10. Name some of the characteristics of the business man. (Thompson,
pages 357--358.)


TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT

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1. Select for study some common commodity which passes through all or
most of the stages of manufacture in your community, as, for example,
a hammer, a shoe, flour or canned goods. Make a list of the various
individuals who are connected with the production of this commodity.
By whom are these various individuals paid? Does it appear to you that
their services bear a close relation to the sums which they receive?
Explain fully.

2. Select for study a plot of land which the owner has leased to a
tenant in your community. Why is the tenant willing to pay rent for
this plot? Why is he able to pay rent? Do you believe that under the
existing circumstances he would be able to pay an increase of 10% in
the rent? An increase of 50%? Explain.

3. Select for study an enterprise in your community in which the
employer utilizes various groups of workmen. Classify the workmen on
the basis of the amount of wages received. Why does the employer pay
some high wages and others low wages?

4. Select for study a successful entrepreneur in your community.
Outline, either as the result of hearsay, or personal interviews with
him, the qualities to which he apparently owes his success.