The morning news., 1897-05-02
The secret OF Success.

A great many young men think 1t a bore
to be told how to succeed in life. "Oh,
yes; I know" they will say, Industry,
sobriety, punctuality and economy is the
golden rule; I've heard it hundred times,
elaborated in extenso; please spare me-"
They have heard but they have not learn
ed. There is none that does not desire
success, yet not one in ten thousand sets
out to achieve success equipped with the
necessary pluck and determination. These
are as essential as mental capacity. The
majority of young men start out with a
plenty of brains for the purpose. But
they do not make the best possible use of
their talents. They spend too much time
looking for something easy, or something
which pays big wages for small work;
they make too many changes; they at
tempt too many kinds of work, with the
result that none of them is done well.
An eloquent object lesson illustrating
how to succeed-how to become rich, in
other words-is presented In the career of
the late Theodore A Havemeyer, who
died in New York the other day worth
$l5,OOOO0O. Mr. Havemeyer was the archi-
tect of his fortune. In 1859 he went TO
work in his uncle's sugar refinery in New
York. where he learned thoroughly the
business he was to follow for a livelihood.
He had previously received an education
in America, and Europe. But when he
went to work 1t was not in the office, but
at the foot of the ladder. among the
laborers. Speaking some time ago of his
nd hon he Ifsl
ed 1t, he said:
I made up my mind from the start that
whatever was worth doing at all was
worth doing we'll For twenty-five years
I was at work at Z a. m, and did not
leave the refinery until p. m. / never
went to bed at night until l had gone
through the whole establishment Many
times l worked all the night long While
I was single man my expenses never
exceeded $50 a month. Pilot bread and
cheese made for me many
meal. A canvas suit was my
daily apparel. and there was no
part OF the business at which ] and my
brothers did not work; no part we con-
sidered too dirty or too arduous or be-
meath us. one prerequisite In any busi-
ness is thorough mastery Of its princl-
pies and a knowledge OF all its details
There was no part of the mandatory
or Of the refining business with which we
were not thoroughly familiar | knew
how TO fire up under the boilers how to
run the engines. ! built an engine once
myself. / knew how to refine the sugar
and how TO market It. | knew what was a
fair days work for a man, because I
worked alongside OF the men. Another
requisite is application and alertness We
were always on the lookout for some bet
ter way TO do A thing. and our success ia
largely owing TO invention brought out by
observation and experiment Another
need is integrity and promptness in bus
mess dealings. We always paid cash as
We went along, but II one has to give
notes they should be promptly met We
filled our orders always according TO
agreement Another rule Is to keep away
from liquor. and We always followed IT,
The practice OF these rules, combined with
frugality and ordinary faculties of mind
will bring commercial success TO any man
What a fund OF advice by example
there Is for young men in this statement!
II is a brief. interesting. healthfm sketch
Of a busy and successful career. II can
be read IN two minutes and memorized IN
ten, and Il contains the fundamental prln-
ciples upon which TO build a business life