The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-21
Bill Cierk Is Second Step.

X Bill CIork ls Second Step.
The bill clerk is one step In the rank above
the office boy. Possibly the beginner will
start here In his climb for position The pay
Of the bill clerk varies In all offices. If the
billing Is simple, requiring little else than the
ability to write and figure fairly we'll the
pay may be as low as SO a week. It runs up
as high as $18 for the expert who bills from
o caller.
In large Office the bill clerk has a nearly
hopeless task in making a way for himself.
He is nothing more or less than a. minor cog
In the great machine OF the office, and about
the only time when he will come to the at
tention OF the head Is when he has madeia
serious error. II q. 9s55 IN
In the small business 1t IS different Every
man there is OF enough Importance to.keep
him constantly before the employers eyes
and he will rise or fall quickly and according
to his merits. II he is what's called a !" good
man." his chances for promotion are good.
The argument might be advanced that he
will have to wait until there Is room for him
in a higher position, but the argument is
scarcely effective. SIZE
Always Room for Good Man.
Al Said a man whose total office force numbers
twelve, speaking on this subjects. s.tW hen
4 get good man In here I take care of him.
There Isl always room. The good man Is so
scarce and the mediocre one SO plentiful
+ that no employer can afford to keep one OF
the latter class when 1t is up to him to pro-
mote good man. #
when I find a bill clerk who is working
harder and better than the others i don't
let him remain q bill clerk long. II there,is
aspoor bookkeeper on the payroll y change
the two around. I always find room for the
man who shows that he is 4. good '$8 " here
would I put a son OF mine IL he was to start
IN business today? That's easily answered.
I've got him on my pay roll now: !, !l
The office is not the only place where the
employer who IS attracted to a man will find
place for him. There Is always room for
another man on the road, and II the man has
u the gift Of selling goods he will soon be IN
line for Junior partnership. IT pays the
small business man to- have his best men IN
business with him. Besides, the Careful
i young man will have saved some thing out OF
his pay, SO that he will be able to invest
something in the business when he ts being
considered for partne ship. K n GA
Merit Is All That Counts.
4 5It should be borne in mind that rising from
4 the DO tom to the top in a small pla e1s en
&trely a question Of merit, JUS as It IS IN the
larger esta bllshments. The young man nc
goes into small Office with the idea that tbs
race for position will not be swift or hars
there is due to be thoroughly surprised. The
life strenuous obtains in all corners Of the
business world, and the fact that q firm Is
conducted on comparatively small sea e
may mean only an intense conservation Of
help and expenses. Nothing goes to waste
In these places, least Of all an employees
work The young man who decides to cast
his lot with one Of them must be resolved to
work hard from the beginning and must
always have in mind the fact that his sue
cess can hardly be greater than the house no
lis in. Also. he must remembe that his e en-
pioyer did not set to where he is IN q day III