How I Made my Business

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXI, Issue 8959, 7 December 1905, Page 2 (Supplement)

How I Made my Business

I F>y Sir Thnmiu-* TlhT'' ia n<> n>y:i.l ro.ttl fi» rn* T -t. ;*nil tri a. hn«itu*s}» rn» hiii::c law. MV infthinKs ;vPc t>pm -tmf ;>ryhmiy ttjm sre A jMinvsafnl fiin-vpii. K-J n.nd t»v the rrro«;nir.i«fi *>£ sjri'it-f. facts nnd obvinn,; pr;n«-ipl»-^—f.h^ jxrnwth. of population atnl fcho i,rvilitivs of lutrrtMvnmianii'ntiori rrrn umi nations. Tht-*sr JiPf* jjprsit hrtors Jib Popmin'X srrv*at To -<'ipp!v fiic .many instrjiil of tln v tnstciul of sni;Ui ;ir<! to In' f prowfT, tlu> ;k> wrlF :u; th** vendor anl prt;i.i!fr -Ci l <io -iti, this to ?wioph» in short, a svst-t'iu o£ ohvinus and to all. tf I pfotrnM|. to ."ipf-nk of n'V own 'tpp;rvation to thrsr ppinrip!<-s ot fhf i" ■*livi<iuaT qnalitiftt nc<-fs;<.iry to wdpU Mvtu out in ft ho (U-t.'iils of I t rn ;•••?. fall ViacU on isnnv" old siuva. t' n P wrnsporitv* ia ;it i;on<vrn ji.< m-nc u* at th*- litsposaf of all. H*'pf it : hard, «Umi.l T:p rnrrrppisinc. ritjo careful jutliimrnt. judiciously." Though he who drives bit wn n.-rd r«>t himEu-if hr fat. a r:iptain of industry mn<t livo up to his na.r:e—mtJof bmu<df hr mrfnatpious. That i*» my an»l it Ns t)n*n my pp;u'ti«> s ;ilt mv tif+\ •work at an iNi-rly I fi-'t't fop y*»\v Voflc, in the hopo _shop;rp nvfniH'H to fortunr than rht* <!• ountpy affi>P»ifd : . t iot. rxp«-wncK, at anv rate, in NVw York city. on. a Koufh ramhn.i. plantation and I titpurw* t.niv-—fnouch to takr ha<*k to and nry to tvp whtwr position, was then the tnainof my effort', a.nd anihition. ••"yt'vrt dospatr: fu'rp pwhtmr on ! vrn* m.v motf'T' (ttirinx all that tim«-' N«> havf K>-n t«> tha.ru (sh«w*» (?Miy "n'fi wliirh my pa-rrnts shafprf with me.

In Ftiall Rtri-ft. w:m »p-nwl first of thf pt»«i»i<»T marts whi.-li :<«• r»>w ntimlvrrd bv hiin<[rt'its F.nscJiinil. tffbni't. unit Scothim!. That nruitri ptira-tinn- of pla.;r» of (tistribi-.tion w.is the »pplii::ition. oni'i- ;n?iin. of tht- £Tt-:it whol<-sii.li- priniiipti-s. K*pt-rw» »f pn-'t'"' t.ioii ;«n 11 of supply ;u th«' (Siimptmn ant ti>' «L'ni;imt ini'rMtw«L t ww abfp to g«» t«> my nitivi- IMiml as a. urEaf. buyer of fvr pro.fmT: _f>v >!•■•- grt-vs I ip'* «-y ,nvn plantations in tVvton; mv tnvn I'a.rts anit a-rnt ifegforw v;ins: mv own Fruit ;:a.nh'rs in K<--nt-: my mvu biscuit factory : m v own t.in factory. [.omlon by tln> limit ciMitrr for colTcction. for storlist'', anil fur ili^tributum: ;Mnt th*- monster warehouses in the t'ity Evoint are the resulr.

