New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-27
ANDREW oARNEGIES ADVICE.
now A YOUNG MAN CAN sUccEE
From The YOUTHS Companion.

From The Youths Companion.
You about to start in life and II is well that
young men should begin at the beginning and occupy
the most subordinate positions Many of the bust
ness Of Pittsburg had serious responsibility thrust
upon them At the very threshold Of their career.
first hours Of their business lives sweeping out the
1 was sweeper myself, and who do you sup
pose were my feilow-sweepersl David McCargo, now
tss Of s asny asy
Railroad; and MI Moreland, city attorney OF Pitts
Begin at the beginning but aim high. would
not give g for the young who does not already
see himself the partner or the head Of some important
There arc three dangers in your path the first Is
the Drinking Of liquor the second Is speculation and
When ! was telegraph operator IN Pittsburg I
knew all the men who specplAted They were not
suspicion have iivcd b see all Of them ruined
There Is scarcely an instance o. man who has made
fortune by speculation, and kept It, The man whQ
sAS S0fa q result, e see Sa how As $ S
calm CONSIDERATION and proper solutions Of business
ana saps tie sources q that persistent and conSen
tTated energy upon which depend the permanent sue
The coush man Of basn"ss knows i hss only b
years OF patient, qnremtlng attention 10 affairs can
be earn his reward which Is the result not OF chance
bVt Of welldevised means for the attainment Of ends
Nothing Is more essential % young business
than the owedFe IL any bank board that hat %sn
engages in speculation. How can man be credited
panic among eanestersl Resolve TO BIO business
men, but sPeculaton never.
notes t appeals 10 Jour generous instincts, and
say, How. can refuse to lend my name only. 70
u true and communicable in that view that tho practice
Is 50 dangerous. II you owe anything all your
hands 10 be held nTioate for TIE secnrity OF those
Who have Trusted you. When nan IN debt endorses
for another, It IS not his credit or hs capital
that he risks. Il L the money Of his own creditors
endorse, never do I; unless you have cash means not
squed for your own debts and never endorse beyond
Assuming that you are safe in regard to these your
payest oar drinking Specializing apd ENDORSING
do something exceptional. and beyond the range Of HIS
special department. lie must attraft attention: A
an error With which Re has nothing TO DO and which
has escaped t6e attention Of the proper person Il
the Adjustment OF the scales, and having them eor-
reeted Your employer must find out that no has
one who is content to give 50 many hours Of work for
so many dollars In return, but one who deyotes hts
spare hours and constant thoughts e The business
won thor spurs By showing that we dd not know
half as we'll what was wanted as they did,
his revenues always exceed his expenditures He
begins 70 save as soon as he begins 70 earn.
hundred dollars you produce the result Of hard
won savings, Midas, In search OF partner, viii lend
on credit a thousand; Cor every thousand, fifty
1t Is not capital your seniors require IT IS the man
who has proved he has the business habits Which make
he first hundred dollars saved which tells.
And here Is tho prime condition Of success, the great
exclusively upon the business ii which YOU arc en-
gagged. Having begun IN one line, resolve 10 Fight
ment, have the best machinery and know the most
No one can cheat you out Of ultimaIe success but
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