Show r I I h l I BUSINESS ORIGINATED INTHE PASTORAL STAGE I OF OF CIVILIZATION I Business originated In the custom cus cus- cus tom torn of f making presents In the modern age o ot strenuous competition in business it itis is Interesting Inter esting to no note to that commerce had its first roots in the practice of semi civilized people In itt giving each other gifts gUts Back in the pastoral age of oC civilization there was wag little litHe need for trade or barter r. Each family was sufficient unto itself Nobody had much that anybody else else wanted Yet Vet through friendship and kind kind- ness the custom of making waking C pres presents pres' pres presents arose Then from the tWo fact I that be he who received a gift felt that he should give one in Id return turn came the practice of bartering or swapping Later as people became more civilized and their wants In Increased r ed commerce became more and more widespread pread Soon Son JI barter rt x was Ils n no not longer a a m satisfactory method d and an some ome medium medium- of h d to t- t t I be established This medium was almost anything with a 8 h- h consistent value The next step was the establish establish- ment flient of or money as as the medium of exchange and from the use of ot money grew up th the elaborate credit structure upon which which modern business busi busl- n ness ss is reared Copyright ht 1926 As J ted Ed Edli Edl- Edl i tors c. c i J. J 1 j. j o f 1 vJ t. t ij Fit F J J t. t it t |