The herald., 1896-11-26
NARAETS OF TIE WORLD
Local, E1sterl AMI Foreign
Commercial Dealings
WALL STREET SPECULATION
Business Men Should Study Political
Methods
\ Costly Comma-Right to Return Goods.
Prospect for the Future-To Dry Can
dies-Shipments of Gold

A great statesman once said that men
in all vocations could proftably study pol
itics. for in studying politics they learned
diplomacy, and diplomacy, after all, was
the essential quality of success in every
pursuit. Assuming that his remarks ap-
ply to business Undertakings, as we must
if we intelligently interpret their intended
meaning" says an exchange. I'VE must
admit their force as well as their special
relevancy at this period. In plain Ian
guage there is a necessity for knowing the
peculiarities of the people and knowing
how to use them the best way in trade as
well as in politics. Life histories prove
this to be an indubitable fact. The attri-
butes of success that are needed to make
Il man a great statesman are essential to
his success as merchant. Aftee all. these
attributes are very much of like charac-
ter, even If the objects in view are widely
different.
The people will respond only to over
lures that, please them. The politician may
iatter and the tradesman may satisfy. but
in both cases the people must be given to
ana that every reasonable effort will be
made to crafty their whims. Although
there is less enthusiasm in business than
in politics. and while trade is more rigid
than partisan feeling. the success of the
tradesman depends as much as the sue
cess of the politician in exciting attention
This means nothing more nor less than
the fact that the tradesman uses political
methods, IN a measure. as well as a noi-
itician, and that his progress depends upon
his diplomacy. 1t is only business talent
eXerted in an improved way, after ALL
Twenty years ago, when the United States
congress was making Il tariff bull, one of
the sections enumerated what articles
should tl, l. be admitted free Of duty. Among
Sentinel, Were ''al foreign fruit plants"
etc, meaning plants imported for trans
planting, propagation or experiment.
The enrolling clerk, in copying the bill
accidentally changed the hyphen in the
eompoun,G, word .frggit.pIants to a com
plants, etc. AS result Of this simple mis-
take for a year or until congress could
remedy the blunder,, all oranges, lemons
bananas grapes and other foreign fruits
mistake. which any one would be liable
to make. yet could avoid by carefulness
cost the government not less than2. 500 900
pretty costly comma. that.
A buyer has a right to return goods that
are not up to the sample; that is clear
then he is in duty bound to ascertain the
fact of their defective character at the
earliest possible moment aftay the receipt
by him. and he should communicate with
the seller before making the return ship
ment The seller, If convinced of the
position of the goods. Nothing short of
a glaring and estionable failure of
the goods TO comply with the order. fail
ure that suggests gross carelessness or a
dishonest intention, could justify arbitrary
action.-Detrot Herald of Commerce.
Behind us today lie three years of COM
mercial depression. Before us lie the un-
told riches of unprecedented crops. But
between f US and The y, prosperity just IN
name of the missing link is confidence.
There is no longer the ghost of good rea-
son why this link should continue to he
right at hand. 1t needs but the will OF the
people TO set every wheel in the land go
ing. again. Speaking Of stuff out of which
to forge confidence. what better materials
could be found than the fact that hundreds
of millions Of new crop wealth are on the
G9hce OF M TeTkFs mdE se ns Gue + ersban Wh eom w
but awaken to these magnificent facts. on
one hand are merchants depleted shelves
on the other are the farmerss OVERLOOKING
stands the timd merchant. anXiouslv
watched by the Idle manufacturer; II
needs but the word of vgor, the confident
tenn of modern commerce will again be in
motion.-Dry Goods Reporter.
An invention intendedt to dry candles. and
maintain in dry condition candies and
other goods affected by damp is reported
from England. A contemporary describes
1t as follows: 1t consists, primarily of a
brick of asbestos and chlorides of calcium in
the proportion of three and half parts of
the former to two of the latter. These are
mixed into a dough with moisture and IT
is then baked in an oven until il is quite
hard. when it is ready for use. The brick
is placed in cabinet rendered practically
air tight by a lid closing down on a rubber
band. The brick can readily be dried for
further use.-International Confectioner.
The London Economist says at is un-
derstood that our indebte tedness on account
of the shipments of cotton and grain al
ready made from the states has not yet been
fully met. a portion of the bills drawn on
houses here not having yet been presented
These shipments moreover. continue on
LINES OF TRAVEL