Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-05-21
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business. Jet this is more to the disad-
vantage of the young capitalists than
to the young man with nothing but
brains. Although trusts have shut out
/ capital, they have opened the doors;to
real ability. True merit never was so
| eagerly searched for as now nor did it
ever demand such rewards.
The very law which consolidates bus
mess contains within its enactment
another law not less imperious than
itself. These great concerns cannot
be successfully conducted by sslaried
officers. Its foremen, superintendents,
presidents. etc, must be interested in
the welfare of the firm. To accomp-
lish this the best men is sought out for
the best place Throughout the whole
concern, from office hoy to president.
The head of each of the departments
sift out and promote the most skillfuI
workmen. It is the greatest concern
of the officer next higher to employ
the best superintendent and this
method is carried out exactly from
the lowest to the highest positions.
A milling process is put into operation
which stirs up ability and real worth
and carries them to the top, leaving
slothfulness and unintelligent appIica-
ton at the bottom The firms repay the
wOrkmen who help them most. The
workman helps himself in exact pro-
portion to his worth to the firm.
Firms conducted on this plan succeed
when others fail, and the system is
! immensely beneficial to the young
man of ability. It has so arranged
matters that it is now much easier for
the young man without capital to be-
come member of a large firm than in
the days of individual ownership.
But while the young man may be sue
cessful in any of the producing occupa-
tions, there is room for greater success
perhaps IN the field of redistribution. The
two great objects of business were the
cheapening of production and distribu-
ton of manufactured goods. The great
| improvement IN 1abor-saving machin-
cry has done much to accomplish the
first-named object, but in cheapening
distribution lies grand opportunity
for the worthy young man.
Humanity will more shoes in
the year of 1902 than in any previous
year in our history. While this means
great deal to the shoe manufactures,
it means nearly as much to the young
man who can place this brand or that
brand of shoes on the market. The
man who can bring before the people
the merits of production in such a
manner as to make the demand for
this article exceed the supply will be
eminently successful in this age. To
successfully place a new commodity
on the market will in the near future
commands fee that is well-nigh in
conceivable.
Herein lies field open to all young
men, but the one who is destined to be
most prosperous in this pursuit is the
man with ideas of his own. A manu-
facturer with million dollars to invest
in advertising, will scent a milldewed
idea from afar and have none of it.
|
of advertising has always engaged some
of the brightest minds in the country,
yet no former advertiser ever approach
ed that which will be demanded by the
business methods of today. 1t is not
merely catchy newspaper or maya
zine advertisement that is wanted, but
it is an entire publicity scheme which
is practical and may be worked out that
is required. In this field lies the truly
golden opportunity" for 1.-THE young
man with nothing but brains''
Finally in all pursuit of this age it is
the young man with nothing but brains
who succeeds in even better than the
young man with an endowment The
age of combinations is surely the age
of ideas. The man who studies the
conditions surrounding him thorough
~ can in almost every case make him
self so comply with the conditions as
to literally create job.
The young man who is capable of the
above, is the man who is really in de-
mand. And the essential elements of
such character are simply "brains, -
and the practical knowledge gained by
a general course at college.
Now, in conclusion, although the
young capitalist is really handicapped
by the existing conditions, concerning
the young man with nothing but
brains" the old adage, "there is no
time like the present." never applied
to any age better than it does to the
present era.
EFFECT OF LOVE OF NATURE on THE
CHARACTER.
William Henry Reynolds.
Mature is but the name for an effect
whose cause is God" At first glance
this statement will not seem true to
anyone who is not a lover of nature
: but to the student of nature the truth
of this statement is obvious. The same
kinds of plants and flowers are found
in the fields year after year, and the
: same kinds of trees in the forests. II