Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1877 — Prerequisites of Success. [ARTICLE]

Prerequisites of Success.

Integrity of character and truth in the inner man are prerequisites of success in apy calling, and especially so in that of the merchant. These are attributes which, never fail to command respect and win admiration. Noone fails to appreciate them, and if they “do not pav” in the vulgar sense of the phrase, they bring an amount of satisfaction and peace to the owner that all the wealth of Croesus could not yield. There is no better stock in trade than these principles; no capital goes so far or pays so well, or is so exempt from bankruptcy and loss. When known, they give credit ami confidence, and in the hardest of times will honor your paper in bank. They five you an unlimited capital to do business upon, and everybody will endorse yffljr paper, and the general failh of mankind will be you! guarantee that you will

not fall. Let every young man, upon commencing business, look well to these Indispensable elements of success, and defend them as.be would the apple of his eye. If Inattentive and reckless here, he will Imperil everything. Bankruptcy in character is seldom repaired in an ordinary lifetime. A man may buffer in reputation and recover; not so-the man who suffers in character. Be just and truthful. Let these be the ruling and predominating principles of your life ana the reward will be certain, either in the happiness they bring to your own bosom, or the Success which will attend upon all your business .operations in life, or both.— American Banufaeturer.