Daily Republican., 1890-03-10
BUSINESS Is BUSINESS.

There lives In the city Of New York q
man who has accumulated quite for
! tune b simply advising people what to
DO. There always will be q large NUM-
Der OF persons who are unable TO rely on
their own Judgment; others come 70 Q
conclusion with ease aud certainty.
A young man had accumulated thou
sand dollars and was debating whether
he should buy . small candy store with
| II OF whether ~ should lend 1t on mort
gage. This latter he knew was the secure
way. Tho other promised great profits.
In this perplexity he saw an advertise
ment: advice given to those going into
After stating bis case the counselor
said:
"My fec will be IS in advance"
When thia WAS paid he asked:
"Do you understand the candy bast.
ness2"
mo; did not think 1t was necessary,
/ OK pect TO supervise 1t merely"
"Then you will lose all your money in
three months."
"You think ! had better lend the
money on the inortgage?"
81 do not say that. What 10 your busi-
ness? That 10, what do you perfectly
understandP'
IL know the pickle business through
and through. ! eau make picklea Of ell
kinda, but do not like it.
"Never mind what you like. Go and
get small place and make pickles, 20
from hotel to hotel. restaurants to res
taurant aud sell them. In ten years come
back and rec me; you will have $4,000
at least"
AZ the young man was going away be
was called back.
"Here Is card; I want you to put |,
where you can Zee II hundred times Q
day."
These were the words on the card
"Business is business. Men don't d.
what they like, they do what they can
The card had . strange fascination fol
him; he read It with care as be walked
along the street. As he studied Il new
liz hit eemed to enter his mind.
He found . Dizzy basement and began
to arrange Tor his opera GUS. OF cours,
vinegar must be get, several barrels OF 1t
some was offered him ut ten cents gal
Ion, some more shown at five cents
(which shall take" He thought of III.
wo, ds on his card. He scented TO &c,
people testing his pickles, and, not liking
them, depart without buying. "rhey vii
r know good vinegar" thought he, anu s,
he bought the honest stun.
In . lew days several tubs of mate, q
. were ready and he knew he must IN Al n {
them. Now he greatly dreaded to lac
strange people and push his goods upol
their notice. He never had courage whei
hoy, and now as young man he fol
more timid, II ,eemed. Bat he thought o
the words Of the card and entered a res
tau ant. The evident manager Was
blooming young woman, and the pic Il
dealer was more afraid Of women tha
men But "busineas IL business" repeate,
itself over aud over In his mind.
|. The answsr TO his statement was tn
bis pickles would be tried, sud, If ioun
!, all right, they would be purchase.
! "Glad got that good vinegar,
thought the young man, and he bega
/ to feel that there was ceria ain power |
i the maxim his advisor had given. II
began to fesl q courage he had never ez
pected In meeting people and trying
sell his goods to them.
t Calling at . store to get, u posslbl,
: an order for pickles In bottles, he WI
. quickly and rudely met with, Don
. want to see any such stuff" Noticin
. the utter disnay on the young man
face, the merchant said, short and shary
"Don't you knox enough OF business 1
put up your i GODS attractivelyf'
/. As he reiterated, rufilrd and dishear
: eued, the maxim repeAted itself over HI
over with this additional sentence I"
: is business to put up goods attractiv.ly.
= He sought out photographer, and he
some hsndsomely-col labels printe,
"They Will buy the bottles," said
4 friend, Just for the pictures on the In.
h When he bad gained sufficient coural
he sought out again the merchant wi
, had reouffed him. II have come
3 make you present OF bottle Of d.
pickels."
why do you make me present I
them?"
/ "Because you gave me advice that
worth great deal"
: The morning of one Fourth of Jul
} came, and he pondered whether to GO |
his store or not. All Mt once he though
people going on picnics will war
pick les; 1t was the magic words on 20
! little card that ran through his mint
He found. as he had thought, larg,
number of buyers waiting Tor him.
, The little card was consulted In d
Z sorts of weather. II man made
proposition TO hun OF any kind, and b
. was in doubt. he would 20 aud look a
i the words, though he knew them b.
heart already. One day cheese mel
SuAt ChiAo W ppinuSao min " ouJ III
/ stock
"Peope," said he, "who buy pickle
always buy cheese; you will do biz
t trad" 1t was . temptation. He Wen
and looked At them iutcntly, trying u
think out their application to the case a
{ hand. "Men do what they cam" be re
. frcted. al wou d like to sell cheese, bu
know can cell pickles." then he re
turned. Now be was resolute and d IN
although by nature easily swayei an,
tent by the words Of others.
Cuisines 10 bushes F" he said. 81 an
In the pickle business; il cannot max,
money in this shall quit aud go int
sonnet hing else; but will not have tw,
kinds on my hands,"
y 1t was turning point; after this h
could refuse all influence to go into some
thing that locked ut the time to be NOR
lucrative. He was not only industrious
/ 1t 10 plain, he had a fixed principle OF ae
tion. Or course he was successiul; al
men who put industry and MUD to thei
work are bound to be sr;ceesiul. WHel
, the ton years were up cfcourse he had til
, ten thousand dollars. and more too.