Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-07-19

mai 6StaDIlSDm6nG clear OF CDo TCckS.
You see every day the folly cf people
going into business they know moth
ing about 4 man makes a fortune IN
one business, thinks there is another
occupation more comfortable, goes into
it and sinks all. Many Of the CONNER
cial establishments OF our cities are Civ
ing their clerks mercantile education
as thorough as Yale or Harvard or
Princeton are giving scientific attain
ment to the students matriculated. The
reason there are SO many men founder
ing IN business from year to year is be-
cause their early mercantile education
was neglected. Ask the men in high
commercial circles, and they will tell
you they thank God for this severe dis
cipline Of their early clerkship. You
can afford to endure the wilderness
march if it IS going to end in the vine
yards and orchards of the promised land.
But ycu say, "Will the womanly
clerks in our stores have promotion?"
Yes. Time IS coming when women will
be as well paid for their toll in mercan-
tile circles as men are now paid for
their toll. Time is coming when wom-
an will be allowed to do anything she
can do we'll It is only little while
ago when women knew nothing of te-
legraphy, and they were kept out of
great many commercial circles where
they are now welcome, and the time
will so on until the woman who at one
counter in a store sells So, 900 worth Of
goods in a year will get as high a sal
airy as the man who at the other coun
ter of the same store sells So, 600 worth
of goods. All honor to Lydia, the Chris
tian saleswoman.
Submission TO Rules.
The second counsel I have to give to
clerks is that you seek out what are the
lawful regulations of your establish
ment, and then submit to them. Every
we'll ordered house has its usages. In
military life, on ships deck, III COM
mercial life, there must be order and
discipline. Those people who do not
learn how to obey will never know how
to command. Twill tell you what young
man will make ruin, financial and NOR
al It is the young man who thrusts his
thumb into his vest and says: Nobody
shall dictate to me. [ am my own mas
ter I will not submit to the regula-
tions of this house - Between an estab-
lishment in which ali the employees
are under thorough discipline and the
establishment in which the employees
do about as they choose is the difference
between success and failure-betWee
rapid accumulation and utter bankrupt
cy. Do not come to the store ten min
utes after the time. Be there within
L. 1o4 = Lor
before instead of two seconds after. Do
not think anything too insignificant to
DO well. Do not say, Its only just
once" From the most important trans
action in commerce down to the partic-
ular style in which you tie a string
around a bundle obey orders. Do not
get easily Disguised. While others in
the store may lounge or fret or COM
plain you so with ready hands and
cheerful face and contented spirit to
your work. When the bugle sounds, the
good soldier asks no questions, but
shoulders his knapsack, fills his canteen
and listens for the command of
"Marchp'
Do not get the idea that your inter
ests and those Of your employer are an
His success will be your
honor. His embarrassment will be your
disnay. Expose none OF the frailties Of
the firm. Tell no store secrets. Do not
blab. Rebuff those persons who come
to find out from clerks what ought new
er to be known outside the store. Do
not be among those young men who take
on a mysterious air when something is
said against the firm that employs them,
as much as to say, II could tell you
something if [ would, but I won't. "
Do not be among those who imagine
they can build themselves up by pull
ing somebody else down. Be not
ashamed to be subaltern.
Again, counsel clerks to search out
what are the unlawful and dishonest
demands of an establishment and resist
them. In the 5000 years that have
passed there has never been an occasion
when it was ones duty to sin against
God. It is never right to do wrong. If
the head men of the firm expect Of you
dishonesty, disappoint them. "Oh,"
you say, IT should lose my place then"
Better lose your place than lose your
soul. But you will not lose your place.
Christian heroism is always honored.
You go to the head man of your store
and say: ''Sir, want to serve you.
want to oblige you. It is from no lack
Of industry on my part, but this thing
seems to, me to be wrong, and it is a
sin against my conscience, it is a sin
against God, and [ beg you, sir, to ex-
cuse me-" He may flush up and swear,
but he will cool down, and he will have
more admiration for you than for those
who submit to his evil dictation, and
while they sink you will rise. Do not,
because OF seeming temporary advan-
tage, give up your character, young
man. Under God that is the only thing
Won have To h11iId On Give m that