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Show so-called "good times" make men careless, reckless and lazy. The result will be cheaper goods for the masses and good profits and steady work for those who know how to take advantage of the circum- stances of the moment. The New Year, therefore, will be j just what we make it. WHAT WILL IT MEAN TO YOU? What will the New Year mean to you ? Why, precisely what you make it. More than ever before, perhaps, the year on which we are about to enter hangs upon initiative, endeavor and shrewdness. The time is past when men play fast and loose with their business or their work. The day for reckless expenditure and loose dealing is past. The time when the competition for labor was such that "anything went" is over. Next year there will be business in fair proportions for all, but there will be closer margins, keener competition com-petition and net profits only for those who economize all along the line; there will be dividends for those who save and disaster for those who waste. There will be work at good wages for the conscientious workers, and hard times and idleness for those who are careless or lazy. We are getting back to the place where profits will be made by those who can combine srrlall pwif its on individual in-dividual sales with volume; there will be work for those who can and do produce more for the pay. Nor need we trouble ourselves about this. It is a natural condition and brings out the best there is in men and in the end leaves the country more sound and prosperous than when |
