Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-04
NEED OF NEW BLOOD.
A CONFESSION WHICH VERY FEW
BUSINESS MEN LIKE TO MAKE.

'ho NiH"eS VI bit h"' '"' -""
Who Lacks the Courage OF New Ideas
T,s C,.vsr Man viu,ou, Practical
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calm their time end tbo,Ir, I The socia'
claims upon their time g more imrer,tiva
than they used to ha iRTlHIp their health
is not as robust as it once was Meanwhile
their business runs along very we'll IL still
feels the impetus of the wears Of its develop
ment II pavs good divid.nds and seems 10
he we'll established and PROSPEROUS But il
no longer leads Younger and more enter
prising houses have pusbed 70 the front and
are skim ninr the cream of the trade
1sE EVIDENCES OF DRY ROT
many wears without A marked ratr0s,ression
ON IN. mart Of the house vhi n is hainr left
h.bind Under these circumstances il is
the busipess To reaIizs that he !. no Iop,ar
able TO adapt himself 10 conditions with
ara aIwavs changing He is ant 10 exag
gsrste the vslpe Of his exnerience : rpet-
ting that half of it represents scpujred bsb-
il. and that a gooi part Of the other half
10 tnovIaje,e viii, h "a worth cor,,,,rati,,a',-
little at the present time Fl, i. rarely able
To recognize the avidencas Of drv rot in his
business which others se4a 50 CLEARLY and Ie
attributes the gradual retrogression Of h.s
concern from a first 10 a second or tbirl
place to various external couse1 which have
no mora to do with il than + - Dro ..,s;on of
tho aouiro,es Tia fs-t 10 h.. ant bis .sso
ciateS have lost their grin They are able
To follow but not 10 leaI and in a very few
wears they are likely to find that very Ettl,
ransins of THAR once rro.narous and lucra
tive bnsin.ss
The only renedv for this is the ore Of all
others most difficult To snrlv n,oIving
confession which few husiness me, ar. will
ing to make II is to bring into tho husi-
mesa new blooi-youug men of intelIigeucp
and iudqn,ent who have tho II, anti a IN
energy and enterpriss which in.nireI those
who foundei tho LusineSs and ns,Ie il craa+
Sometimes this can he done nv eJvorcin, IN
rosi,ions cf res,,oDsihIa D,an,rarnar+ vo,,nr-
man who have served the concern as cI.rks.
b,t mora often il will he fourd that clerks
nartska Of the neCuli rites oE tbair rrin.i-
mails and conform so clos .lv To their hal II,
and traditions that tbev cnrlI not IN.
counted on To give the business - Trash inn
petus They are apt TO have too Irtl.. ind
nendence of Judgment and 10 lac, orif,
inality of ideas The fact that they nav.
remained clerks and su1ordinates rather
initiates ainst the surnositiun that they
can be made more useful in other c.paci,ifs
involving large functions
THE KIND OF MIN SErnFn
The kind of men who are needed TO infuse
the spirit Il pro-ress into great enterp .ises
are those who 60 natural V to the ton and
such men are not Often nromoteI AZ a r-uIa
they promote themselves. Nor is it often
desirable that the new bl ,od sro id lie drawn
from the veins Of the trade man VIII,
has been brought up in the business Is
likely To be hammered bv its traditions TO
such an extent that he lacks the courage Of
any new ideas that NAV com. to him ~.
from others What Is needed to stimulate a
hsggi,g entarprise il genius and the less il
is hs,nperei hy the fixed habits of the trade
the mora u,sfIii II ia Iiksrv IN no