Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-09


! been working for the firm three Of
four years, say, he will be getting S2(
week. and will be in direct line Of
promotion.
1t will not be long till he will be a
regular investigator on the firms stan
at a weekly salary OF s25 to $40. and
will be becoming a fair judge OF
human nature, and filled with informa.
ton about hundreds of people When
a newcomer applies for credit, wish
ing to purchase fair-sized bill OF
furniture, or TO open regular account
to be paid monthly, or to get stock for
a little store he plans TO start for
himself, your boy will be the one to
get all information about the appli.
cant on which TO base his firms att.
tude toward him. And his opinion.
after he has made his investigation
will be taken without further testi
mony.
OF course. your boy is bound to be
manager of the credit department; for
that is what he has been preparing
for. and this will come. perhaps. by
the time he is 80 or a little less, ac.
cording to the zeal and intelligence |
and keenness that he has shown In |
lower positions. From an investigator,
or detective of promise. who is given
some Of the most intricate cases to
handle, and when he earns probably
$50 a week. he is made assistant man.
ager, II the establishment is of con-
siderable size. at $4,000 to 1000 a
year. and then manager. which pays
anything from $4,000 up to $4,000,
according TO the magnitude OF the
business.
By this time he is one CT the most
important men connected with the
irm-some say the credit man Is the
most Importation his opinion will
De accepted as to the trustworthiness
If anybody and everybody that wishes
o buy goods, and he has become an
authority on human nature. Ere
luently he will be able to read a man
t sight, so great will have been his
Experience and the acumen that has
esulted therefrom. and the exercise
I this faculty will save his company 4.
rom losses that might amount to =
thousands of dollars through the IN. :
Use extension OF credit. :.
OF course such a man is bound &c $
e a member OF the firm. II he re- ;,
aims with 1t; but In this case he :,
ould be succeeded In the credit de :
by another direct manager. .
Id himself would exercise only indt :,
ct supervision. II his ambition led :
ward continuing the credit line. he =
ould be likely candidate for the :.
anagement OF credit association -
Their one Of the large independent -
stitutions. such as Bradstreets OF =,
ms. or one that has been formed by -
or others in a single gen :.
al line for mutual protection. such :
the lumbermens, or the credit as q
citation OF retail merchants in New
rk city.
IN these cases his services would NJ,
almost invaluable; for 1t is within e.
powers to be one OF the few men A,
lily competent to conduct such al,
'iHeoS Win hoSOiule Justice, pro rff
ting his firm or associates against ex
Idbeats and irresponsibles. and al els
same time being so just as not tc IN,
customers. Some men are en- tb,
'ly worthy OF credit for few hun. ar.
d dollars. but could not be safely m.
sted for two or three thousand; NJ
as a man might be able to pay :
lthly instruments OF. say. s25, but ba,
Id not afford $50. though he might fro
ide himself into thinking he could We,
keen credit man. such as your boy IL
Deoone' oi'en KNOWS men better inc
] they know themselves. Z
wright 1910. by the Associated Lit eve
erary Press) day
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