Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-09-08
SELF. MADE MEN.
Senator Scott Speaks on the Requisite, Ior
Success.

Looking back over a life ,hat was
started with no more Taluablr 2 -Sets in
hand than a sound constitution ana
practical advice from those who had
fought the battle and won Il, ! am i'm
PEELED - say. calmly. and without
qualification. that | cannot see how any
rlin Of ordinary ability ana puSsrs-f
OF an answering determination w
sue. ,cd can make a failure Of his fight
for the object of his am5!'ion. writes
Senator n. b. Scott Of Wcs, Virginia
In the Pittsburg DispatcH. Ti- idea
OF a toodtide that leads Il fortune, ami
which must be seized q a psycroloEical
E0mt Mt or lost forever. il 1t variance
with my experiences. which have
taught me that only persistent
following of principles that are the
ground work of success can l"ai TO that
fortune which Shakespeare - gayly
sings Of as to he found AT tn. ltg hi tnd
or a fiood-tide.
Pages could be filled with 'don'ts' in
discussing this topiGs But every ON"
Of them would be as obvious To the
good sense Of young man as though
written in big black letters in front NJ
every step ne took II does rot require
INV CONSTANT ifllllilhti 1I lIlt Jltdtilt--
that what a man sOws he reaps To
bring this lesson home tp everyone.
The derelicts that are met with every
day as one sails the SEA of life have
all met their fate through disregard
ing the warnings and acting in direct
opposition 10 their own better sens.
rather than through misfortune or the
encOunterng of storms that others cS-
capped. The work Of buiidinr success
ful career begins at the beginning.
where everything else does What
folly To say that the young man must
SOW his wild oats to insure his settling
down in the more sensible season IF
life
When ! 60 back to the days when /
was seeking a road to fortune in the
West l see myself adhering firmly II
my determination. born of the good
advice that ! have referred to- to make
each year an Improvement on the pre-
ceding one. financially and in every
other way. II found that the earn
ings OF the current month were not
sufficient to purchase a needed pair "
shoes or new suit then the old shoes
and the old suit must needs do more
service until the funds were in Sucn
shape as 10 justify the expenditure
without danger 10 the principal | hai
laid down never TO go beyond my cur
rent means.
This was my simple plan for winning
wealth. | knew Of no mile-a- -minut.
road u riches. | know OF none now.
My avenue TO fortune is by the way Of
a steady climb, up the ladder. up and
up. never swerving. never hestatinS
70 look down, never doubling success
for moment, using judgment certain
ly, but ever sticking to the initial de |
termination to make truth and hon |
esty as we'll as industry the agents by |
which the goal is TO be reached I |
have no sympathy with the young man |
who Is eVerlastingly waiting for his |
chance to come along. Be assured thdt |
he who IS left at the bottom of the LAD |
der while others climb has not made |
the effort that is necessary to success |
He is of the variety of employe who |
IS unhappy il he arrives five minutes |
ahead OF time and who looks at the |
clock persistently for half an hour be-
fore the days work is supposed to
close. Tor fear he remains few sec |
onds after regular hours The Young |
man who cultivates this clock study |
ing habit may make up his mind that
time Will travel on and find him at last |
the same victim of what he terms |
misfortune as he remains al the |
present. What if recognition OF merit
seems SLOW in coming? 1t is an es-
tablished principle that only by max
ing his employers interests his own
can young man hope to succeed il
any business.
have IN my employ young man
who was given a position when a hoy
and who from indications at that time
was not the most promising of all EN-
plOyes. He proved to BE- an agreeable
disappointment in Respect to his qualities,
for from the first -he Set himself with the
utmost energy to furthering the interests