Fergus County argus., 1900-11-28
Story of His Remarkable Sue
cess in Business and Pol
itics Briefly Told.
AN EXAMPLE or A SELF MADE MAN
Early in Life He Was Suddenly
Called to Take Charge Of
Large Interests.

tlal campaigns. There is mo- discount
ing the fact that as u politician Mr..
Hanna Is ~ success. ohio il noted for
her politicians. lie was born in that
state G3 years ago.
Young Mark ploddcd through the
public schools and got enuughrdncu-
tion to admit him to the Western
Reserve university. But In 1871, after
aycarin college, he returned to Cleye-
land To learn the grocery business
In his fathers store which was grow
ing and had become exclusively "a.
wholesale concern with customers
all ov,y the lnh" region. \ year or SO
later, tha elder Hanna sirkcncd. ana
the management ul the vtOrr foil ou
the boy, Mark. ] was a heavy luaI
to carry for young man, ,barlypaSt
his majority. hat the responsibility
put iron into min. and gave him the
luck stone Oi his liic-the habit ui IL
dustry II ~rhuulrI him, as no uni
versity can, I'm the uses oi grit anl
self-rcluHrr and courage. IL mud" a
man of him M the limc Of llic when
other youths ARE addicted 10 the pie
nic habit In I>ig. his father dird,
and the young mwn took charge Of
the business for tho estate. When De-
closed up the store successfully five
years later he knew all about the
grocery business. auI his energy was
prnverhiai In the town ui Cleveland.
H. was 80 ycurs oldu.,uhrmurriwl.
and went into hu-irS= with his
fathcr inIHNy. Daniel g.. Rhodes. Tie
firm Rhodes IS ,a. llrult tu cuu'. Iron
ore and u'g iron. TlDt wiz % g,urru-
tion ago. Young lIauuu tlrw him
self into iNat bu.up-. l,fgh pu--iuu-
ate enthusiasm lrlrarurI thu iron
trade from ilulD;fuHl, l,uwmirljnuuu
circumstance llr WAS m-utlahly rur.
ious. He had ana artists tliyst tu
know the how ul Things. I,pmargod
about cuul mines pud bought runl
lands, learned uhuuI prr and bought
mines, larumI ulmut hoats and
bought boats. Then hr too, his iron
aud his coal and hr bgHr She first
steel hontS tlnt ever uuul tile
lakes. IIc established iuundg,rs and
forgcs and .DIrr,.
Hanna j. 30 hard worker. Ilru.k-
lone of his cmp,yr~ 90 work MS hard
as hc docs. II, hns the Intelligence
which makes work casy and increases
the capacity turlu work. Genius *
something ui that surt. lIannn's Sc.
cret Is system. After ne hnd reduced
mining to "A system h. added shin.
ming: then he rrdurrI that toaeKs.
tenn and took on shin buildlnr r.
duclng that tol;sluwrst terms, where
the machinery works smoothly. Han
ma built n street rniIwav. made the
cars of his coal ana irou.nnd thcrnilS
of his steel.
As lllp AtflfS Mrfll nA. llnlnn MHnt
into politics. He tool, M politirs as
n branch of his business. If WINS n
side issue-but the shin building wns
for tbot matter. ana street RAILWAYS
Hanna has y dozen sides In lSS>
Hanna had learned the business ot
politics well enouph to yo intn IN,
national market with u urnduet
In tho national c,pvonti,,, ,.l,i,t,
Nominated BENJAMIN Harrison "a,
bis frat term Hanna nnnaarad -,
Jobn shermon,s n,Iittc,i morogor
: He wos +, sherman then whnt II,
was IN NrKinIev In 1SoG Whom Shor
man lost Ham, want M ,hood,,s
orv counriI of tho national cou,uit
tee He iearnod Lnv tb, nnr,ircr,
nj notioro, nnIi,ics r,r.. wh,t r..
av-vboaIs do. vbot pr,l,y. ,nrc
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n,I,t;., Ia nt-nrI,,I oon,,f, t,.t.
ohnut tho rcI,,i,rs itus,,o,. an,
no,it,.s wf+hn,, rrovin., ,,h,r,
his grccd f,r focts yo. l.a,fr,, lin
Hanna bccnmo nm amateur n,,,itic,
scientist
I'm the mcuptimo ior ao vo,r. bi,
friendship for the voupo I,,,v,r yh,