Show maxima maxim for merchants we find d in in a new bitin edition of Freed leys practical treatise on business thil the stowing 1 l Is frank and valuable hints hint to young be beginner g in trade they are from the pen oi of one I 1 I 1 than whom the young merchant has no truer john grigg tb the retired b bookseller ook seller of philadelphia whose large wealth is in the result of the practical observance of the maxima which he here places paces on record for the consideration of his bis success successors orti I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 be industrious and economical waste i neither time nor money in small and useless pleasures and indulgences if the young can be induced to to save the moment they I 1 enter on the p paths of life the way will ever become easier before them and they will not I 1 fail to attain a competency and that without i denying any of the real necessaries and camf com birts ot of life our people are certainly thinly among the most improvident and extravagant on the face of the earth it is enu enough h 16 make the merchant of the old school schol 7 who hoibo looks k back and thinks what economy prudence and discretion he had to bear on his own business and which are in fact the basis of idl all successful enterpriser enterprise start back in astonishment i nt to look at the ruthless waste and eari extravagance of the age and people the highest we teet naruce of re respectability ec tabi lity with we me is honest industry rw well directed industry makes men happy the really noble class the class that was nob noble le when adam delva and eve spun and have preserved their patent to this day untarnished is the laborious ano and industrious until men have chave learned indu industry atry economy and self I 1 control they carmot je be safely entrusted with wealth II 11 to industry and economy add self reliance do not take too much advice the business man must keep at the helm and abd stier steer his own ship in early life every oile one should be taught to think for himself A mans talents are never brought out until he is thrown to some extent upon his own resources if itt in very avery difficulty he has only torun to run to his principal anvil and then implicitly implicito bif obey the diorec directions he may receive he bijl never acquire that aptitude of perception and that prompt promptness nesi of decision and that firmness of purpose which ate are absolutely necessary net esstry to tb those who hold important stations A cr certain ertain begee ee of independent nf feeling is essential to the full development of the intellectual character III remember that is the mother ot of confidence it is is not enough that the ahe ner mer chant fulfils fulfills his engagements he must do what he undertakes precisely at the time as well as in in the way hi he agreed 0 o the mutual deuce dence of merchants merchant is is vo no great that their engagements gage ments like a cham which according to the lawor law 0 physics is is never stronger than its ovea weakest kest link are oftener broken through the weakness ot of others than their own but bet a prompt fulfilment fulfillment of engagements is is not only of the utmost importance bie because cause it enables ol 01 ahers hers to meet their theiron own engagements promptly it in is also the best evidence that the nv merchant erchant has his aff affairs airs well ordered his means at command his forces marshaled and everything ready for fir action in in short that he knows bis own strength this it is is which inspires confidence as much perhaps as the meeting of the engagement 1 go ga ement fv IV attend to the th of the business small mall things as well as great see that tile the L store to r e is a opened early goots goods bru brushed up twine and nails picked up and all ready for action A should consider capi capital if he have aade it or as he may acquire it merely as tools with which he is is to work not as a substitute for lite be necessity of labor it is is often the case that hat diligence in in employments of less consequence is is the most successful introduction to great enter i arises those make the best beat officers who have served in in the ranks we may say of labor as ail coleridge says of poetry try it is is its own sweetest reward ward it is is the best n f physic V let the young merchant remember that selfishness is the meanest of vices and it is is the parent of a thou thousand and more it not only inter feres both with the means and with the end of acquisition not only makes money more difficult to get end not worth having when it is is got but it is is harrowing to the mind and to the heart selfishness keeps a shilling so close to the eye that it cannot see a dollar beyond never be narrow and contra contracted aed in in your views views life abounds in in instances of the brilliant results of a 9 ge generous nerus policy be frank say what you mean do what you say so shall your friends know and take it for granted that you mean to do what is is just and right VI accustom yourselves to think vigorously mental labor like pecuniary to be worth an anything must be well invested must be rightly rightly right ry adjusted and applied and to this thih end careful deep and intense thought is necessary if great results are looked for vit VI 1 marry early the man of business should marry its as soon as possible alter after twenty two or twenty three years of age A woman of mind will co conform tb co thi didde fidde necessities of the day of small beginnings and in choosing a wife a man should look at ast 1st at the heart 2nd and the mind 3rd ard Th the person eperson VIII everything however remote that has any bear bearing ing upon success bucce as must be taken advantage tage of f the business man should bl be continually on the watch fp farl and ideas that will throw light on hip bis path and he should be an attentive reader oj oe all pra practical cocal books es pe cia bially 11 7 those relating to business trade ac an well as a patron of useful and ennobling literature IX never forget a favor for ingratitude is the basest trait of if a mans man heart always honor your country and remember member that our country is the best poor mans country in them the world corid |