Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-02-21
AUCTIONEERS' SCHOOL.
Going, Going. Goner" to H
Heard Often In Macon.
TIE FIELD NOT ovERoRowDEp.


lie Mere In Denss aa Thaw Those 81
Ftrst Class Lawyer. says CSlesel
Milliard Grs.s--Cryiax Wares and
Perasnding Unwilling 4" Nay = Ftns
Art, Ne ClniM..
tioneer, who has for long time been
engaged in crying stock sales at the
St Louis, Kansas City aud st. Joseph
markets. has moved to Macon. Mo-. and
is making arrangements To establish a
school for auctioneers there. writes "A
Macon correspondent Of the Kansas
CITY Star.
II IL not by any means fanciful
scheme but a practical business prop
osition. Colonel Gross has achieved 4
wide reputation by his success in sell
lug blooded stock as well as the infe-
rior grades and commands the highest
wage paid any auctioneer In the mid.
die west for that class Of work He
will fit UP a large auditorium. where
he will drill his pupils and will In line
weather take them out on ten acre
lot for them to exercise their vocal
organs against Gods pure air.
There Is as much art i'm the auction
Ger business as any other profession a
man can follow said Colonel Gross.
You couldn't cry sale and get the
people SO much enthused that they
will pay good prices unless you proceed
on method. Your enumcatiOn must
he good. your health perfect and your
belief In your influence over humanity
must amount to nm absolute convic-
ton.
Some auctioneers could get good fig
ures for lot OF stuff that would only
be marketable otherwise to the junk
dealer. Others would fail In realizing
fair prices for the contents Of palace.
Mesmerism. personal influence, or
whatever you please to call 1t, must
center into the life work Of the success
full auctiOneeer. am getting out u
textbook containing number OF wit
ticsms more or less original and other
devices for the man who IL ambitious
to succeed In this line. Of course moth
ing can take the place OF personal In
struction. will not claim to make n
good auctioneer out of every applicant.
but am certain that | can develop y
pretty fair article out OF every pupil |
accept.
1T IL a profession that Is not now
:, aud never will he overerowtiesl. A real
! good auctioneer will have more OF n
| demand for his services and have A
wider territory to cover In response ia
his calls than first class lawyer. and
he will make more money.
1.-THE auctioneer requires much the
same talent AS the preacher does Both
i must he strong voiced. self confident
and dreadfully in earne.t. Yes, be
4 lieve a course In our school would be
beneficial to the man who wants to
1 choice Of words and to be short and
terse in language
1.-The auctiOneer must be honest
/ With all his skylarking and fun ht
4 must realize that there is no greater
sin than to deceive customer. Ii ht
sells shoddy goods he must not war
rant them for the genuine article. Mel
buy from the auctioneer. not the owner
Of the goods. The man who cries the
sale in the one who gives the war
ranty. The conscientious auctioneeI
demands OF his employer that he rep
resent his goods to him faithfully. ant
he stipulates in the contract that any
thing sold not up to the description
must be returned and the money re
funded.
'.ln the country the demand is eve
Increasing for capable men to Cry
stock sales and the sales Of farming
implements. etc. But In the cities TIL
business handled covers much wild |.
range, including every class OF raeI
chandise and manufactured articles
jewelry, stock, household goods. cit.
lots and other things.
"Of course 4 school to teach auction
eering il something new In this state
and don't know how 1t will turn out
but ! am confident that with on
course we can give almost any perSO
OF average intelligence, man or woman
an education that will put him In tn
way OF making more dollars than
ever made before"
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