Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1911 — The Way They Do Business Today. [ARTICLE]

The Way They Do Business Today.

The man who boasted that he carried his business “under his hat” has passed. His place has been taken by the man who keeps written records of every business transaction —records of money spent, of money received, and of prospective customers, of any detail that has a direct bearing upon his work. From the hastily chalked memorandum on the shop door to the elaborate cost-keeping and bußlnessgetting systems of-.today, the written record has become a vital factor in all business.