The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-07

$4,000 for It. told him to telegraph an
offer from me Of $4,000. He did so. In
few hours telegram came back, which read:
Tell Gen. Alger he can have the tract for
$4,000, and all the time he wants to pay
for it in If he will take 1t now, but that
II it Is not taken at once the price viii
be $3.50, 600 We took it. Well we cut one
hundred million feet of lumber Off that tract
and sold it for $500 900 above the cost Of
numbering. At another time we made a nice
little investment by buying some canal lands
OF New York men. There were 1,500 acres
in the tracts, and the canal company had
estimated that there were 10000 900 feet Of
pine on them. 1 examined the lands and
when the man asked me $3.50 an acre for
IT l accepted his proposition. The pine was OF
high grade and We cut 100000 feet Off OF
THE AGE OF STEEL
'Is there much money to be made IN pine
lands today, generate"
Not so much is in the past" said Cen
eral Alger; The pine OF Michigan and
Wisconsin have been pretty well thinned out
and that which is left IS valued at about
what 1t is worth. ! doubt not that there are
some good chances in the Southern states and
along the Pacific coast but the high freight
rates across the continent. prevent the very
general use of Pacific lumber here. Cana
da has some lumber but it is not as good
as Michigan pine, besides wood Is not used
so much now as 1t has been In the past.
The age we live in Is one OF iron and steel.
rather that wood. Buildings are new be-
ing made Of steel, fences are made OF WIRE
and iron has taken the place OF wood In q
great variety Of things"
THE SECRETS OF SUCCESS.
Gust one word more. general" said I,
"as the secretary OF war arose. Won't you
give me a word Of advice for the young men
Of today. Can you not IN a few words say
what constitutes the elements OF success
II believe that success in life depends
largely upon the man, replied Gen. Alger.
81 think that will power has a great deal TO
do with 1t. II one decides that he will sue
coed he is pretty sure to do so provided he
devOtes all his energies to It. II is the man
who goes ahead who never knows that he
is whipped, who never loses confidence In
of hard work and sticking to IL. My rule Is
to do the thing that Is before me and TO
things, however, 1 would say: man should
do as he agrees and his word should always
be good his bond. Every man should
live within his income and should try TO save
something. He should remember that sue
cessful life is not a battle but ii Is a long
campaign. and that the contest must be kept
up for years.
WORKER VS.. WEALTHY LOAFER.
"There is one thing that ought to be said
concerning the hardships of the laborer."
concluded Gen. Alger. II know all about
it, for no one ever worked longer hours per
day and in less easy places than l. Hard
work is essential to happiness as eXer-
else is to physical growth, and physical eff
fort is nothing as compared to mental labor
in its wear and tear upon the man or woman.
The pleasure Of accumulation is in the battle
for it, with It's excitement. and not in the
possession of it. You seldom see a man who
gives himself up to the sO-called enjoyment
of his wealth by spending It. A man thriyes
physically and mentally upon effort and oc-
cupation. When he has gotten through and
says he has finished his labOrs he is usually
taken at his word and soon to the cemetery.
l have no patience with the false idea OF ex-
IRENE sympathy with the toiler. Labor is
mans best estate, It IS the hungry mouth
that grumbles with a Just cause-nOne other
and the happiest life is the busy one
Frank G. Carpenter.