Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-08
The Successful Merchant or Manu-
facturer of Today Must be Mas
ter Of Every Detail, and Have a
Wide General knowledge of Men
and Affairs.

out lines Of action, based upon past
experience and in connection with what
at least may seem 70 be modern rules
and propositions a sa guide TO success,
as at the present time.
Another feature: the business men OIL
Wheeling, through the medium OF trade
and o.her papers, and frequent contact
with taose who come from other cities
i'm fact. through the Whole current OF
business happenings-Ja much
deeuer interest in what might have
been called some years ago purely
theoretical propositions, from the pen or
Judgment OF the student in business az
fairs of the day, and it Is now recos-
nized beyond question that success III
business these times depends upon the
proper consideration and following OF
certain rules and propositions Of action
i'm the business world and for the Dusi-
ness men. which history and progress
have made a necessary part and parcel
or final success in such vocations The
same recognized rules and PROPOSE
tiOns have for long periods OF time been
the basis to success in The profession
or arts.
In an interview yesterday with the
Register. Mr. w. II. HOyt, OF Syracuse,
n. y. advanced certain ideas upon the
question of success or ultimate success
i'm business of any and all classes, which
are worthy of some consideration and
thought by the business public OF this
city and vicinity
81 believe said Mr.. Hoyt, that ult-
mate success in business of all classes
is in the reach of every person in this
country endowed with fair amount or
natural ability and judgment. The
present demands that the young men OF
America. in order to insure success in
business. should be trained in the
schools of theory and practice. If the
Young man of to-day chooses, in the
days of vanishing youth, business call
ing. he should have general book
education. so to speak, in all branches
of useful knowledge. This will be the
foundation. and coupled with that, he
should study the problems presented
each day in this country through the
medium Of the press and other means
of current information. To get in proper
shape tCmake mis- own living and money
me should become, if YOU please, an ap-
prentice in all the details and features
presented of the business he expects TO
undertake. He must early find out the
volume of money and property, and the
phases of human nature with which
he must in practical way deal with
i'm after life, and in such
a way as will make hie
calling sure and his business ultimately
success. l would say to the present
business generation here in Wheeling,
or throughout the whole country. that
the present demands of you something
more i'm the business world than the
Old time features Of pure trade for
success. l mean modern ideas and the
carving ont of the same for the benefit
of those engaged and the whole make
ND Of the business world. Every bust
ness man knows as well as others that
this is a great era Of business advance
ment. i'm a hundred views of the sub
iect. i'm this country. The present
brings in view so many new methods
OF placing goods and the possibilities
of business industry before the public,
that he is called upon to keep up with
the procession. and if ne does not his
capital and ability cannot receive their
merited returns.
81 believe the business man Of to-
day should be only allied with one
class of business. You may say that
for the present, and 50 far as we can
Judge of the future. he must be a sort
Of specialist in his class of business.
He should be thoroughly acquainted
and even with the original condition of
the article he sells or the business he
offers and represents. The demand of
the times by competition awakens
every business man TO the fact that to
successfully meet the same, he must
givein quality and quantity OF goods or
what he offers more TO satisfy the de-
mands of purchasers than ever before
i'm the history of the country The re-
cent financial depression, which we are
now happily recovering from, has
brought every business man and citi-
zen TO a realization Of the purchasing
power of money and the rapid turning
of the same i'm channels of investment
for proper returns and he is con-
fr0nted with the fact that he must push
his line or business by all legal means.
To acquire ultimate success. il can be
trulhfully said that this is a survival Of
the fuest. no matter what may be the
class of business. In going about this
country East and West, North and
South. / am convinced that the great
medium of success in business to-day
is in advertising the same in proper
and legitimate way. You must bring
to a present view the goods you offer
and things which you have for sale.
They Will not always come and see YOU
Il mean the consumer and purchaser.
"I believe further, that the merchants
i'm America to-day should look for more
extensive markets for their produces.
even beyond the territory Of this coun,
try. for wealth and production in this
country was never In greater volumes
than at the present time.
THE business men of every city and
community should have an exact
knowledge Of the resources surround
ing them and not be bashful about let
ting the rest Of the world know about
them. 10 the end that commerce and
business may be benefited thereby. I
know that i'm this State and city there
are resources and openings for business
that are hidden from view and that only
modern ideas IN business can success
fully carry through.
Let me say again that honesty in