The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-06

and make the same fortune again. in the
same length of time.
But events have proved that this is not
the case.
New millionaires are springing up all the
time and the name of the milHonaires OF
today would have been strange names
year ago.
Russell Sage has often said that he saw
no reason why every man could not be-
come millionaire: Mark you," says he,
Il know that every man will not become
a millionaire. Actually there is not enough
money in the world to supply every living
man with a million dollars, but every man
who wants to become a millionaire can do
So If he wants his million bad enough to
work for it and to save for 1t, he will get
it.; that Is about all there Is to it-working
in the right direction and saving-princi-
pally saving.
81 worked for my brother in a grocery
store seventy years ago, and l saved my
pennies In a little while l was able to
buy partnership. 1t was slow work. A
young man of today at the age of twenty
five would not think of engaging In busi-
ness which did not profit him more than
$15 week. l was glad to work for Sl5 a
week, even in my own business. BY and by
I got enough money together to increase
my business l found l could do whole
sale business with the grocers who came
down from the north and were glad to buy
in Troy instead of going all the way to
New York city My grocery became mid
die house.
"nhere was not money enough for me In
the grocery business after few years, and
when l was about forty l went down to
New York and got into Wall street. |
had my million by that time, and when
saw good chance to buy stocks l bought,
and I used careful judgment. I worked
early and late and that Is the way l came
to be rich man. Work and economy are
the keynotes of success. Don't get dis
couraged, young man, but keep right on"
Andrew Carnegie tells pretty much the
same story His line of work was in the
trades. He was telegraph operator, and
a very Industrious one He saved his
money and saw chance to get railroad
interest in Pennsylvania. He became en-
ployed in steel works in Pittsburg, and
soon rose to be the overseer 1t was a step
ping-stone for a man of brains and indus
try. He mounted to the top and became
the owner. 1t wasn't done in a year nor
On ten years, but at the age of fifty Mr..
Carnegie owned the business. The other
partners gradually withdrew while he, with
his savings, bought more of the stock.
John D. Rockefeller had what is called
a meteoric rise, but there was a great deal
of hard work in it. Fancy the position OF
a poor bookkeeper who finds himself a
small owner in an oil well. The well was
not yielding very much, and the partners.
VINO were all poor young HiSI, W1HeSu ~
SELL but Mr. Rockefeller said, mo, have
saved enough that can afford to hold
on to my share and work it,"
"Then," said the others, perhaps you
would like to buy us out" Young Rocker
Teller agreed to do He bought them
out with little money and many promises,
all of which he made good.
Any man-ask your prosperous man on
the next block-finds 1t necessary to save
the first few years. He must pinch and
husband every penny or he will lack 1t
just at the moment when he needs 1t most.
1t is said that young Rockefeller when he
was married, lived in one room, and that
Mrs. Rockefeller was acquainted with the
family washing. If this is true, the gospel
of economy gave good results, for they
soon had the oil well worked until 1t was
a great affair, and money was coming in,
first at the rate of hundred dollars day,
then a thousand, then-nobody knows how
much
Every man can not have an oil well, but
every man can work as James r. Keene
worked. He made his millions by hard
struggle. He did not strike oil; he did not
discover a gold mine; nobody died and left
him anything, and he never married money.
He worked as miner and made his daily
wages; he worked as reporter and got
paid at the end of the week. Finally he
got in the employ of financier who saw