THOUGHTS OH BUSINESS
It seldom pays in the long run to go out of your way or do something you do not want to do in the expectation of getting something for nothing. Many a buyer of merchandise will take a larger quantity of an article than he can profitably handle lwcausc of the allurement of a larger discount. After he has sold three-fourths of the goods the profit still remains in the unsold fourth, and yet he must, oftentimes sell the remaining fourth at a great reduction. in price in order to dispose of it at all. it would have been a wiser pla'i to buy the quantity that would sell out clean in the regular way, paying the price the quantity might warrant. The protit would have been larger in the end. The old inherent trait in human, nature that tries to get something for nothing has dereived millions of people all their lives. Some day men will learn that it is a will-o'-the wisp.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 159, 26 June 1908, Page 4
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167THOUGHTS OH BUSINESS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 159, 26 June 1908, Page 4
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