New-York tribune., 1890-04-13
boys. and were trained IN that sterncst but moso
efficient Of all schools-pOvery


of presidents and vicc-presidcnts and cashiers oil
our great New-York CITY banks who had begun
as boys or clerks. lie sent me thlrty-SlN names,
and wrote he would send me more next day. L
cannot burden YOUR columns with cOupcic lst,
but here few of the best KNOWN "Iii,l1, ,,1,
president Chemical Bank; watson :" l-ali1, i i"hh
of Montreal; Tappn, president Ealauh ->a'loHdi
l,rlnckcrhon president Butchers anu DroNcrs
Bank; Clark, vice-pr,sdent American ENchahsc'
levitt president Irving National; Harris, pIcsl
dent Nassau Bank; Crane. president Snoc anu
Leather Bank Nash, president corn EAchahgc
Bank: Cannon president Chase National; cannon,
vice-presidcnt Fourth National; Montague Piesl-
dent second National; Baker president flrs'
\ntionol. Hamilton vice-prcsldent BOwcry Bank,
The total absence of the colcec, graduate in
every department OF d nldis and scarchcd cvcpy
where in all quarters but find scarcely trace OF
him. Nor is this surprising. me prl1e-,ahcIs
have too many years the start OIL lhe -Iluua'J
they have entered for the race invariably IN their
teel,s-in the most valuable OF all the years Tor
learning anything-frOm fourteen to twenty Whlc
the college student has been learning niue aDou!
mast or irving to master languages which are
dead. such knowledge as seems adap'eu
for life uPop op "s0'"'r as business p"e' ararS @
are conccrned-thc future captain o. Industry Is
holly engaged in the school of experience. obtain
ing the very knowledge required for his iulurc
triumphs ,.;
do rot speak of the effect of college education
upon young men training Tor the learned pro-
fcssons but the almost total absence OF the gradu-
otc from high position In the business world seems
20 iustifv the conclusion that college education
rs it. exists is fatal TO success IN that domain me
graduate has not the slightest chance, entering
at twenty. against the boy VINO swept the oilcc; & o
who begins as SHIPPING clcih "U loul '0V"' nv
facts prove this. a.,
There has come. however. in recent years, 'hc
novtechnic and scientific school, or course Oh
studv. for boys which is beginning TO show most
frui Is n the manufacturing nraDcn. Inc
trained mechanic of the past. who has. as we nave
sccu hitherto carried off most of the honors IN
our industrial works. Is now TO meet iITni lI III
thc scientifically educated youth, who VIII push
him hard-verv hard indeed. Three OF the iargcs'
steel manufacturing concerns IN me worlu , are ~
ready under the management OF thtcc So.l- cu"'a'
od men-students of these schools who lett theory
at school for practice in the works while yet IN
their teens Walker. Illinois Steel Company. 'hi-
caro: Schwab. Edgar Thomson works; I"'''r.
Homestead Steel Works. PltiSburg. are types "i
tho now nroduct-not one of them yet thirty.
Most of the chiefs of departments unHer 'hchl
are Of the same class Such young educated men
have one important ADVANTAGE oN'i ''.u Tppi, u,h
ticcd mechanc--thcy are opcn-mlndcd ana Wi'n-
ont nrcindicc The scientific attitude OF nina,
that of the scarchcr after truth, renders 'hrh ic-
ccptivc of new ideas Great and inNaluaps as
tho working mechanic has hccn and Is ana VIII al
,vovs he vet he is disposed TO adopt narrow views
Of affairs for he is generally well mp IN years
before he comes into power. II Is dilerenl WIN
1hr scientifically trained boy; lie has no picJu-
diccs. and goes in for the latest invention or new
est method no matter If ano her mas dlS'oN'I'u 81
He adopts the plan that will beat me rccoru anu
dscards his own devices or ideas. which Ire "IiN
inc mechanic can rarely he induced I" 40 Nv
no one therefore undcrIafc the advantage ol ciu'-
ton: only it must he education adapted l" tnr
end in view and mast give INSTRUCTION p'"'i"-
Thus in the financial, commercial and mercantile
branches Of business as IN manulacturlhE' we NV
TO ask not what p lace tie nechahl' an" -
ticol men occnpv hut what these two types nave
flrnuulDut the tuillt bu>lIfHn
world Very little indeed. have they lcir,
In the industrial department the l'ai''r INC n'o
cbanic j. the founder and manager oi famous con-
Germs In the mercantile, coinm' icial ana ",l"".'l'
!, j. the DOOR .nicc-hov who has proved I" DE- ne
merchant prince in disguise. who surely comes ihi
his heritage They are The winning c"s>t@. ~
is the poor clerk and the working mechanic VINO
rulc in every branch of affairs. without calnHl.
without family influence and without ro''.r
education II is fhcv who have risen - III" 'np
and taken command Neither capital nor IN,
nucncr nor collcgc-lcarning nor an c"mpl't
have provrd able tn contend successfully against
the energy and ndomitahle VIII "hich sPiH"s
from al-conQucring poverty.
