Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 250, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1917 — Guard Little Expenses and Big Ones Give No Trouble [ARTICLE]

Guard Little Expenses and Big Ones Give No Trouble

It is not “mean” to keep an account of little expenses, observes an exchange. The United States government requires all postmasters to collect and sell waste paper and string, and render an account of the money realized from the sale; army officers are required to account for every lurmmer, every bit of harness, yard of cloth or gilt button; and the weather bureau requires its observers to report the disposition of every postage stamp. So it is in every great mercantile or ’manufacturing establishment, the tie expenses are rigidly looked after, because experience has shown that in the aggregate they amount to large sums. Take care of the pennies .by noting where they go, and you will be surprised to find how the practice will act as a check on useless expenditure. Keep a guard on the little expenses and you will have no trouble with the big ones.