Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-01-11
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Lay Sermon to Any One Engaged IN 0oi' !
Business.

Although method in the management Of
affairs is sometimes carried 70 such al
extreme as 10 DE denoTnnated red tape
and to become the subject of ridicuie.
reasonable degree Of method Is necessary
to the orderly conduct of business. and Is
10 be commended. The method.cal man Is
much more efficient than one who mas n
system for the conduct of his affairs: he
gcis more work done in a given time dn6
II is better done. The methodical mar
does Mi trust 70 his memcry for engage
mcnis. but makes memoranda of every
thing with dates. He keeps his accounts
regularly ard does not allow the record L
get bchindhand. AT any moment he car
tell just low ne stands. what he owes
and what is owing TO him: what accounts
are overdue. and what notes or other OBJ
legations are 10 De met Without making
much Labor Of It ne keeps such memo
randa as will inform him at Slanct
what his properties or other investment,
are producing He il; a good man TO Dc
business with for his habits make hin
not only accurate. but. just. He want:
al that il coming TO him. but he ais
wants TO pay all THAI he owes. He doe.
not. through careiesSness CT neglect al
low bills to run FOR months and years
Dut. having them before him. he pays
Ihem Wien taey become due. or if he can
nst do t.sat makes some acknowledg
ment Of them.
The careless man. without the orderl,
sense. for he is generally what Is called
''easy-going." but he wastes time foi
himself ana for others. His papers and
books are in disorder When bills ar,
presented to him they are not filed away
p.lere they can be found. but get buried
under neglected correspondence. New bill
have TO be made out for his accommoda-
ton. and by the time the account has
been settled liberal commission ha.
been expended in the effort of the cOllec-
tor. The man who IS not methodical is
quite impartial in his conduct. He in
iures himself well az Others. His &C
counts are badly kept; he neglects 10 send
out bills, he Is not always accurate in his
charges. and he annoys those who owe
him money as much as those who are his
creditors.
1t is quite natural that the impressions
made by these contrasted characters up
on their business associates should be
widely different. lit is much more agree
able TO do business with a metnodical
man whose accounts are accurately kept
larly and is sometimes obliged to depend
upon mis- memory for The items. and as a
consequence the methodical man extends
his connections, while the man without
C.der Cl~ system is tolerated on.y by his
personal friends. who for other reasons
overlook his faults. Just as the meihodi-
cal man keeps himself fully informed of
the actual results of his undertakings
determine what 10 do with them. the
careless man who keeps no account has
no clear knowledge of his business. and
may be losing money without knowing it.
\ few years ago Il prominent manufac-
turer who had grown wealthy through q.
fortunate enterprise discovered that he
had been robbed by Il confidential ar
countant CT more than S500.0W The man
ufacturer had paid l.atle attention to the
details OF his accounts and this enormous
drainage had passed mnoticed. When
accident revealed to him the perfidy OF
his clerk Il was an easy matter to prove
that he had been robbed. Smaller drains
pass unnoticed by the man who neglects
to keep accounts. The young man who
has done will find II recommends
ton to business men and help to him
personally. as well in his relations with
Observation-Disclosures Sun.