The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-08-01
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SIXTEEN wears OF Ag- What shsli Ih-? ~h.,
shall DO how -ha.l make the ,nos' - ihi.
unc lite which ! have 10 live in the wufld ,
llc'c yc are, With the huge continent bf An..ii.
ca to suhdue people, ciViiize and render ar,,..i.
be What picrc u work lirs hrfure the next
two generations ~ American ciiizens Tire. ~
four railroads attrs- thr cuniiucn'--a yS."in ~
ship canals h,iwtru the Far We, and the Allan.
iic uccan-ihc ls'hmus a. Darien 10 hr Pierced
tie na,iuntl debt dischar.,i-ihr Governnien;
purified and simPliicd -Can,ia. cubs and
Mexico not cuuqn'f,d. hot absorb not even
annexed pcfhais -; united tn us ~ ~. m
restricted interchange ofpfOducis and service
our ,iiics fcofgnuil'd snd rebuilt ard tie Ll,ss.
ngs Of civilization 'ar more equally diTi.-d than
has ever ye, been contemplated These are but
few items in the great task ~ preparing the
Continent, uf America 10 play that leading aud
controlling part in the airrirs O! mankind Cor
which Nature has fitted IL
Sixh"n wears ~ age How shall ! prepare
myself - do a man part 10 this great work i.
aud. hv - doing. procure for ms self rair shatc
Of safe aud rational hnppncss
II you 90 TO the West, and talk With the LEADING Z
men in Chicago Cincinnati, -. Louis. omaha
san francisco nnl asH them what kind of men
they want iu Jhr N's',in 'ouritt ;h.y wi.f O..
maze ,ou u" .sin. arsa.i
We want Cu' i,-" they a. 'Mh. s..us
hos 20 - suu,ihine or riLs somcihir. -
huytfs and SELLERS wc have su;-riluiiy : ani q .
pro't ssouNl men, such ~ iity ARE. 'hetr - no
LACK. We want men Who can start factory sud
work in one We want men who realiy know
how - caitivaic the land send ~ Gosrs .nl
makers. a. many as tnu please ;fihcV ~" reallt
comreien, We s;aad ready 10 give Them a star,
such language n this have mysslf repeated
~ heard ia the western country and Anv one
who goes there can see tor himself vhai = field
there is FOR men who snow how to take hold uf
work and 10 u. You can also see for yourself
that the strong rooted men Of the West as ~
tie East, are men who IN their youth learned that
subtle. incOmnunicabc wisdom which comes ~
doing hOm-ly work with their own hands anil
mind. patiently and Vd Onc of the most thriv-
ing establishments in Chicago ia a wagon factory.
founded twenty Years ago hy poor mechanic.
Whose entire capital Al starting Just sniiiced 10
enable him TO complete ono iough farmer = way
on but il was good strong wagon II gave
great satis'aciion 10 the man who bought il il
brought in plenty 81 ncw orders to the maker.
and the factory is now turning on; from Eve 10
ttii Egi -,' wagon - w,'k
g,igcfri'r vslf.ts 90 CA,.ai,t. a ltrs.
tHaltf tci'ts - iu.t- ara igis 10 Nhich two
bundled u,n u,ir cWi 'n.'i This e-,at li.hn.cni
was one 80 tse n different ri'its owned by the
sane company and managed hy i,s chief G'ea'
indeed VAS IA, 's'u;i.hm,ni. on being irtrnduc-
ell I" This captain "i inlusiry. 10 iind him brisk
and smiling Young s't'l'nsn a. thirty two
thought Il must ., mistake. | supposed he was
the sou % She old inAG ilu; no be Vas the
vcFitah!e founder, h'ri o~u,r and manager Of
iVc extensive ifon ~ tks. aud during the war he
had worked - CONTRA, tor supplyiug m army
with biscuit Tlis ,ouuster OF thifly-two had
done these things and with the generosity m
iural e. youth. b" WAS in the habit Of giving
away So. 900 year 10 the hcnrv oent opera
tions Of TIE Ciiy This Young fellow b. ! been
rat IN 10
boyhood, and he carried ON these large euierpr-
ses with an case and gayeiy wonderful 10 Wit
ness
Few persons have looked into the lives Of So
many remarkable men ~ ! have, yet I cannot
call 10 mind one Of the acknowledged Kings Of
business who did not IN early life serve q long
rigorous apprenticeship 10 some occupation akin
to that which he afterwards exercised, and in
which his great success was made
Vanderbilt, for example, was a boatman, sloop
captain, and STEAMBOAT captain, for nineteen
years before he set up fof business Of building
and running steamboats,. in which he gained
more money than was ever before gained 10 Q
single lifetime. except by plundcr. There Is no,
to-day 10 the whole world a man who knows a.
much about steamboats, and steamships as this
SANE Cornelius Vanderbilt.
As,or 10 another illustration. lie learned the
fur business from the very rudiu.ents. lie used
10 beat furs from morning ill night in his mas
ters back shop, and after doing this awhile, he
used TO take basket of irinkeis and niek-nacks
and 30 round among the sOops and markets.
driving hard bargains with boatmen, Indians
and matke,-men FOR such skins ~ ihey had
brought 10 town. By-an1-by he shoulderrd his
pack and ,ramped the country for pcltries and
extending his journey, At length he became
familiar with every place. every tribe, and every
person connected With the fur trade in North
Ametien Then he wen, to Europe, and learned
all about the market for furs and their prices IN
every part Of the world Few men have ever
understood thing so we'll a. Mr. Astor under
stood the business Of collecting curing and sell
ing furs. lie knew Il, not as u clerk might have
known IL he knew u a. a man knows the trade
10 which he has served long appren nticeship un-
der waiehful aud exaetiug master.
Another case In point was the 6Fsi RothsChild,
who. from his twelfth 10 his twenty seventh year
laboriously acquired knowledge OF money, first
as ertand.hoy aud money-couuier 10 his father
and anerNaFds a. bankers clerk.
GirHfd, too, was thorough sailor before lie
ever owned ship, and vas personally familiar
with most Of the commercial ports long before
he ever consigned a cargo TO one of them
There is my valued fiiend, John GorhaIn, OF
Providence tn head ~ the largest msnufactory
Of silver ware IN the world lie did not 40 into
his fathers couniug-roofn as clerk. but into
bis fathers shop an apprentice and he learn
ed how TO do with bis oNn hands Whatever he
has since had 10 direct others In doing.
Hut such examples are numberess. All my
acquaintance with business men teaches me that
the fundamental secret Of success Ia business is
KxowLEDgE- rcgl kn0wledge-such kuowledge
a. Is only acquired by becoming practically
familiar With methods and procesas--sueh
knowledge, In fact. as Z man gets by taking hold
Of work, and doing II until he can do Il easily
and perfectly.
There is a noble establishment iu broadway,
where many Of us 20, occasionally. for the reha-
billta,ion Of Cur or;ef maa. II was in the grand
upper room of this palace-iikc store, while vas
bcing measured for a coat, that conceived the
idea Of writing this article. In well-conducied
establishments Of every Kind you will notice the
faces year after year for able men naturally
gather able men around them, aud employers and
employed, by reciprocal Justice aud cou,ssy. be-
come attached 10 one another aud have neither
motive nor desire TO sever the connection. And
yet, on that occasion. seting around me the sams
skiliui aud obliging persons that had seen there
ten years before. ! could not but reflect how IT..
lie chance ,hey had 10 advance fFam slsstshir 10