Show www for SW OH POP THE ANNUAL COUNT the modern mania to la for figures Evary everything thing la Is ra resol solved ioto into numerals num erale and these are claimed as aa the Uner unerring rind testimony te of progress pro gresa from politics to and frem corn to lo coi colo U the consequence is ia that current literature bristles with from the official reports report made to congress to the statement of a mythical whose astounding wealth is ia merely speculative common arithmetical knowledge is ia unable to cope or grapple with theme mysterious columns and aad it if there are experts laho vho can manipulate ma them I 1 open eyed inability simply marvels at ai ft a faculty as as the figuring by an astronomer of albe starry heavens he avene in the infinite volume ol 01 yet this phenomenon doubtless has its ito uses t ven it 11 save to the few for or it is ie as 4 matter of scale only alti although lough even the gigantic Is 18 comparative and the humble toiler goiter living from hand band to mouth may count his bla income anil and resources on the fingers of one handi hand no idea save that of ii 11 fiol floi tude comes to him when he bears or renda reads that james U C fair diee die leaving behind him a fortune estimated at near forty million dollars dollare just as the local farmer looking after abe little corn patch which coall the world to bi him falls to estimate the immense exportation of this ceretti aerel elti which la in one year ranges so BO far upward an aa to reach a total of forty million oa illion bushels of lof borne the tb flippancy with which statistical aggregates are used only cornea comes home through individual or of local afla irp the petty village dry goods storekeeper cannot realize the abe magnitude maRDi tude 01 01 buel bual ism transacted by a Stew artor Cla claflin filD their annual andoci sales eulea each aggregating oter fifty million dollars nor can the sugar augar factory with its it lost year yara pa production of five aud and a ball million pounds of sugar grasp its almost io in only by contrast witto with the national production or at ab least eon con this the total woolda production lotain to have been in 5 eight and a half ball minion million tons an excess over prior production r ro of one million one tt undred thou thousand tons tone which fact flakily se counts for present low prices price without any reference at home to culi call forkla or trust buat competition in any shape whatever sugar as aa every one is affected by the same fame law jaw whish which makes hakea wheat ebbat lower lately than ol 01 tny say period of statistical bl atory yet IM prices favor enlarged consumption iou or provide now new openings or methods ot f aee this explain why seventy five fite million bushels of wheat has bac been used this year lor for food feed and also that the sugar augar consumption in our oar united states is now equal if not in ebos of the per capita in hitherto loading leading england theae berried columns column of figures figur elare are bo however wever in harmony wih general practice at some ome special pedal period government ern ment in its it several depart departments tabo lab latee alsten its ita resources and ana expends the budget of prime minister aini ater in his hi or taking as ai the mo usual ajr W mile it each item in IB scrutinized for cortte ift revenue and each geltion of sord government went lor for its ita ture lure that aitay itay maintain itaru with out deft defaulting alting or without surp surplus lur in ID this country similar estimates timatea es are made but a feverish impatient and speculative people cannot wait the deferred jef erred official presentation and so 0 o the press makes an approximate statement every week at least income ex e resources and prospects just as aa in commerce all staples are tabu continuously wheat corn meats fruito sugar constituting the main of life are closely stock on hand demand etc present or prospective the rho reader of trade or other special journals adapts himself whatever hid lo 10 location catitti cati oti to these presentations in buying and selling appreciating the information but in his practical personal affairs resting satisfied with a general stocktaking twice or in many cases only once a year and that generally in the thereof in 10 keeping with convenio convenience ves and cu custom as aa old as an the hills bills at the present tir time ne moat meet business men great or small are thus engaged some with trepidation others with a do di gree grce of confidence but both equally im luie crested rested in knowing just where they stand after the exigencies and aad anak ties of an interrupted trade there are none er in active business who can affard to defer this critical survey of their affairs lairs af even the smallest MRY may have proportionately as much at stake as the abe largest and a general ice overhauling and cleaning up is 18 of advantage to AVY aay stock leaving out the proof of financial status which a proper balance sheet is bound to give obligations sad and resources will have to be more carefully scrutinized this year than usual argi and the latter probably discounted to a greater extent the first will remain in state statu quo or increase perchance by the audition ulu of interest the latter whether indebtedness ur jr i goods must come down to close assurance for there is in inability to PRY pay anu ana a falling failing market affects nearly every article in la fastook it may require some nerve to admit and act upon the suggestion but nothing is in to 0 o be made by ignoring the situation and a good honest inventory is worth all surmises is ii in fact the only satisfactory showing either for the business man or his bis creditors if they need it A of at financial standing would be on au education in ID any department of life the artisan keeping an account of vary every dollar received and its expenditure is in advance of the he one oae who receives and disburses dis burset without such memoranda siad and the columns of the he NIMS have of often wn suggested to the farmer the propriety of understand understanding hig the cost coat of 0 every product of hie bit labor it our nowa now general edu astion does no more than insist upon this thia universal keeping oi 0 accounts there will be more thrift consideration and economy than there is in the present happy go lucky method of running the home busin sia for self wife and family too toe income and the outgo if familiar to the home circles might soften many a refusal which to the applicant wife or ob lid set mettr ins arbitrary and aad altogether beyond decoss necessity alty particularly when some re munera I 1 vion hiloa for ser earle rendered seems eeor tall foil to older members of the family at least many persons penman who appear to own ova a store and ana contents are airs misunderstood by their fa families millee who conclude that because it to la there they should mould be without restriction as to use C caw occur cow to memory where this free dom has resulted in failure and assign meni meddio in part because restriction was not mado made or that mat it was defied the results by a true inventory ven tory whether favorable or otherwise are best beat when fully known to a man this may be his own tj ecret but a resolute will seeks reeks it ad veree in the readiest way to apply the remedy ext Exi ennes are reduced slow elow moving goods gooda are pushed dilatory debtors are stirred up care la Is exercised in every bank is cleaned straightened and made attractive and a general air ol of push and vigor per baues the tore store and finally maybe mayba compels times of stringency have their value in this way when were there to is a lull to la affairs aff alre cause and effect affect are studied stud problems of finance become loore aa ingay familiar markets are more closely watched buying is more cautiously dont done credits are carefully scanned extra means are taken to secure trade the buying public is notified and their patronage cultivated exchange is scrutinized and economy pervades every line of action the time of busl nese revival Is in thus hastened there is confidence because the situation is fully understood things are ou the bedrock of assur all features savoring of indis tion have been eliminated values value have been fully determined whether stock accounts or real estate everything is wisely uncounted until a dollar means a dollar and it if there to Is error or undue depreciation it is on the be winning winnin if side aide so that returning activity will B ad every detail above sure SUB pinion and that tha which has been too closely out cut carries its legitimate profit tu the brightened side tb these see suggestions are of universal adoption they are not limited to the storekeeper every mans life aoa business busl nega to Is worthy af system to Is bene fitted by it hod and where it seems u unimportant por tant intelligent supervision and determination is often able to tb laj jay a inundation for certain prosperity and wealth small beginnings carefully nurtured reared the most stupendous fortunes kno known a in this grand bu business sineas republic |