SIC te4s- To-Day We may last to-
morrow.
For example, We NlA cite the case Of
a hasness nlau w.th = profitable Jrads
s.lllIlg au lueoa,e " - 30 Peg scar,
gained Is careful Industry, and suppose
taat oe can support hls family, LFe
happily and comfortably, dispensing
charity according u h-s means, Tor 50
go peI year.
But assuming that MS profits vii
always continue and pEOhaD-y increase
IS they have u tile past. ne spends tle
ili. amount 0f hls income, possibly
builds nle house and cottage ~ -
summer resort, living as II be need take
uo thought for tue Iuture. Everything
goes smoothly Tor tan years, when sud-
denly times change, business rever7-s
come Xpectedlg, and Tor Two or
three years 10 may be he viii Va My en-
dely0r TO STAY tue tide OF vanishing re-
resources, and Ws have the old story
repeated failure, bankruptcy. ruin.
Now suppose on the other hand he
had saved tAe 81 900 per year, and wise
lv invested ID lI securities outside OF
uls regular business. The sum OF SlO,-
OJ0 and is earnings would undOuOt-
edlY have saved Mm from bankruptcy
and q di--race. / say. then, II YOU are
prosperous today, save while YOU may,
Tor there is 10 succr Way TO maintain
perpcJUity OF prosperity than 10y iru-
81 ty.
some Of the most interesting and
/ practical questions which command
Jle att ut.Ol Of scientific men today
are those 0t au economic nature, as
they 0dcct the individual, the home,
{ and the nation.
Last OF all. fidelity. BE faithful 10
every trust-to your business, % your
/ physical, moral and mental nature. 20
+ vOur Prescryer and Creator. IL there
Is one evil that seems % be peculiarly
| Characteristic OI the present decade, lt
T is betrayal OF trust, IN business life, n
I social lte, IN home life, and lis con-
/ slant increase is shock ng and alarming.
7 Banks, railroad companies, express
+ companies, lie Insurance companies,
I loan associations, persons engaged IN
I ali classes OF mercantile pursuits have
\ been robbed tv Their most trusted OH
cials and employees.
! Underlying all TINS lsa mania for wild
/ speculation. haste 10 get rich without
/ work. anxiety 10 get something for
| nothing, winch can but result, sooner
| or later, in disaster. Very few of the
men who stand today judged asthleves,
/ robbers, embtzzlcrs, ever dreamed they
/ would one day occupy a fc!On's cell,
/ bat with a COnceitCd confidence i'm self
supposed superior judgment as 10 the
/ course OF future values, about which
the wisest men have erred, they have
/ commenced little by little, saving 10
/ of tins mOney-plcnty of IL here. I'll
!
/ the profits i'm my pocket"
/ Fortune does not smile upon them.
l The money - gone. They are dis
mayed, can not bear to lose it, and 50
T put more with & in vain endeavOr 10
/ win II back, till some day there is 81
wreck, and the awful crime mas crippled
/ or ruined employer and emplOyc, and
perhaps both. Beware, then, OF using
for your own account that which be-
longs TO another without his consent.
/ but If, as a young business man, YOU
/ are in the employ of others, SO far IS
possible make Your employers business
! your own. Snow your fidelity by enter
! ing into the spirit of the business, not
/ simply putting Ia a certain number Of
hours day for the wages allowed YOU,
but be Interested IA season and ont of
! season, push and work as If for your
. self, and you VIII not only grow in Your
/ employers estimation. bat p fact. lie
may not show his appreciation As soon
Is you expect it, hUt be- faith
fUl nevertheless, regardless of wages.
Your own development demands il.
and sooner or later your capabilities
VIII be recognized and help Won up on
higher ground. There has never been
a time M the history Of tac world when
. young men Ot exemplary habit, and
I good business training were in so great
demand rs today. Then do not for a
/ moment harb0r the thought that YOU
1 must needs be smoker. dri1k.r, q
gamcster. IN order to stand well wth
/ your fellows. Shun all social evils aud
/ engage IN no amusement that Wi. moi
. elevate and inspire You 10 a higher life
and uOhler acton.
The habits outlined for n man ot
business are all such as VIII bc
/ helpful 10 the Christian, no matter
what his vocation; but perhaps thcm0s
I comprehensive, rs u characteristic. 5.
fidelity, toward which all the other.
I tend.
This is 4 practical age: we are knOwr
I 20 the world by our dall ly walk and tho
/ fru Of OuT lves lie who soarchetl
/ All hearts looks down upon us. l0vcc
+ ones at home are watching us. the eye
/ of Our COuntrymen turn toward Us.
I would repeat then, % every young
/ man 0r woman starting ont IN life. b.
/ falthfultO every trust 70 God and hOm,
and native land.