Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-04
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earning something less than dollar
and r. quarter q week That boy was
Andrew earn fai' who o. now one % the
richest men in the world. Al the age Of
o. Dc has retired from business with a
fortune that ~ ontimntod nc i0l00J.pol.
or an annual income OF fiOO0.000. Mr.
Carnegie pondorod over the problem
how best 60 distribute this huge sum
during his lifetime no aa Go produce tho
maximum amount 10 good and the min-
lmum N evil Mr. Carnegie finds that
a man who attends 60 the distribution
~ hlH own fortune ~ not 60 be rated nn
idlar Thif. however. o. dlnicuity
few mon ore called upon 60 face. Most
Of uH ate concerned Va lab1rioufly Ac-
cumulntns an innnitcaimal fraction uf
che millions which Mr Cnmcg.o has
won .u his pr1epsfoua career. How Co
mako m.iiiouf. not how 90 spend thcm.
o. the pressing problem with the INA
ioutl of mon. ThD man who has made
millions can best explain how millions
are made, and Mr. Carnegie has kindly
consented Co give the readers OF Tho
Timcs-liorald hls practical advice. the
outcome % his own experience. on how
20 succeed Ia business.
~ "a man has an ambition 10 mako
millions. Air. Carnegie, what are the
sits with which q fairy godmothcr
should endow him az bis blrth3"
The greatest uf an advantages with
which he can begin life ia that Of bolng
poor. The man who wishes 20 make
millions must not be born with a silver
spoon loo his mouth. lie must feel that
It IL sink or swim with him. lie must
start HE life career with no bladdcra.
no ilfc-prcacryers. no support. II 10
addition 20 being poor himself he has
witnessed his parents struggle with adj
ycrsity and resolves 10 drive the wolf
from the door Of the family he has the
strongest Of an incentives which lead 60
success No ambitions OF merely
personal nature can be compared with
this. Responsibility thrown upon
young poor man. that ~ the thing 20
bring out what IN Ia him. such IL the
raw material out OF which great cap
tains u Industry are made.
lie has placed his foot on the first
ring Of the ladder of auoccas7
Eyes. and he goes ahead. Tor he knows
no such word as fail"
THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.
what about the personal oharacter7"
II think II young man has ambition
he has the necessary qualities bchlnd
g. The desire 10 succeed develops
them. The secret OF success chiefly lies
In the determination TO succeed and the
resolve that every impulse. every
knock down he receives In the battle
will only nerve him the more"
Are there any other essentials 20
successy'
yes he should make his employers
interest his own. lie should take PER-
sonai pride In the concern with which
he il connected. He should consider
the property as his own already. and
expend all his efforts and energy upon
A. This attracts the attention Of his
employer, and the rest l. easy"
wANTED-A BUMP OF HUMAN
NATURE.
III he follows this advice. viii he
eventually como 20 the topg"
even. you can md hundred men
who will make good brigadler generals.
tcn,pcrhaps who can command a corps.
and only one who can combine an the
forces and WELD them aa one solid
mass, The same analogy holds good
IN business. The phronoloRiats have
discovered no bump of human nature
though they should have done 30. The
most delicate and the most essential
a..
deal with IL the human machine. un-
less a man knows how to manage those
above him as well as those below him
h. viii never achieve supreme success
knowledge ~ human nature ~ the chief
element IN the composition OF the sue
ccHHtul business man. Tho test N any
mans ability ~ not what he does him
SELF. but what ho can get others 20 do
IN cooperation with him"
THE VALUABLE MAN.
"Thcn you believe In a close connoc-
ZION between employer ana vmpluypdf'
40 matter how close u ia. said Mr..
Carnegie. cmphutlcally, 1T cannot be-
close enough. A successful business
nrm should be like band VI brothers.
or course they cannot be this unlcss
real corporation exists. The head
must share with the others and tho
others with him, so that an -arc work.
ing Tor the same common Interest,""
THAT u why you gave your employees
practical Interest IN your businras7"
Eyes. that d. one reason The other
was that hy doing Hn business becomes
pleasure We were us one, always
united. would not give much Tor any
man who was willing 90 devote his llfe
working Tor others The valuable man
g. be who has proper spirit ana de-
trrmlncf 60 bee master himself, equal In
rank TO anyone
THE IDEAL BUSINESS MAN.
no you think, Mr. Carnegie. that
the manager " great business concern
should have "a practical acquaintance
with an the details OF the business
"Mcn, I am not one who could say
that, because ! am nothing uf n Hclou-
tinc or mechanical muu What lH lm-
purtuut o. that the manager should
know the clever mon who are scientists
aud mochnuic.nns. He should always
keen hiH cyp upou Tor "a genius in any
branch ~ the business, und whom he
finds him take him into the Cuurcrn
~ IL partner The great mannrcr %
tho man who knows how Go surround
himself with men much ADLER than HIM
folf iie must love hl1 work, ana this
will make bis associates love H. lis
must trust and respect his associates
too. and that VIII make them trust ana
o. poet him, The lntunt reserve power
On men waiting To- Dee called into action