ARE CORPORATIONS TO DISAPPEAR
,r,o ,.o,,,,., nr.c,ical man Of today working at
tbc bench or counter. 10 whom the far goddess;
Fortune. has not Vet bcckOncd, may "' uiSPO'r
10 conclude ihat Is Tnnr" i'npo'S''' some,
hing in that II is no doubt, inilni'c'N more
dlffcglt 10 start new business Of any NIn1 To-
day than it was. But ii j. ONLY diirieu,c III
substance. IL - ii.''l'''' ~
for a vounc practical man OF ability to obtain an
interest in existing firms than II n"S '''I ,"'n. %
Tho doors have not closed upon hbllN on vac
contrary. they swing easier upon lN'r h''7''
t-anital is moi requisite. Family lnnlr-f' ''s
before passes for nothing. hc"l a"il'E' w. ~
capaciiy for doing things. never was 50 '1-''.f
searched for as now, ana never coiiiiiil'''" '''"
Tie law which concentrates NE c~ains m
du.trics and commercial, mcrciiiilc am hii''lI.'
anoirs in n few great factories Or hri"' CON
another IIN mot Jess IiiiifIl'i'
Thee vast concerns cannot De Snccc'sI ",iE ''"-
ductcd br salaricd employees. y" sl'', ""''''
Of any Kind can score an 9nuSi@, ,ro I.n1s nf
permanent success which Is not ln me minus VI
rnr,r,i,,i mon pccuninrily interested I'D us i'-
suits In the industrial world 'n' '"sS ~ '"I
rn-a,ions seem likely 10 come 10 an cuu. u
has been necessary for me - "a'ch 81 >r'N NO. i".'
nf ,,v Nfn the operations Of great cs'ahl~"ni'i'9
owrcd bv hundreds OF absent c'piii ilie,H ana con-
Quoted by saaricd officers "n,'"S', ,, ,"en
| hclicyc that the partnership conducted p' u"ii
vi,ailv interested and owning the ""iNs' wiz
make satisfactory dividends Wh'n 'h' COZ
is embarrassed and sclTceF KNOWS upon 49, "'','
side thc balance j. 10 be at the end ol wear
oncr.tions The great drYgOods houses 'i"' ih"'
est their most capable men IN me pi'h'S "i ~ '"''.
department succeed. wien those IAN ''' '''''"
10 work with Salar.rd men only. EVEN !" "'D
,ana cement Of our Great hofcls. II j. iound VIZ
10 take into partnership th' "ln''p.' "''n
every branch Of business this aW j. Al WDih "rt ;
concerns are nrosurrous. generally tpcaNlN.' J",'
i'm nrnnortion as they succeed IN lni'i's'Ih- !"
the profits larger and larger prop"f'l"h {" V', s,
abe,t workers. C0-opcTAil ~ III 'nio i"r" - ''n
Gaming in All great establishments. l"' hi'"
nfarturino business that does not have piac'rh
manufacturing partners had better supply Pc yer' e"
omission without delay. ana pfopa"S 'nr ic' "n'
men required are the bright young mcchail'1
VII" have disiinquishcd thcmsclvcs while worEing
for a few dollars per day. or the Nou'hs 'l.i,n .i
the polytechnic school Instances 'o'is,'.,,'t ,o
occur where the corporation unwilling 10 Ii''I''1
promising practical man loses hiS Sr',igr~ n,'
secs an interest Given him by some aplr lh'I
manuiacturr or comncr'lA, n'in "mD lilo or-
sfanflv on the lookout for that ndlspenSibc % %mI-
ticlr-ablty. II has not llticrt" nerh 'W"' W
practicc for corporations properly I" i'"''" Wv :,
phr,o ,,noocrs but This they must come 10. III
thcv arc 10 stand the competition 81 "orhs "pI-
atrd by ihosc Interested in the profits.
Corporations. on the other hand. - desire ="
noint ont to practical Young men, have one in-
vartagc Their shares are sold freely II "orh'r
wishes 10 become interested in any branch ol @'li'- @
ufacturine in America to-day, the pam - easy
For $50 or ~ 90 he can become slocRhoiuer'
II is becoming more and more common for "oikci'
so IN invest their savings There are MANY we'll
,,o,nucd cornoratiOuS whose assets ana prestige