The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-02-16

school course and end In the degree
of Bachelor OF Commercial Science.
Your boys special work at evening
school or outside study will include
bookkeeping, commercial arithmetic,
penmanship, business letter writing.
business forms, commercial geo.
graphy, and the elements of CONNER.
cial law, and sterography and type
writing will also be found useful, IL
he has time to take It up. Soon after
completing this course, which will re
quire a year or so, he will be graft.
fed at receiving n promotion to a
sort OF junior clerkship at a salary OF
IS or $40 week. r
In year or so more then va
cancy occurring, or one being made
for tho ambitious clerk, there will be
another promotion to n more impor
tant position ut $12 n week, and 50
bookkeepcr 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, you- boy
will have seen the necessity Of pos
sessing still greater technical chuca-
ton, II he is TO reach the high post
ton of certified public accountant.
which leads straight into the moro
involved and more important phases
OF modern business. The complete
collegiate course bringing n degree
requires, generally speaking. an hoGr
at school every day Cor evening" for
three years, and takes him into thu
advanced analysis Of accounting.
finance, and business. And he should
add TO this n course in advanced com
mercial law. which he can pursue al
the same time.
Now, he needs more experience,
which he can best get, probably, IN.
der tho direction of an established
public accountant. lie enllsts, there.
fore, as Junior clerk at $50 or S25
week. and after year or so is ad.
vanced TO senior clerk at n salnrs
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 may
he along any OF many lines. II he
chooses to remain in independent &C.
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firm of his own. either with or with
out partners and hang out his shingle.
| depending entirely upon commissions
from business firms and municipal
and legislative work There is no
end of revenue in this class OF bust
ness as you will readily sec by re.
| calling the frequent analysis and Eek
| porting" Of various state and muniCi.
| pal departments and bureaus that are
required II is almost the custom-in
many places II is required-for public
officials at regular intervals to have
the work of their departments Ger
tilted" 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. From
| S25 900 to $4,000 is by no means I'M
usual payment for such work.
Another lucrative specially 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
are called. Their services are sought
by business houses that are confront.
ed by disaster or embarrassment, or
for some reason beyond their re
sources to prevent. are not getting
the results they believe they should
Enter the developer" at stipulated
fee, which ia generally pretty high
and makes a profound and analytical
investigation OF the business, which
may require several months work OF
himself and an assistant or two.--at
the end OF which time he makes long
and complete report on every phase
OF the establishment. from the order
ing and receipt OF raw material, to
the cost of manufacture. including
wages and machinery, and the sale
and final shipment of the finished pro-
duct. This report frequently recon-
mends the complete reversal OF meth
DDS OF operation the Arm has followed
and requires its entire reorganization,
and generally results in the company's
entering upon new era OF prosperity.
II your boy owns the firm that has
done this recognizing, he will prob
ably remain in the business and final.
ly be one OF the big institutions OF
his community; but II he is one of
the assistants and takes an important
part in the investigation. you can
readily see the importance he has as
sumed in the estimation OF the firm
after its business has reached q pros
porous condition. What more likely
than that he should be offered the
position Of auditor or manager or
other responsible placer This fire.
quentiy happens, as the writer hereof
knows. recall one young man who
was given position In just this way
way which pays $4,000 year.
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