3/23 Porteous was a clerk who had not long since gone off with a large sum of his employer's money. It looks as if our business men were easily robbed." "There are two kinds of business men; one lot makes things, the other buys and sells. Some of the first are pretty good manufacturers, but stop at that. They concentrate on manufacturing and hire a specialist to look after finance." "But if the specialist's a crook, can't you spot him when he gets to work ?" "As a rule, the men who get stung know all about machines and material but nothing about book-keeping," Vernon replied. "A bright accountant could rob one or two I've met when he was asleep. |