WHEN THE RUSH CO ME

New Zealand Tablet, 2 September 1909, Page 35

WHEN THE RUSH CO ME

A gentleman was shown through the warerooms" of a large wholesale establishment. In company with "one of the partners of the firm, he went from floor to floor, and was surprised to find such immense, .quantities of stock on - hand ; a variety of goods from many countries was kept 7 in r-eadiness to supply the trade. ' You carry a very heavy *stock,' said the visitor.' - ' I should think a smaller amount would do, and you could replenish it from time to time as you had need.' ' I can assure you that we do not carry a dollar's worthmore than we require when the rush comes,' said the merchant. ' Our orders come in rapidly at certain seasons of the year, and unless we have stock t on hand' to supply the' demand our customers go somewhere else and we lose their trade. We need- a full storehouse to keep abreast of the times.' Sometimes the boy at school or college -thinks it is almost useless to study so many different branches of knowledge. Many a lad throws down his book" and says: ' What's" the use of learning such stuff as this? It will never be any use to me.' But let such a one be assured that the time will come in after life .when large and unexpected demands will be made on all- the knowledge stored away during school and college days. At such times the one who laid in a scanty stock in school days, thinking that he could easily supply himself at the moment it would be required, "will find it hard to compete with those who have a full storehouse of knowledge ready at hand. .. "