Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-19
Carnegie on stepping Stones to
Success in Business"
HIS ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
Great Men Not from the Ranks Of the
Hich-No Use for Gamblers and
Tipplers-Charity Giving.

New York, Jan. l9.-Andrew Carne-
gle addressed the Young Mems Bible
Glass Of the Fifth Avenue Baptist
church last night on Stepping stones
TO success In business" He said In
part:
AS q young man had the best edu-
cation in the world with which to be-
gin life. i was born to the blessed her
itage Of poverty. hope l speak to
poor young men tonight 1t Is my earn
est hope that none Of you are burdened
with the care Of riches. When this
burden is laid on young man and he
acts his part we'll he deserves double
credit He is surely the salt Of the
earth.
In these days We hear lot about
poverty. The cry goes up to abolish
poverty, but II will indeed be sad day
when poverty is no longer with us.
Where will your inventor, your artist,
your phllanthropist. your reformer-in
fact anybody Of note-come from then?
They all come from the ranks Of the
poor. God does not call His great men
from the ranks Of the rich.
To my mind the first thing for a
young man starting out In life is to de-
termine 10 do more than his simple
duty. Don't be afraid Of your employer.
When You know you are right stick 10
II, and fight II out with your boss. The
boy that can beat me in an argument
Is the boy that | want In my employ.
lie Is the boy that some day will get
into the firm.
II say to fight II out with your en-
ployer when you are right. He may
want a partner some day. He will 20
home and tell his wife about you. He
VIII talk about you, and-who knows
may be he may have pretty daughter.
There are several qualifications that
the successful young man must have.
First, he must be honest He must be
moral and he must be sober. I tell YOU
that the young man who drinks can
never be successful. You can't trust a
drinking man. He must not gamble.
want TO say that / had Just as lief
trust the man who CANDLES at Monte
Carlo as the man who CANDLES In Wall
street.
Then you must never do anything
wrong In business--not even II your
employer wants you 10. Stand IN for
your own rights and be man.
THE successful man Is not the one
who Is proficient In one thing and not |
In others. He must be a good all round |
man, capable Of doing all things well.
Business is affected by the small |
things In life. Events In far of chimes |
affect the business status in this and in |
every country The terrible war. the |
awful massacre now going on In the /
Transvaal-the effort TO strange a re-
publc-is having It's effect upon our
business. Then the man who stumbles
along Is not the man who is successful.
There has been much discussion recent.
y as 10 the advantages Of wealth and
what enjoyment can be obtained from
I. The pleasure enjoyed from riches
8 the good We can do for our fellow
men.
"of every thousand dollars given TO
'harity 1850 might as well be thrown in
he sea. II Is bad policy to aid the sub
merged man. Give your aid TO the man
Who is fighting With his head above the
water
There are three classes OF young men
who start out in life. First, there is the
me who says he aims 10 acquire riches.
Then there is the one whose main ambi-
ion Is 20 obtain valnglonous reputa-
Ion. He Is the young man who would
tep In front Of cannon 10 attract the
ttention OF men. And. by the way,
his shooting business is bad business.
don't believe In taking a shot al a
nan, and worse. going out OF your own
ountry TO kill man. I believe that
he only time to kill Is when your ma
i've land--your own home-is IN dan
er Of invasion. The third. and the
nan who will be successful. Is the man
rho starts out In life with self respect
nd who Is true to himself and his fell