New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-12
Mr.. CARNEGIE'S NEW BOOK
H1s ADVICE AND VIEWS on MANY PRAC-
TIcAT. BUSINESS TOPICS.

ord what he SAWS carries the weight or q
man who has seen and thought for himself and
whose seeing and thinking and doing nave rlaoe
&c srccess one with few parallels. In his new
rno,, The Empire of Business" published by
1,o,,bledav Page & Co. he gives his views on
. number Of topics relating to modern indus
rial life and especially offers much advice to
ornp men as 10 the way TO win sue
ees II is a collection OF essays. news
,Ar articles and addresses that have seen
+be lEht at various times and IN various
,laces as far back as 1855 But their republica-
zion in this complete form makes permanently
,,af1sb le some of Mr.. Carnegies most striking
,,,+4rancee They all relate 10 practical themes,
business success. thrift. the use Of wealth
,r,,sts. trade relations, the steel manufacture,
railroads and the tariff
The FIRST CHAPTER The Road to Business Sue
osss, is from an address TO students in Pitts
-, commercial college, delivered in 1885. 1t
sounds p note that is continually repeated
++ro,,rbolIt the book that there is plenty OF OPP
,o,-,,ni+v fer advancement Of the right sort
o4 y,o,1ng men in the business conditions OF
to-day. He says:
Assuming YOU are safe in regard TO these
vour gravest dangers, the question now Is now
"a rise from the subordinate position we nave
ma gined you in through the successive grades
70 the position for which you are, in my OPINION
and 1 trust, in your own, evidently lhtehoeu-
L
this: Instead OF the question, hal iiiust 4
10 for my employer" substitute what can
6o9" Faithful and conscientious discharge OF
the duties assigned You is all very Wen put 'Iie
.-ardjcr in such cases generally is that you
,,erform your present duties so Wen that you
had better continue performing thehl. Now.
--ou,rC gentlemen this viii not do. il VIII not
do for the coming partners. There must pe
sonnet hing beyond this We make clerks, DOCK
keepers freasurers. bank tellers of this class,
and there they remain TO the end of the chapter
The rising man must do something exceptional
and beyond the range of his special aeparl-
n1ent. He must attract attention. shlpplhs
lerl, he NAV do so by discovering in an invoice
an error with which he has nothing 10 do. ana
WHICH has escaped the attention of the proper
Marty IL weighing clerk, he may save Tor
The firm by doubling the adjustment OF the
scales and having them corrected. even II inns
he the province of the master mechanic. II
messenger boy, even he can lay the SEED OF pro
motion Ivy going beyond the letter or ms IN
s3r1lctions in order to secure the desired reply
There is service so low and slrnple neltntI
anv so high, in which the young man OF AFFINITY
and willing disposition cannot readily ana al
most daily prove himself capable of greater
trust and usefulness, and, what is equally I'M
portart show his invincible determination to
rise Some day. in your own department, you
Will be directed to do or say something which
vou know viii prove Instantaneous TO the
interest OF the firm. Here is your challce-
Stand up like and say So Say II boldly
and give your reasons, and thus prove 10 your
ennlover that, while his thoughts have been
engaged upon other matters you have been
studying during hours when perhaps he thought
nav be right or you may be wrong, but in either
case you have gained the first condition Of sue
cess You have attracted attention.
one false axiom you viii often hear, which l
wish 10 guard you against: -'Obey orders II you
break owners" Don't you do IL This is no RUE
for you to follow. Always break orders 10 save
MINERS There never was a great character who
did not sometimes smash the routine regulations
and maize new ones for himself. The rule is
only suitable for such as have no aspirations
and you have not forgotten that you are oes,
tined to be owners and TO make orders ana
break orders You will never be a partner IN
less you know the business Of your department
far better than the owners possibly can .
Boss your boss just soon as you can; try lt
on early. There is nothing he VIII Ike SO wen
Il he IS the right kind Of boss: If he IS not. ne
is not the for you to remain "llfa-ledHe
him whenever YOU can. even at present sacri-
ena .n6 fnd one capable of discerning genius.
Cpr Young partners in Carnegie Brothers have
won their spurs by showing that we Old not
know half as well what was wanted as they
did Some Of them have acted upon occasion
with me as IL they owned the firm and L was put
some airy New-YOrker presuminG to aaflse
upon what ] knew very little about. We'll Ihes
are not interfered with much now. They were
the true bosses-the very men we were looking
for.
He does not hesitate to go against the pro-
verbal wisdom of the ages, as thus. from the
essay:
The concerns which fail are those which have
scattered their capital which means that tney
have scattered their brains also They have in
vestments in this. that, or the other mere
and everywhere. Don't put all your eggs
in one asket" is all wrong. 1 tell you put all
your eggs in basket, and then watch tha1
basket Look round you and take notice; men
who do that do not often fail. II is easy TO
watch and carry the one basket. 1t Is trying
10 carry TOO many baskets that breaks most
eggs in this country. He who carries three
baskets must put one on his mead, whlch Is apt
10 tumble and trip him up. One fault OF the
American business man is lack of concentra-
ton.
The A. B. c of Money is clear presentation
of the silver problem, the immediate interest or
which has now somewhat faded since its appear
aroe in 1891 The address 20 workmen a. the
dedication Of the Carnegie Library in Braddock,
Penn, The Common Interests Of Labor and
Capital" has much useful advice This bears
question somewhat discussed in relation 10
his library foundations:
The severe study Of scientific books must not
be permitted 10 exclude the equally important
duty Of reading the masters in literature; and
by all means Of fiction. The feeling which pre-
walls in some quarters against fiction is, in my
opinion, only a prejudice l know that some.
indeed most. IF the most eminent men ind IN a
good work OF fiction one Of the best means OF
enjoyment and OF rest When exhausted IN
fnird and body, and especially in mind, nothing
is so beneficial 10 them as read good novel.
1t is no 1ispaFa cement OF free libraries that
most Of The works read are works OF nctlon
On the contrary. IL is doubtful II any other FORM
OF literature would so well serve the important
end Of lifting hard working men out Of the pro-
saie and routine duties of life. The works OF
Scott Thackeray, Eliot. Dickens. Hawthorne
and others Of the same class not 10 be rated
below any other form Of literature for working
men.
Mr., Carnegies views as 10 collegiate education
are well known; and that they have not changed
Is shown by his republication of this from his
srucle in The Tribune in 1890, entitled How
TO Win Fortune.
asked a city banker TO give me few names
VI presidents and yice-presidents and cashiers OF
gu great New-foTk City banks who had begun
Is ooPs or clerks. He sent me thirty-six names