The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1911-03-10

tant position at $12 a week, and So
on he advances, till he is finally head
bookkeeper at anywhere from $50 to
$40 a week, according to the extent OF
the firms business. This will come
probably, by the time he Is thirty
Long before this however, your boy
will have seen tho necessity Of pos
sessing still greater technical cduce-
,, ton, If he is to reach <he high posi-
ton of certified public accountant
which leads straight int the more
involved and more important phases
Of modern business. The complete
collegiate course bringing a degree
requires, generally speaking, an hour
at. school every day Tor EVENING" for
three years, and takes him into tho
advanced analysis of accounting,
finance, and business. And he should
add to this course in advanced corn.
mercial law which he can pursue at
the same time.
Now, he needs more experiences
which he can best get, probably, u3.
der the direction of an established
! public accountant. He enlists, thers
fore, as junior clerk at $40 or $25 =
week, and after year or SO is AL
vanced to senior clerk at a salar,
ranging up to as much as $50 weekly
A year or two more, and your boy viii
probably be known as a thoroughly
competent accountant and business
analyst.
From here on his advancement ma
be along any of many lines. If BIZ,
chooses to remain in Independent a..
counting, lie will probably organize 4
firm of his own, either with or with.
out partners and hang out his shingl,,,
depending entirely upon commissions
from business firms and municipal
and legislative work. There is NJ
end of revenue in this class Of bus!-
ness, as you will readily see by rf..
calling the frequent analysis and "eS.
perthlg' of various state and munich.
pal departments and bureaus that are
required. 1t Is almost the custom-in
many places it is required-for public
officials at regular intervals to hav9
the work Of their departments "ces-
t;fied' by public accountants, which
means big fees and when special in.
vestigations of large public enter.
prises are made these fees sometimes
amount to thousands of dollars. Fror1
$4,000 to $4,000 is by no means un.
usual payment for such work.
Another lucrative speciality that has
grown up in this line during the last
decade has been that of business re.
organizer, or developers of earning
power as some Of these specialists
arc called. Their services are sough*
by business houses that are confront
ed by disaster or embarrassment, or
for some reason beyond their re
sources to prevent, are not gettin.
the results they believe they should
Enter the developer" at . stipulated
fee. which is generally pretty high.
and makes a profound and analytical;
investigation of the business, which
may require several month"; work o!
himself and an assistant or two,-af
:he end Of which time he makes Ions
and complete report on every rhasA
III the establishment, from the order
ting and receipt Of raw material, to
She cost of manufacture, including
wages and machinery, and the sale
And nnal shipment Of the finished pro
duct. This report frequently recon-
menc's the complete reversal of meth
DDS Ct operation the firm has followed
and requires its entire reorganization
and generally results in the company's
entering upon new era of prosperity
If your boy owns the firm that has
done this reorgan9zing, he will prob
ably remain in the business and final
" be one Of the big institutions OF
Ills community; but If he is one oil
the assistants an6 takes an important
part il the investigation, you car
readily sec the i'm povtance he has as
eumed in the estimation Of the firm
sitter It's business has reached a pros
:)erous condition. What more likely
than that he should be offered the
position Of auditor or manager O,
other responsible place! This fire
4uently happens, aa the writer hereof
KNOWS. I recall cr,e young man who
was given position in just this way
way which pays $4,000 a year.
This IS the apo:;leosis of the form
er unimportant bcokkeeper.
!Copyrig:... 1910. b. the Associated Lit
| erary ;'ress.)