The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-09-09
roYs WITH 4 BUSINESS.
What TWO Eoys Have Done Other
COWS NAV do.

Boys May DO
The same rule that makes success
full business man makes a successful
business boy; that is, to find some
thing which people need. and then let
them know that you can supply it.
OF course, there are certain standards
kinds of business Of which every boy
thinks selling newspapers, or rum
ming errands, for example. But the
really alert boys wants to invent q
business of his own.
Here is what couple of boys Of
my acquaintance have done in bus
mess way:
The best business boy / know is
James Conroy OF Plainville. Like
most boys, Jimmy had increased his
spending money by shoveling snow,
but in Plainville most Of the side
walks had taken care of themselves.
This last winter Jimmy decided to
extend his business and hire other
boys to do the shoyeling. So. late in
November, he went from house to
house. politely explaining that he
proposed to make regular season con-
tracts for shoveling snow, just as the
man who cleans the New York streets
does, at so much cubic foot. He
showed that 1t would be much more
satisfactory to know, every time 1t
showed, that the shoveling would be
done, and Just how much It would
cost, without waiting to make bar
gain with any one who might come
along. BY this time people we're in
terested, and when Jimmy measured
their walks and showed them how
much a three-inch snowfall would
cost, most of them signed his con-
tract.
Meanwhile Jimmy organized at
school a shovel brigade of boys who
agreed to report at the first snowfall,
to work at fair, fixed price, and to
keep on working until his last side
walk was finished. Jimmy signed
each boy to a house and waited for
the snow. Fortunately it came on
Friday night, and Jimmy could use
his brigade all day Saturday. OF
course. some boys shirked, though
that did not hurt Jimmy, for he paid
only for work done; but it was busy
day for him. seeing that the walks
were promptly and properly cleared.
and collecting his payment.
The next storm was SO heavy that
it neary swamped Jimmy; but he rose
to the emergency, hired several men
who preferred sure work to simply
hunting for a job, and he made good
profit, for, of course, the more snow
there was. the better for Jimmy.
In the spring he saw that the same
system could be applied to moving
lawns; with better results. too, for he
could give steady work to two men.
So he made contracts for the season.
basing his price on the number of
square feet in the lawn. The last
time l saw him he told me that he
intended to try to get the work of
cutting all the lawns and shoveling
all the sidewalks which belonged to
their small city!
Then there is Joe Sargent, of Mon
roe. Monroe is summer place"
near big city. Every night the bus
mess men come out from the city, and
many of them, though they do not
care to keep horses, prefer to drive
from the station to their homes along
the shore. Formerly, if they were
fortunate, they found disagreeable
liveryman or one of his untidy stable
boys waiting for the train. Some
times there were no carriages at all.
and sometimes. worse yet. when q
carriage was ordered for particular
train, no carriage came and the bush
ness man lost his train-and his tenn
per, too. OF course, people gTumbled,
but what could they do? They had to
hire of Jones and take their chances,
or else walk.
Last summer found on the station
platform an alert boy, about thirteen
years old, whose Carriage, sir?"
soundest earnest and inviting. When
/ smiled, in some establishment, the
boy seized my suitcase, placed it care
fully in an old carryall and darted for
another passenger. ! looked at the
team. Everything, horse harness,
and carryall. was old, but everything
was clean and welI-rolished. De-
cidedly, the new stable was worth
trying, and | wondered who had start
ed it.
Soon the boy returned with another
passenger in tow. climbed aboard. and
clucked Get upl"
Whom do you drive for?" | asked.
''For myself, sir,'' was the answer.
''You see. it's vacation, and ! thought
perhaps some people would ride with
me if / started in business. So took
our old horse and hired this oarryall.
/ hope may have your trade, sir,
this summer. won't miss any trains
II / can help it,
He had my promise on the spot.
Many of the cottages tried him. and,
findino that ha c0nId he relied unou