Prepare paragraphs on the following:
1. A merchant must know his neighborhood before he buys his stock.
2. Selling by weight rather than by measure benefits dealer and consumer.
3. Giving short weights does not prove profitable.
4. The price of a certain kind of goods, or of an article, that is going out of style should be reduced to move it quickly.
5. If merchants did not deliver purchases, goods would be cheaper.
6. Hard work and patience spell the merchant's success.
7. The middle man gets the bulk of the profit.
8. The telegraph is a great aid to the business man.
9. There is a difference between day and night telegraphic rates.