The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-10-15

was noon and deserted my soap box
seat walked briskly toward my board
ate resolve had taken hold of me. II
ing house. Hank Stones words of |
advice kept ringing through my ears
as hurried along the street. They
had determined my future. ate my |
chops, potatoes and pie with relish,
| and as soon as l had gulped down q
cup OF strong tea. fastened out Of
the house, and began to walk at q
brisk speed, repeating to myself |
again and again, 'I'll do it," And
before sunset had done it.
turned my footsteps toward the |
Inn. In my enthusiasm, I overlooked |
the fact that II was supper time. |
found Mr.. Stone going into the din
ing room for his evening meal. He
insisted that have supper with him.
AS soon as We were seated, l drew
a check from my pocket and handed
1t to him. 1t was for $3.50. ITS all
| have in the world, besides what l
have left myself for running expens
es," said I've just taken a store
and paid s25 for months rent and
S35 for some old fixtures. AS soon
as you send me some stock I'll open
up fo' business"
You've got grit, young man." broke
in Hank Stone. You'll make good.
I'll fix you up as far as the stock
goes--a little of everything. You'll
have the stock by the end Of the
week" And he kept his word.
On Friday the stock arrived. 1t
was made up of $25 worth Of hats;
800 worth of gents furnishing goods
. 800 worth of muslin underwear;$150
worth of clothing. mostly mems pants
and $50 worth of ladies' waists; 1920
in all. l blessed my friend for his
liberal credit and my fingers tingled
with feverish pleasure and excite
ment as | marked and arranged my
: stock 1t was late at night when !
finished putting my little store in or
der. could not sleep that night.
Early the next morning ! opened up
for business. My first day was much
better than had expected. took
in sos. l lost no time in sending II
to Stone & Co., on account, together
: with letter thanking them for theiI
kind treatment. They acknowledged
the receipt Of my check by return
y. mali and sent me an invoice for $2O'
more Of merchandise. They seemed
. to anticipate what l needed. So !
went until at the end Of the hrs
=, month found that l had done $lOO'
= worth of business. had THOUSAND
). dollar stock on hand, $3.50 in tn
. bank and owed Stone e Co., $500
:, This left my net capital $3.50. ha
saved s2OO-almost doubled my cap
tai, in one month This was tn
last and busiest month Of the yeal
|, However, at the end OF my mrs
=. year in business, l had sold $500
"a worth of merchandise. Then l too
stock on January that year. foun
;, myself worth $1,S4s,42, my expense
= had been $1,341 all told; $500 &c
=, rent: SOS electric lights; $36 tel
y phone; 1920 clerk, and $500 for m
own drawing account. My good 10
tune merely acted as impetus.
wanted to 90 ahead. l meant
double my business for the secor
, !, year, and l did.
" How did do it? To begin wit
., had enough foresight to see TN
there was store needed just whe1
had located. My experience In LIE
mah's store had shown me that the
was room for two stores In Wind
-: and l settled upon thickly popula
~ ed section Of the town some distanc
removed from Lehman's, Then
No tried to keep my own business al
- personal expenses down as much
possible without sacrificing the bu
=. ness myself. made 1t point
pa A.;
ri meet my obligations punctuaiiy al
IA to discount bills whenever 1t W
ew possible.
In this way found myself bull
i. +. ing up splendid credit, and mt
-. chandise was always offered to !
y, at a very close figure. Through n
courteous treatment OF customer
honest representation, and eagerne
to serve the smallest customer,
~ found my business had grown en'
=, mously, and on January of the 4
49, lowing year, when I had again to
stock / found that ] had done bu
:, ness of $4,000 on which ! had saw
$1,S11.12 net. The only addition
expense I had allowed myself duri
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