Show GREAT PROCRASTINATORS There arc are parts Darts of the world where punctuality is held heldo of no account acc Ut in inthe Inthe Inthe the making of ot Successful transactions and among the Persians it Is absolutely unknown says sas the Chicago Chicag Tribune According to Henry Henr Savage Landor who has ha spent much muc time studying business methods among these people the Persian PerIan hates bates hates anything that savors savor of ot promptness He is a a dreamer and although he cannot canot be called absolutely ab lazy as a he Is usually absorbed absorbed In dee deep thought still stU he seldom has ha little leis lets leisure leisure ure for anything else The returns for his work however r beneficent nt are too small for his expectations ama In marked contrast contat is his abhorrence nce for punctuality There T ere is no country where time Um counts for tor less He thinks nothing n thing of making a a business buin ss appoint appointment appointment ment for 10 delaying it until 11 1 only to explain that that he wished he h might have come but It could not be beh helped h lp d he h had just finished his morn morning morning morning ing meal mea However important the busi business business ness hess transaction may be he will Jl not give it his attention until he Is ready It I was only recently an an Englishman called caned on a a dealer deal r to buy Persian Per Ia rugs The servant sert brought the word ord and the merchant commanded him to tell the te stranger stanger to return In a few hours and he would see him The Th word was brought back bak that the Englishman had to make moke m e a train within an hour Then let him go said the dealer My meal is as a important as a his bis train tain The manana of ot the Spaniard sinks into perfect insignificance when hen com corn compared compared pared with wih the habits of the Persian Per lan Punctuality is especially laUy unknown when It comes to paying paying debts deists He must take time to reflect about every everything everything everything thing and will wi not be hurried Three months to a a creditor or even six months seem eem terribly short sh ort In his eyes e A period of twelve eighteen or twenty months monts suits sis him better b ter but he never nevor is ready to pay unless placed under great geat pressure press re reA A Frenchman called caned on a a Persian one day and asked him to pay a 8 debt dept but the indifferent debtor made answer I IwU will wU pay you sometime When is sometime queried the Impatient Frenchman Is I It I twelve months eighteen r two t o years J 1 dont know answered the bland blad son of ot Iran I Iguess Ig Iguess guess g ss we had better beter say sy when hen I am amr ready r ady It I mut mu t be said sid to the Persians credit that they usually pay pay In the te end but they wonder why people should worry when they have so much time It I is quito qu ta beyond d them to realize what la t difference it makes make whether payments pa ment are made mad today tomorrow or a year from today They look upon American haste as ap a an acute ute form torm of ot lunacy lunay and believe that our strenuous life Ute is so foolish it is pot not n t worth consideration As Asa a cultured Persian recently told an ambitious yOung American hI I work a aUtte little enjoy much arid and ad live long while you work much and will wi die e before you ou attain attin the fruits of your labor We food must take take time to t sleep and ad enjoy our Business conducted In European and American Americ fashion cannot canot prosper in Persia P It I Is hard to say say whether this desire simply to act on impulse 1 ulse is due to t temperament climatic con conditions ns With Wih such as they the then rte n the economic development of pro production pr prOductiOn ducton distribution and circulation is bound to be Hampered The currency is 15 another difficulty that tat limits the making of or business success Gold coin Is a a mere mer commodity and od is isso isso isso so scarce it is i used chiefly for presents r ent and hoarding In spite of these obstacles ces most Per Persians Persians clans earn arn a a livelihood end and d often ft J sue suc ced ce d They are skilled craftsmen n show showing sho showing ing a wonderful ability for for ot weaving and and the working of ot metals metals but they are seen at their best when making loans loans of o money at t high interest st on ample ample se security security They Tey often o n get front from 50 f 0 per percent percent percent cent to SO 80 per cent sometimes 10 per percent percent ter cent while 15 per pet cent is h deemed a modest amount for small private loans 10 ns |