THE  PHARMACEUTIST  AS  A  MERCHANT. 
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turns  for  the  smallest  proportionate  outlay  is  an  art  in  itself, 
and  one  that  each  must  learn  by  himself. 
After  all  said  about  business  tact,  business  success  will  be  de- 
pendent upon  keeping  and  selling  those  qualities  of  goods,  in 
every  department  of  your  trade,  that  are  intrinsically  good,  and 
he  who  ta.kes,  in  that  respect,  the  highest  stand  will  reap  the 
greatest  reward. 
The  greatest  reward  lies  not  only  in  money  gains,  but  in 
reaching  that  honorable  position  in  community  wherein  you  are 
looked  upon  as  a  public  benefactor,  in  seeking  honest  profits 
and  not  being  a  Shylock.  It  gladdens  me  to  remember  profes- 
sional friends  who  are  poor,  perhaps,  in  pocket,  but  rich  in  pos- 
sessing the  respect  and  affection  of  their  neighbors,  while  my 
mind's  eye  rests  on  an  occasional  one  who  is  poor  in  everything 
that  can  make  a  man  poor. 
The  economical  administration  of  business  affairs  will  com- 
mend itself  to  all  who  mean  to  win  success  ;  and,  while  a  com- 
mendable share  of  enterprise  is  to  be  advised,  a  proper  mixture 
of  caution  is  quite  as  valuable. 
Men  of  scientific  tastes  are  not  apt  to  be  good  financiers; 
such  tastes  render  them  careless  of  money ;  they  rarely  under- 
stand economy  in  business,  and  in  business  they  trust  their  fi- 
nances to  others  not  vitally  interested.  The  Pharmaceutist 
should  know  at  all  times  how  he  stands  in  credit  and  purse  ; 
"  cutting  your  coat  according  to  your  cloth,"  and  the  host  of 
similar  commercial  maxims,  commend  themselves  forcibly  to 
his  attention. 
Great  is  the  field  for  the  inventive  faculties  to  play  in  pur- 
suit of  Pharmacy — devising  improvements  in  formulas,  shorten- 
ing methods,  improving  apparatus,  introducing  new,  unique  and 
original  designs  in  labels,  bottles  and  various  similar  things. 
Don't  be  a  mere  copyist  of  others,  but  add  something,  during  a 
lifetime,  to  the  sum  total  of  taste  and  improvement. 
It  is  surprising  how  the  little  elegancies,  and  nice  nothings, 
aid  the  business  of  the  prosperous  and  enterprising  Pharmaceu- 
tist. 
Professional  men  are  not  given  to  business-promptness  ;  don't 
let  the  title  of  professional,  which  is  attached  to  our  art,  lead  to 
