if not, the envelope should be attached for reference. If any samples
referring to orders are enclosed, they must be attached to the order,
and care exercised in attaching measurement forms, plans, or any
separate sheets bearing any relation to the order. Should there be any
difference in the amount received and the amount customer claims to have
enclosed, the attention of the one in charge must be called to it at
once, and, after thorough examination, be certified to by one or more.
Any omission of samples or enclosures of any kind, or any irregularities
of any character, must be reported immediately, examined into, and
certified to by those of recognized authority. Ordinary mail, such as
enquiries, requests for samples, etc., and all letters not containing
money, are kept separate from letters with money enclosed. Orders and
money are collected, and the cashier checks and counts all money over
again, comparing it with the amount entered on each order by the opener,
and, where O. K., stamps each order and envelope with a duplicate
consecutive numbering and date stamp. Thus, at almost the first stage of
handling an order, it receives its individual number, which is different
from the number appearing on any other order, and is used to identify it
through the different stages it may have to pass while being completed.
Envelopes are separated from orders, and each checker's envelopes put in
a package by themselves for reference. Should one be needed, the order
is first examined, and, as it bears the checker's signature, reference
is then made to that checker's package of envelopes, and the one
bearing the same number as the order is easily and quickly found.

Book-keeping, Buying, Checking, Etc.

Where the business is large, the country is usually divided up into
districts or sections, each division being designated by a letter; thus
one State or Province would be known as "A," and another as "B," and
these sections each usually have a head under the supervision of the
Manager. A simple form of cash book is largely made use of, by which the
number and amount of each order only is entered under its proper
division column. The totals of these columns must agree with the total
amount of cash received. Orders follow in their natural course to the
book-keepers, who, under the date received, enter the orders in regular
order by number, name and address, and credit the customer with the
amount received. Cashier and boo