Daily Yellowstone journal., 1884-09-18

The u lea s0ms ~ 0bveW Oy Leaning
Men OF Our Country.
Lor. United States Economist
Let me give your readers the benefit
of the replies have received from lead
ing nc,l Of our country TO the question,
"Wtai in your observation, have been
the chief auses of the numerous failures
in lie al business and professional
mem.
Gov rnor 81. John answeis: 'ldleness,
incompetence" Alexander II. stephens
answers: Want of punctuality, honesty,
and truth" Hon. Darwin Il. James
answers: Incorrect views IL the grea,
end aud aim of life. Men are
not cnntented to live, ut integrity
and uprighiness. They want 10
get ahead too fast, and are led into
temptation" President Bartlett. of
Dartmouth college, names as causes of
failure: Lack of principle. of ixed
purpose. of perseverance. President
Eliot, of Harvard, replies: stupidity.
laziness, rishness, and dishonesty.
Dr. II. NJ. dexter, of The Congregation
alist. answers. -. Want OF thorough.
ness of preparation. =. Wan, ol fixed
ness of purpose. ). Want of ial'l IN
the inevitable triumph OF right and
truth.
Anthony COmstOck's an>wcr> are:
"Cnholy living and dishOnesi practices,
last and iGtemperance, living hyond
ones means" Mr.. II. L. SIMMONS, of
the American Tract society replies:
Fast living. mental, spiritual and bod
ly: lack ~ attention 10 the details oi
business. zen. % Howard answers in
substance Breaking thu divine laws
of the body by vice, those 81 the mind
by overwOrk and idencs>. aud those Of
the heart by making all idol Of >elf. y
Professor Homer h. SprGgIie. ol Boston.
answers. II. Ill health. = Mistakes
in the choice OF employment. .. Lack
Of persistent and protlacled effort. 1.
A low ideal, making success. 10 consist
IN personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. rather than
in the training aud develo,~men, of a
true and noble character.
DR.. Lyman Abbott answers The
combined spirit OF Iazlucs> aud self con
cell that makes man unwilling To do
anything unless he ran clioo>c Just what
he will do. Mr. A. ". renney. of
Brooklyn. replies: Outside 1T IN
temperance. failure 10 grasp hold, seat.
tering too much. want Of integrity and
promptncss, unwillingnes, 10 achieve
success by earning II In theold fashioned
way" The attorney general of neigh
boring state replies: Giving beyond in
come, and Specializing with borrowed
funds: unwillingEess Ia s1gin At the
foot of the ladder and work up. Young
men want to he masters at the start.
and assume To know before they have
learned" And another reason in the
same line: Desiring the success that
another has, without being willing to
work as that man does. Giving money
making a first place and right doing n
second place.
Judge TOurgee: author of "A Fools
Errand." considers the frequent cause
of business collapse to be: Trying To
carry too big load" As to others,
he says: II don't know about profes-
sional mans failing, if he works, keeps
sober. and sleep at home. Lawyers,
ministers, and doctors live on the sins
of the people. and of course. grow fat
under reasonable escrti0n, unless the
competition Is ton great. II requires
real genius to fail in either of these
walk, Of life" Hon. Joseph Medill, ex.
mayor of Chicago, answers: Liquor
drinking. gambling, reckless speculation.
dishonesty. tricky conduct. cheating.
idleness. >hirking hard work. frivolous
reading. lack Of manhood IN the hattie
OF life. failure to improve opportunities. !"
Among the causes of failure given by
my correspondents many may Dc classi-
fed under the general fault of waycring,
such as 'wayering purpose, non Stick
to-it-ne failure to grasp and hold.
scattering too much. trying to do too
many things. rather than stick to the
one thing one knows most about A
young man spends seven years in gro
Gerry >;orr. and when he has Just learned
the business h. concludes TO 20 into dry
gool>. by failing to choose that first
he has thrown away seven years expert
enc. Probably, after learning the dry
goods business, he will conclude to be-
come matchmaker, and at last become
"a mex at -all-trades,' good At none.
4 Prominent merchant says /.
Nearly all failures in legitimate bust.
ne,s come from not serving M appren.
ticeship to it," that is, from leaving Il
business one knows for another which h,
doe, not understand
Another cause of failure is the dispo-
sition 10 escape hard work, and get rich
in haste desiring the success another
man has. without being willing to work
as that man does, and begin as he did,
at the foot of the ladder" How many
who wrie in haste to ct rich. to reap
without patient industry in sowing, have
learned the truth Of the old proverb:
THE more haste. the worse speed,