The detail* «« a. small business are m.i-ny. of a i*rcat. business they a.re mii-ltitu4ino U s By the nunibei- of the .let.uls of his work that a. man ean pers<ma.lly master one may tisiM.ll v jtulifp "f his capacity tor success. Tlu-rv* afK mi'iT wifh ;i* this th;tC ♦>? .-v tert.a.in liniitcet bc:i.nch, in tin- lireuC ofjfin,Bm of a business : but. outsiile th.it special branch.. they lack interest a.fi.l even eonitliun intelligence. 'l'llis m,i.v seem to say that the- minit capable of interests an<f tfri-at i.«nes is rare:, hut- t do not iuten.t to say that The rarit.v consists rath.-r in the nun.l <>. lariW interests tha.t i« able to concentrate itself upon small details ami be the master of a hundred branches of a trade, workmj ia a.ll wifh one object, but. havtnc in «i-h perhaps a ilifferent nn-th.nt of procedure and a. separate spirit. , Far less facile, for instance, is tht- mitw rc'iiiircd in the manac-ment of an estate. The man;.** «f a. business must min<l that travels—evm ae his £oods «< . OfttMi C havi* provfit tn mysclt tm> ttutn. «E Daniel He F'oe's words : . "An estate is a pond, but trade w a

spnilC . tit'my ,* the spnnc swri bvcsnu* » btiwfe. the brook » rivulet.. t.fw_ nvxuet Tiver rich ami with iannßtetabu' tntiuturies ami na*'liable for gvtat ships. It » perhaps not- ton fanciful to e>ay toat the master traders consciousness must tew™ th««o fcrifcuUrw« to their <>wtt source . Tt-uv pTii.ntir.ic in Ceylon, tot mvnlvrs som»* ♦>£ tuvtiw thofvfofe 06 native Tifo. Thfmtfcfrc t.nre the prwtuccr touches geology, chemistry., as welt as tbo histocv of the rai-es. ft would be unfair to tw* ujcorant of the conditions ami citruiTustrirtces et one's laborers.. t'ndef alt skies th«y »"* sensible of » fellow feelinif. Ore of the first stndeTits of public economy to Franc* in the nineteenth century said that all "re difference between a libvrat ami •««»«« enterprise, mm! on® that ww tyratttttGi** ami anprumiainit lay between, the two phxaaca ia Che mouth, of tilt? oiuater:

to work" '-Com- w.iffe." f£»> aiiirt thai tP farminsr. at anr rat«- "?>•> to vntlt." with ordinary tack !-•-£ 3im-ty fort one. Even amioi p«spt-> Mxastomrtf not. r.r.Kt.» t>~ comm.-vraM. {.tit driven. the ttv!.«tr>I of Che. o-setwcr mho. M present ha.* tU jittrV effect. iwt«i the attention of the r<u.»t*.- wii«» » f»-a at inHersals h;w tf» nihienhbtc in-Rret-m-e. ff'.-.r mijcb mot.- is this tin- eatr tn the* European workshop. arid in, eFicnmpfcs «oefc of distribution? Here. aU>. f.hef" ia .1, ready tv -sp w thr.ir,ii „l profit sfwnn*. In th* ;ierJ.-olt«faf system, «{ one »f tF" be ff t tilled districts <>£ P.tir*>p*?-—rr-tf.p*fc —th«f» rtiltiv.iflor " 3h.!.|Vs the IJT'IS* pt'ih With the landlord. How much I pi'.u:,.- 05 industry. ar.d how ( h-h-ve ; r, ct.-vofed hard ttork at th* lihin? linn- for all arrt-pt«-f » man's "cUfin/* la iti»- may l»- s-h;r from th- fv* i-hat even at this staijp #1 my e-irn-r i iem-rahy work fr«ro nine in the mowiißif to ten at niiht. It has Wn Fiy many who, have » riifht Ia n-p-'ak. that libor is never aajtMn*'l»at painful. however wi.litf.iU tn i'Tt.'lkcn and ccatrili.'..M;<i■ ly 'i*in -j fiut. i think this tEa* reftclix<«;>,ii of r:>-p. \vh- 1 had or;.- of tEie ".w<. kinds of labor tn —the entirely physical 1 ' i:.i th-- rtrv'ty p:'-'r.tul. ft is painful to ;Nu " l P 'l''tier a burden :i[E day. ;inti *'th« man with th"' m R ot <«!►< Vt »V t(.v«r----it»-s nf t'ortrir).'.

Work, work, .'iv-.ay:. v.*»tk, is ttie ouly taji.viwa. Tr- »o'.<ls of life are not nttfairly .'ip-port.or.ed. us some stippflse. The ma.n o<; l--isure und of '"pi'-nsure" car. fiardly i-enipl.iin if !•-> is not a man of wealth ar.d o£ health. in one career is the reward of aarritice made (<