Liberality In Business

rhere is no greater miataka, says a coteniporary, that a business m;in can make, t'unn to bo menu in his business. Alvvays taking tho haM cent, and never returning a cent ior tho dollars he has made and is making. Buoh a policy is very much liku the farmers, who rows threo pecks ot seed whore ho ought to have sown five, and as a recompense for the luanness ot' hia soul only gots ten wheu ho might havo got fifteen bushels of grain. Everybody has heardof the proverb of " puuny wiso and puund loolish." - j A liberal expendituro in the way cí J business is nlways sure to bo a oapital inveslment Thore aru penple in the world who are short sighted enough to beliuvü that their interest can lie best prornoted by grasping and clinging to all tlioy can gel, and ncver letting a cent slip through their fingere. As a general thing, it vvill be found other things being eoual - that he who is the most liberal is most succossful in business. Of course we do not mean it to be inferred that a man should be prodiga] in his expenditares ; but that he should show to his cu3tomorfi if he is a trador, or to those whom ha may be di)ing any kind of business with, that, in all his transactions, as well as social relations, ho acknowledgea the everlasting fact that tharc can bo no permanent prosperity or good feeling in a community where beneuts are not reciproual. We know of instances where traders ïave enjoyed the proñts of huodreds of ollars' worth of trade, and yet have xhibited not the slightest disposition ,o reciprócate even to tho mallest mount. Now, wbat must necessarily bllow írom such a course? Why, imply the loos of trade, which, under more liberal sy3tem, might have been etained. The practico of some men scems to je, to make uslittlu show in the way of jusiness as possible. Suoh a one, if a rader, takes no pains with the appearnce of his store. Everything around lim is in a woru-out dilapidated, dirty ondition. To have it otherwise it vould cost a dollar for whitevvash, and erhapi fivo for painting, and a few ollars besides for cleaning up and puting things to order. And so he pïods n and loses hiindrcils of dollars worth f ctistom for tbe want of attention to aese mattere, while his more sagacious eiglsbor, kceping up with the times, nd having an eye to appearances, does prosperous business. Another wiil spend no monoy in any l vay to raake businese, for tear he shall ot get it back again. Consequently ie sends out no circulara, distributes no landbills, publmhes no advcrtïsements; )Ut sits dowa croaking about the hard imes - moaning over the future prospect of notes to pay, no money, and no ,rade; and comes just where ha rniglit speet to come - short, vvhile his neighjor, following in a different track, doog all that is nece8sary to be done to make business, has business ; isn't short, ut has money to loan ; and it would 5e just like himto get twelvo percent., jerhaps more, ior the use of it ; and we should not blame hira for doing o. The fact is, limes have changed. - ?he tnanner of doing business is different now from whatit used to be. It would be just as foolish to insist upon doing business now in the old fashioned va. as it would be to insist upon traveling with an ox team instead of by railroad ; to get news by old fashioned stages instead of having it brought by lightniüg telegraph. The times demand men of enlarged, liberal, energetic souls - men who will keep up with tho world as it goes ; men of hearts,oo, who not only desiro to go-ahead tlrcitiselves, but take pleasure in seeing others succeed, and who have pubüc spirit enough to do something for, and rejoice in the prosperity of the people.