The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-17


The Tancs recently sent out to several
sssg-k:lown business men TWO questions.
.r.ia request that they be answered
briefly. The questions were as follows:
.rynie. what circumstances did you
make your first dollar?'
what advice you'd you give young
person who contenplates becoming a
business naEi?'
Some of the replies are gwen below:
Charles Hutzlcr.
e5r.tor Of The Times:
SRI had no idea how far had pro-
yresses on the road of life until was
asked ..how made my first dollar; ana
gyr free to confess that the event is SO
distant that il is shrou6ed IN tnlpenetrabie
Gloom. My first money was not made In
su,ns IS large rs a dollar; the cents and
fines earned when a lad sSere saved 7ln-
al they came to make dollars Tue first
dollar that ever came TO me, or Whach
have any recollection, was from lady
so- whom. at the age of thirteen, / had
performed some act of Kindness. need
hardly say that I was proud OF my earn
fug Tor 1 have that same dollar IN my
possession now. Every one can make
money; the paths of fortune lead in all
directions not only through the brilliantly
lighted bouleyaryls of commerce and The
professions. but into the caverns of dark
est CRIME as well, hut there Is only one
r1ath that is open to all alfke-the path OF
eectitude He who follows 1t cannot only
make money, but what is better still. lie
can save IT. and that IS the more import
ant OF the two.
To every young person contemplating
business career, my advice Is to steer Tor
an opening in the broad light of day and
then follow the straightest path TO the
he I6irrr nf small ii
things; by this means the conception of
detail is obtained Never reject a COM
s,ensation because you think il too small;
pennies make pounds. Leave no work IN
complete. lest some one else come along
and do II better. Be truthful, practice sell
control, be polite, make few alliances, ac-
cept advice, but do not look Tor ASSIST
ance write short letters, let no dlsaPt'olnt-
naerts weaken your resolution, work 1or7
no employer whom you DO not lespect'
never use your employers time for the
conduct Of your own affairs, meet all
engagements promptly. Finally. remem-
Der that with an unsullied name and a
record of faithfulness to duty, one needs
never remain idle for any length OF time.
Business men adj over the world are not
only looking for help of that KIND, put
for partners with those qualities and are
willing to pay itbe--ally for their services
or alliance.
Joseph Stumpf.
Editor of The Times:
sIr.-Twenty-:ive years ago made my
first dollar al a salary of SIS per month,
depending on nobody for living. a young
man who conternplaies Becoming a bush
ness man should first acquire the neces-
sar,y knowledge. II he does not get h.s
education during the proper time. he must
Study I'm later. There are sufficient OPP
s,ortunities at little or no cost
After this IS accomplished advise every
young man 10 hustle regardless OF wheth-
er he works for an employer or prosecoles
his own business; live according TO ms
means and. above all, be honest in MS
dealings and he viii be successful and
make a good business man.
n w. Bowe.
EDITOR of The Times:
SRI made my first dollar by hard
work. directly following the end of the
civil war. which left me with nothing eX-
cept a few friends equally as poor as