The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-16
Good Men are
ALWAYS Needed

| W. r. Curtis, in Chicago Record Herald.
TlllI NEW YORK Democratic leaders
| never had any idea that Colonel La
| II mont would accept II nomination
| for governor this fall, hence his re-
cent letter declining to be a candidate has
created no stir. Colonel Lamont says he
Is ont of politics. lie enjoys IA distin-
gulShed position in business affairs, his
duties are congenial, his surroundings are
agreeable and he is making II great deal
of money. 1t only Il few years ago
that lie was /, newspaper reporter at AL
bany. and he was Il good one. lie did his
work with the same conscientious care
are ability that he does now. and his adj
vancement has not been due to luck. but
To industry, and to the faculty of being
able to do what was required Of him.
Managers of great interests here will
tell YOU that good men are very scarce.
There is plenty of room at the top, and
with the development of commerce and
industry the demand for able men is very
much greater than the supply.
A gentleman entered one of the great
| banks the other day and submitted "A
scheme that involved several millions of
dollars. The banker heard it and said
promptly:
II should like to take that up, and will
furnish the funds If you will find the right
sort of Il man to manage it."
Haven't you anyone to take the man
agement?'
mo, and | have several such enter
prises waiting for men,
a man of energy, executive ability and
good Judgment can command almost any
salary these days. / was writing the
other day about Mr. Perkins the Evan
ston boy who is. now Perpont Morgans
first lieutenant. There is an interesting
story in connection with his employment
good men and gets the best assistance he
can find. regardless of the price.
AS | told YOU the other day, Mr. Per-
kins began his business career AS an Office
boy in the New York; Life Insurance
agency on I.aSalle street, Chicago, and
after n while began to solicit insurance
himself. Men who came into competition
with him, ana there are many stil on
IaSalle street. will tell YOU that he was
Il hustler; the best in the business. His
work attracted the attention of the homo
office in New York, and Mr. Mccall the
president, called him here. After few
years AN additional vice presidency of the
company was created, that he might be
rewarded for his servicos,and al the same
time to give him position before the
public that would increase his influence,
One of his great trpmphs was the in
surance of the volunteers who went to
the Spanish war Usually soldiers are
poor flSNS anu lili' IL uiiii'hlt ana oileh
impossible to get life insurance, but Mr..
Perkins studied the casualty reports of
different wars and discovered that the
death rate IN AN army Is not much
greater than In any other occupation,
which is true; for all recruits must lie
free of disease, and the number of men
killed in battle Is much smaller than peo-
pie suppose. The patriotic motive was
also in it, and Mr. Perkins sent instruc-
tions to every agent of his company in
the United States to insure the soldiers
for all they We're able to carry at the
regular rate, The scheme was Il tremen-
dous success and was talked about a
good deal in insurance and financial cir |
clcs. II made Mr. Perkins known out |
side his own company and he continued
to add To his reputation until Mr. Nor |
rau heard of him and made close in |
Iuiries concerning him.