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Show MAXIMS FOR BUSINESS MEN Old Saws Revised and Brought Up to the Conditions That Prevail in Commercial World Today. We often hear the expression that so-and-so failed in business because "he bit off more than he could chew;" in other words, took on a bigger job than he could n.r.nage. In the opinion opin-ion however, of Herbert Casson, who has been speaking on behalf of the I convention of business men which was held at Toronto, Can., recently, an excellent maxim for the business man to bear in mind is, "Bite off more than you can chew and chew it." Among other maxims which he gave are the following: System is not everything. You can go to the bad systematically. An advertising man is a saver built like a spender, just as an oyster is a fish built like a nut The right place to cut prices is in the factory. The man who cuts prices in the shop does so because he has j not the brains to sell his goods. I The development of the motor In-; In-; dustry is due to the skill of the sales-J sales-J men who were selling cars for seven : years before the manufacturers knew I how to make them, i Sell good goods. We have found out that it doesn't pay to cheat. We have found that the Golden Rule brings in gold. |