Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-06

lion feet OF logs, which we sold. and
the next year fifteen million feet. and
from that time our lumber operations
have been In quite large figures Mr..
Moore died soon after and with some
other gentlemen we formed our present
have for years sold ms much as one
hundred and fifty million feet OF lum-
Der year, our business amounting to
something like 50 225.OO0 n year"
ALGERs BEST LUMBER INVEST
MENT.
what is the best Investment you
ever made In lumber. General Algcr?''
lone of the best things we ever did"
said General Alger. was In the buying
Dodge of New York. l had examined
the property and could tell to few
thousand feet just how much pine
there was on It. Mr.. Dodge had an
agent named Frost in Detroit. l went
to him and asked him what
He replied that Mr.. Dodge want
ed $4,000 for It. I told him to tele-
graph an OFFER from me of $4,000. He
did so. In n few hours n telegram
came back, which read: Tell General
Alger he can have the tract for 100000,
and all the time he wants to pay for II
in II he will take IT now, hut that II II
is not taken at once the price Will be
100000 We took It. Well, we cut
one hundred million feet Of lumber off
that tract and sold 1t for $500. 900 above
the cost OF numbering, At another
time we made nice little investment
by buying some canal lands of New
York men. There were 1900 acres In
the tracts, and the canal company had
estimated that there were 100000 feet
of pine on them. ! examined the
lands. and when the man asked me
s26.b0 an acre for It I accepted his
proposition. The pine was of high
grade, and we cut 7S000,000 feet off of
it,"
THE AGE OF STEEL.
"Is there much money to be made in
pine lands today, general?"
mot so much as in the past said
General Alger. 1.-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 pre-
vent the very general use of Pacific
lumber here. Canada has some lum-
Der, but II Is not az good as Michigan
pine, besides wood Ia not used 90 much
now ms 1t has been In the past.The age
we live in IL one Of iron and steel,
being made of steel. fences are made Of
wire and iron has taken the place Of
wood in great variety of things
THE SECRETS OF SUCCESS.
"Just one word more, general" said
!. as the secretary OF war rose. 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?"
hGt fNut CtHn In n
largely upon the man." replied General
Alger, 81 think that will power has n
great deal to do with II. If one de-
cides that he will succeed he Is pretty
sure to do so provided he devotes all
his energies to II. 1t is the man who
goes ahead, who never knows that he
is whipped, who never loses confidence
in himself who succeeds. Success IL
the result Of hard work and sticking
to It. My rule liz to do the thing that
is before me and to do II rs well as |
can. There are several things. how
ever ! would say: A man should do
as he agrees and his word should al
WAYS be as good as his bond. Every
man should live within his income and
should try to save something. He
should remember that n successful life
is not battle, but II is n long cam
paiGn, and that the contest must be
kept up for years.
THE HAPPY WORKER VS. THE
WEALTHY LOAFER.
There is one thing that ought to be
said concerning the hardships of the la
borer," concluded General Alger. II
know all about 1t. for no one ever
worked longer hours per day and In
less easy places than |. Hard work
Is as essential to happiness as exercise
is to physical growth and physical eff
fort is nothing compared to mental la
Dor In its wear or tear upon the man or
woman. The pleasure of accumula-
lation is In the battle for 1t with its
excitement and not in the possession of
IL. You seldom see a man who gives
himself up to the so-called enjoyment
of his wealth by spending It, A man
thrives physically and mentally upon
effort and occupation. When he has
gotten through and says he has fin
ished his labors he is usually taken at
his word and soon to the cemetery.
have no patience with the false idea of
extreme sympathy for the toller. La
Dor is mans best estate, IL Is the hung
ry mouth that grumbles with just
cause-none other-and the happiest
life is the busy one"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.