The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1878-06-06
wasting Capital.

No great career without great
health. No great health without vir-
tuOus habits.
The capital Ofa house of business Is
not its money and effects, but the
brain, the knowledge, the intelligent
J force which il wIelds. Its money is
one of the tools with which it works (;
its business talent is that which made
it and keeps it great.
There is o TumOr about In the world
Of business that the present heads OF
the house of ROthschild are not men
of much ability but there is stored
away in the invisible Golfers OF that
great house 3 prOdigiOus stock OF
knowledge, traditions, rules, habits,
and custOms-the accumulation of q
hundred years-the rich inheritance
Of the house from its able founders.
There Is SO much In the concern Of
| this precious kind of capital, that
men OF only ordinary abilities can
carry on the business for q long pc
riod of time with apparent success.
Nevertheless, il the brains are out,
the business will die. 1t may be
hundred years in dying-suoh vigor-
GUS life was infused into il by the
fuunder-but 1t will die at last.
How often do we see here in New
York, illustrations OF this truth. The
brains are withdrawn from 3 well-es.
tabIlshed concern, and in some mys-
terious way it declines, and finally
! cOllapses. People say, "1he old man
took out too much capital" meaning
that he Withdrew q certain sum Of
money. In fact, he withdrew all the
capital, for he took away all the
brains. And when l say brains, do
not mean merely the thinking facul-
/ ty, but such qualities as patience and
! self-cOntrOl, which the man of 8 great
and sound brain possesses.
A Thousand dollars is q good thing
to have, but there are two ways OF
getting it--eaTning 1t, and stealing it..
| We can steal il In q moment, but 1t is
a dangerous and dastardly action.
Earning 1t is long and labOrious, and
often painful but when we have
won it, it Is ours against all the
world it is q possession good itself
and leading TO other good. Getting
it was q benefit, having Ii Is benefit,
spending it Is q benefit, and even
losing it may be benefit What is
true of the thousand dollars is true
also of things more precious than
money, and which it Is more COM
mon to steal.
There are fifty young men In the
same store or shop. The foreman
and partners are moro advanced In
life than they and, according to the
course OF nature, their places must ere
long be filled by some Of these young
men who are now serving in humble
cspacities. Which of them shall il
be? 1t will be those who do not waste
their brain. 1t will be those who
live purely, aud expend their INTEL
lect in acquiring the knowledge and
self-cOmmRnd which the head OF an
establishment must possess.
A sitting process Is continually go
ing on in the world, and in all places
of business, by which the men fitted
to be masters are selected from the
mass, and put in their proper places.
Those who can not govern thems
selves, seldom get q chance to govern
others, and il they get such s chance
they do not keep 1t long. On the
I other hand, it may be laid down Rs
an almost invarisble rule, that in the
United States every person who is
truly fit and able TO play q leading
mart in business, to direct wisely the
labor or the minds OF others, does ST
length attain the position for which
he is fitted. There is no keeping
him down. a young man msy keep
, himself down; he may waste the
Z power Of his brain and the Yigor OF
his health by vice; he may neglect
his opportunity To gain mastery over
} the details Of his occupation he may
: squsnder tue priceless days Oi
his youth he may keep himself
down +; but the right man can seldom
be kept down by others.
u Mark this, lads Your chance will
come IL you deserve it. You NAV
have to wait long for 1t, but It viii
, come Make the most and best OF the