The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-04-01

need hard work and the probabilities
viii be against him. The fouuda-
ton " HurgcHa iH laid in youth.
between fifteen aud twenty-five
most mtn ure made. 4 man can
learn mere Ia tharo seven years thnu
Ia any others ln hih whole life. yet
those are the yearu thai many youths
spend "a college, uniting them
selves for commercial pursuits.
learning things that are OF no use
tn them actually hniiding up bar
rirr against success.
"Tho successful man learns the ru-
dmuntu uf business IN early life.
The unsuccessful man "a the ono
who, ln'his youth. watched the clock
TO see that he did not begin work.
minute ahead ~ tlmoaur quit "A
second bth.ud a. Those are the boys
wha are discharged first. whenever
tho HtHF O. reduced. but the hoy who
thiuks nf WORKING Instead n quitting.
and looks after HIS employers inter
est Instead of his own ense. is tho
one who o. kept on, aud Eoen ahead
ana succeeds
FRueecas il simple thing The
money naNei-in early llfe grows In
g. fuftvura latter ON. the young
man who can save to cents day it
man &c sense lie ls on the roai
% sucernH iiut the yauns man whp
trades 10 cents Tor a ciEar IL a fool,
There NAV be eases where for
tunes are made hy Jumps. bat great
aucerHH comes from persistent effort.
ii Is Re mistake - point uut the afs
Cumpliahed work af HucCcaarul Hfe
and ash a young man Ia duplicate
H. The immensely nf such "a work
appala him II 30 like Taking him
suddenly 10 the top 81 high stneple
tp see 3 rfrat city, The great hciEht
makes him dIsay. hut e. the nteerle-
Jack NO knows hia business and
has scaled tha atcapie. IL - quite
little matter This IL the reason
why rlsins men should not look
ahead. They should work Tor to-
day aud to-day only and n they 10
that faithfully and live economic.
aiiy. tho9 Will be ready Tor what.
ever ramea an the morrow.
My part Ia the organization and
building n the Central isaeine DID
not seem a great nHk fof ms. hsenu g.
my hardware buninesa when ! iaid
it down. sas greater than my rail.
road business when | took u un. !
call " hardware business. uc
bought ard cold al kinds q things
Thousands and thousands 81 dollars
worth u goods that never saw the
inside ~ our Htorr We bought
whole eareuea and sold them direet
from the ahlpa recall buying one
Cargo al 80 per cent above Invoice
prices. paying only 5000 down. The
captain ruuid not get sailors. and we
had four mnnlha 70 remove tho
resilla w sold them b. degrees,
paying a. We took them away. and
When the Hhln ives empty We had
made a ptsfit - iis0ao
The aggregate business done BY
our arm amounted % perhaps more
than tsDoa 600 annually. and ~ the
organization ~ the Central Pacific
came as a comparatively easy tana.
IN Hn entirety u may inak great
work. but u was laid ane rail- ~ a
time.
4 rrnrat that Industry. honesty.
and ecouomy ara the elcucuts % sue
rvsa. have built probably more
miles ~ railroads than anY man IN
the Wnrid. have bought rnilfua -
IN insolvency. aud have bought
railroads and put them into iuaei-
vency. bus ia all uay constructive
work west ~ tho Mississippi haNe
never defauitsd on q sinEie coupon
I have tried the policy I have out
anrd here. and I know that Il in
good