The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1901-05-31

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HE received 2 penny. When the poor
boy had gone this banker turned Is
line and said Every day for more
than year that boy has come into
my Office punctually at 8 O'Clock
and handed me the paper. I have
never given him more than a. penny
for the paper, yet he: has never var
led q minute from the appointed
time. feel that a boy who does his
work SO faithfully and we'll is de-
serving of some recognition. He
has something in him. and 1 am
going to give him position in my
banking house, As the years go
by predict that that boy will rise
to the head of that great banking
house: No matter:@what business
you take up, if you want to succeed
you must do what you have to do a
little better thaa anyone about you,
so that the attention of your super
Tors will be- attracted to you. Sim
ply doing your duty won't do, flor
every one is expected to do his duty.
You cannot make people believe
you are interested in your work if
you are not. For example, 1 knew
an old man in Pennsylvania once,
the head of a great manufacturing
concern, who went to his foreman
and asked him to recommend one
of the boys there for a superior po-
sition, which was vacant. The fore
man said that all the boys were
good. But there must be one bet
ter than the Others said the en-
ployer: 1T is now 5o'clock quitting
time. Tell all the boys to work un-
til 6 o'clock The 10 boys went to
work willingly enough, but as the
clock pointed near 6 o'clock nine of
the boys commenced to cast glances
at it. The tenth boy was too busy
to look at the clock, and he got the
promotion. That boy now controls
an establishment working 10000
men. Eighteen years ago there was
15-year old boy employed in car
rying drinking water to the men in
steel works. He did his work so
we'll, however, and always had such
cold water and was so diligent in
looking after the mems wants that
he attracted the attention of the
workmen. A little later an Office
boy was needed, and this boy was
remembered and rewarded with the
job. There he pursued the same
policy, and in five years a superin-
tendent's assistant was needed. He
was given the place. A little later
he became manager, then superin-
tendent, and now he is president of
the Carnegie Steel company, en-
ploying 10000 men. That man is
President Cory. I know of another
15-year old boy who wa in a, man.
ua1 training school established by
meat Homestead, Pa, Is years ago.
One night after all the other boys
had left one of the officers found
him experimenting with an electric
machine. He gave all his spare
time to this machine and his perse-
| verence attracted the attention OF
his teachers, and he was given an
opportunity to get into the works
with which the school was connect
ed. There he pursued the same
policy of concentration. He became
in time assistant manager. A few
months ago / went to the works and
calling all the heads of the works
together unfolded a great project
and asked who was the man to be
entrusted with it. To man they
all pointed to this former boy in the
training school, and he was entrust-
ed to the place, and is now making
a name for himself by doing what
he has to do little better than the
others. That man is A. L. Dinkey,
now general superintendent of the
Homestead Steel works. Now, by
the successful man I don't mean
merely the moneyrnaking man, but
the truly great men. 1speak now
only of the great men in manufac-
turing and industrial lines, are not
the men with college education
The truly great men in these fields
are those who have a taste for me
chanics and who make an early
start. Take a boy with good man
ua1 training like you get here, and
have him make a start ait 16 or II
and another boy at college at:N and
the former has such start that the
other would never catch up. was
at gathering of the great financial
men of the country the other day
and when the subject was brought
up we found that 80 of the 40 were
poor boys who had gone to training
schools and had never been to col
lege. That ought to encourage you
4 boys"