The Charlotte Democrat., 1896-07-30
THE BEST WILL ALWAYS SELL


iect: "The best will always sell', last Sun
day. 1t was iorcibly put by the preacher
and had good effect. 1t is true maxim
that says there is room at the top. But
it is a maxim that Is mis-interpreted.
If you tell man there is room at the
top he straightway tells you that 1t takes
brain to get there. That is true. Brain
must certainly be in the make up. But that
81 not all. If a man has apples to sell and
they are first class and ready for use,
there is market for them. So it is with
anything. The requisites for selling any
thing are: first, it must be as good as any
on the market; second, it must be ripe
and ready for use. How true this is with
men. If you wish employment you must
be master OF what you seek to do and
you must be ready to take hold. The
world is ready and waiting to buy such
| work. That kind of man is in demand at
any time. Panics may come but that mas
ter workman is always needed. The
| world will buy his labor. A machinist
that has mastered his trade is never with
out job if be also masters himself. Let
US go to the farm aud see about the
class plow-hand-he needs him every
day. But be does not need a cobbler. A
master ditcher is always in demand. So
it is in all trades and professions. How
many of the boys of this county are mas
ters of anything. They all work. They
all know how to do little of every
thing. But few are masters Of any one,
two, or three things. That is what the
| world needs-masters not cobblsrs. To
day boy will call at your Office and on
being asked what he can do, replies: GAL
most anything" When closely cushioned
he is found to know nothing all he
wants is a job. Note this incident t.
illustrate. Some time ago young man
stepped into our office and said he wanted
a job on a newspaper We asked him
why he wished a job on newspaper.
His reply was that he liked the work.
He had just closed a small country
school. We soon found that his news
paper work had been imaginary. But
we tried to encourage him by telling him
to call the next day. Bright and early
the next day he came dashing into the
office. his face all aglow, a street car
crank in his hand and his tongue running
too fast TO make words-but we caught
enough to know that he haa secured Job
on the street car. He was happy. His
newspaper career was complete. 1t had
passed into the past. All be wanted and
sought was a job-Do doubt he had left
o devoted old plowstock in the field and
the fond old mule in the stable Was he
or is he fit for anything? No. 1t is we'll
that he left the plow, for the piow SD ould
be pushed by men of stamina and energy
this boy must not have either That
is the trouble with the boys who are
turned out from the colleges. They need a
trade. But after taking four years
course at some college he thinks money
and fame should come and lie PROSTATE at
his classic feet Do they do it? No. He
is worse off than his brother who has
been following some trade. Why? Be~
cause lis friends and relatives, especially
if he has borrowed money to complete
his education on, think ne can now coin
money. What has he done? Nothing
more than lay foundation on which he
can build. During the four years at coll
lege his work ought to be procuring a
general education " hen that is com
plete he should decide on business for
life-and pursue it to The bitter end.
There is where the trouble comes in
Too few follow profession or trade.
They first follow one thing and then
another. They are not satisfied to
do as the brother who did not go off to
college, but, who has stuck to one. thing
and has become master according to his
ability. Now if the college boy would fall
to the same thing ere long his collegiate
education would take him to the head.
But he will not do it, Consequently be
is not in demand. He is master of moth.
ing, though, he wants big salary.
When any perfect work is to be done
in the South some northern man lie called
in to do it. Ask that northern man his
business-hs can tell you at once. He
has trade and is master of it. He is a
specialist. Being master of some one
thing does not mean that you are igno-
rant about everything else. Far from it
men who are masters generally know
more about many other trades than the
man who knows little about everything
and not much about any one thing.
| The world had never known a perfect
man till Christ was born. His work
was needed. 1t was effective. Since his
day all good men have sought to be. like
him. He did more for the world than the
millions of big men before his day, His
work was that of master
Martin Luther had something that the