"It's verra short," he laughed. "A rabbit was one day chased by a vicious dog. He ran as har-rd as he could, but the dog had nearly caught up to him, so, to escape, he ran up a tree."
"But a rabbit can't climb a tree!" I exclaimed.
"Not generally," was the response, "but this rabbit had to!"
How some silly little thing like that makes you think! It was some time before the silence was broken. Then I said:
"Well, how do we do it?"
"This diveesion of expenses will help ye," he said with a smile, and passed over this paper.
Division of Expenses Based on Estimate of 20 Per Cent. on Gross Sales of $30,000
| Per Cent. | Present Cost | |||||||||
| Salaries | 11.0 | $3,300.00 | $4,100.00 | |||||||
| Rent | 3.0 | 900.00 | 1,000.00 | |||||||
| Taxes and insurance | 1.5 | 450.00 | 460.00 | |||||||
| Advertising | 1.0 | 300.00 | 120.00 | |||||||
| General Expenses | 1.5 | 450.00 | 750.00 | |||||||
| Delivery | .5 | 150.00 | 50.00 | |||||||
| Depreciation | .5 | [*] | 150.00 | 350.00 | ||||||
| Heat and light | .5 | 150.00 | 110.00 | |||||||
| Bad debts | .5 | [*] | 150.00 | 500.00 | ||||||
| 20.0 | $6,000.00 | $7,440.00 | ||||||||
[*] These two items are estimated only, for the records of the old business are too incomplete to insure accurate figures.