Many of his friends could not understand why he wanted such an office, but when once nominated and elected he had many people to appoint who make the assessment of the property in the county. These men were naturally people who supported him, and this enabled him to build up very strong political support throughout the county with this support as a nucleus which re-elected him many times.
PLAN No. 688. A MIDDLE-AGED LADY’S WAY OF MAKING A LIVING
The following is a plan that represents lots of hard work.
This woman believed she could sell goods direct and obtain higher-class and better-grade goods by directly representing the factory. She made arrangements with a certain factory, and started in to sell. She made a specialty of women’s and children’s underwear, stockings, etc., and sold large quantities.
In this house-to-house selling of these goods, she netted more than $70.00 a month. In her travels she also found opportunity to sell other products, such as honey and other household articles which she carried as side lines. If there was a demand by her customers for goods she did not carry she made it a point to get the desired articles for them.
PLAN No. 689. A LAUNDRY PLAN THAT PAID
This man ran a laundry in a city of upwards of 150,000 inhabitants, and the population was increasing daily. He figured that if he could see the newcomers before the other laundries did that they would just as soon patronize him as the others, and yet he would like to know something about their reputations as to payment before obtaining their business.
Therefore he got in touch with a first-class information bureau in his city and secured all the names of people who came from the smaller towns into the city, and as soon as he got their names and the town they left he directed a letter to the editor of the paper in the town from which they had come inquiring as to their present address and their reputation for paying. After securing their address and statement as to their reputation for payment of their bills, and if he ascertained that they were good, he immediately called upon them at their new address in the city, and obtained their business. He had no competition in his work and this plan alone made his laundry a prosperous business.
It might be stated that if there is no information or clipping bureau in your community, it would be well for you to take all of the newspapers of the surrounding towns, which could be secured by direct subscription or by going to the local newspaper where, undoubtedly, all of these papers are sent in as exchanges, and by an arrangement with your local newspaper, they would be glad to allow you to read and go over these papers. The items in these papers will show the names of people who are leaving the small towns and the communities to which they go; then find out through the transfer men and companies where they are.