Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-09-08
PHOENIX. SEPTEMBER 1899
HOW TO SUCCEED

Mr.. Coils P. Huntington, whose per-
sonal possessions are generally be-
lieved to be represented by at least
seven figures in a line with a dollar
mark at the head of the row, is quoted
as saying in explaining his financial
success, that Il live within my means.
The great capitalist did not mean to
be humorous, yet he created that i'm
preston in the minds OF those who
read his words. There is no difficulty
for a man like MIR. Huntington to live
within his means-that is to avoid
spending more than he has in hand. II
the railroad speculatCr had explained
that during his early days he began
by living within his means he would
have made it clearer. The practice Of
living within ones means is safe and
generally satisfactory and remunera-
tive in the end. A boy who earns four
dollars a week and saves one dollar q
week makes a. good start, and as his
wages increase he can save more dol
lars each week. In the end, if it is
possible for him to maintain and per
petuate the habit, he will have a COM
Portable nest egg for the future when
his actual earning capacity is ended.
Added to the faculty of living within
ones means is that of using money
saved to the best advantage SO that il
will grow during the night and dur
ing the day by the accumulation of in
terest or by natural earnings in bust
ness
The faculty-or rather the sense
of knowing how to turn over ones
savings to the best advantage is given
tci a comparatively few Not every
man who can save can invest with sat
iSfactory results Mr.. Huntington
may have begun his career by saving
something, but he had that rare gift
of knowing when to buy, when to sell,
and all that sort of thing which gees
to make what the world calls a smart
man" In addition, he had the other
gift of knowing when to take ad-
vantage Of an opportunity and the OPP
portunitios came to him in due time.
Living within ones means does not
guarantee that every enc who observes
that habit is to become wealthy Men
may tell from boyhood to old age.
never be in debt and never without
occupation, yet in the end have Moth
ing material to show for their long
service. Thousands of good and thrifty
men know what that sort Of thing
means. The personal demands made
upon many men of thrift and with
saving disposition prevent them from
ever reaching the point when they can
afford to stop and live upon the in
terest that grows at night No set
rule can be laid down for ensuring
success in the sense that lit is treated |
by Mr. Huntington and SO considered |
by too many. The faculty of becom- |
ing rich is as much a gift as that of |
being able to draw the figure OF a COW
or of a man SO that it is recognized as /
standing for Cow or a man without
being labelled. The capacity to make |
one dollar earn another dollar quickly. !
and so on without any limit to the pro-
cess is a gift as much as that of being
able to carve a beautiful figure out Of .
an ugly block OF stone. The man VINO
has the opportunity and takes advan-
tage Of it is the smart man. The man
who is always lodging his opportuni-
ties is the dull man, yet it is not his
fault
To go back to Mr. Huntington's re-
mark that he lives within his means
Aside from the ironical humor of the
term it must yet be taken as the key
note of all measure Of success Work,
earn, save is the secret, whether it be
CT the Scrdid financial success or the !,
broader and guander success of living
a useful life.
Men may succeed along the many
and varied lines of success as the
world so regards it. including that Of
accommodating money to the extent CT
being known as rich. But there is as
we'll the success OF what the world may
term failure. The earnest ard per-
sistenlt plodder who deyotes his Ifs to
hard work-thrifty, sober, Industrious
frequently has to content himself
with the consolation that others have
been kept alive and in comfort
his Efforts and by his unself-
ishness. He may be tee busy to sep
aside into those channels of specula-
ton and business that OCCASIONALLY
bring good returns, and he may be tied
down to the meager certainty that has