Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-10-16
biased Judge deciding contrary to
both facts and reason.

HOW TO uOlu d pOS1CiOu DO JuSC
as little work as you possibly can;
take no interest in the business curse
the injustice of your employer when
you see younger men advanced over
your head. By following these rules
you may hold a position for life, and
at the end of five or ten years, the
salary paid you and the responsibility
placed upon you will not be any great.
or than when you started.
But by holding a position we mean
something broader and better than
this, says a we'll known authority on
the employment problem. We mean
constantly increasing your employers
satisfaction by steadily developing
higher ability and surely advancing
larger salary and greater responsible
lily.
What I am talking about is then
really success in business, and this,
like success Of any kind, is "untaught
and unteachable." There are, how
ever, certain valuable hints to be
gained by studying the careers of men
who have succeeded. Although the
paths by which these men have won
success are widely different, there are
certain features which stand out
rominently in all of them. These l
believe to be he essentials for bust
ness success-promptness, courtesy F,
loyalty, hard work.
Promptness is the key note in this
age of hustle Opportunity waits for
nobody, and the man who is always a
little behind time is playing a losing
game. "Always there with the
goods is one of the highest tributes
that can be paid a mod ern business
man. "Having the goods is the
first consideration, but this will avail
little if you are not always there
with them when wanted.
In this connection l heard a good
story of Philip D. Armour and a young
man who had ~just.begun work for him.
When on the first morning the young
man reached the Office at 9 O'Clock,
he found the employer already there
at work. The next morning at $3.50
and the following morning at 8
O'Clock it was the same. At last
determined for once to be there first,
the new clerk was on hand at : o..
clock. When he walked into the
office, Mr.. Armour looked up from his
desk and grimly inquired "yonus
man where do you spend your fore
noons2'
Business hours are not usually so Ions
as Mr.. Armour made them, but what,
ever they are they should be aigidly
observed. Five or ten minutes in
the morning, trivial as it may be it.
self, is a pretty sure indication of the
degree Of promptness you will show
in mole important matters.
II know of no. investment more
certain to pay large dividends than
courtesy, said a successful business
man the other day, and he spoke the
truth. In the nerve racking, endless
rush of affairs there is nothing which
leaves a stronger impression than a
pleasant word or a kind act, es-
pecially if it be something most men
overlook, Business courtes.j is large
ly a matter Of habit and is II of the
habits we can afford to cultivate.
In the army and navy loyalty is an
essential for success and it is no less
so in the business world. Enthusiasm
& and loyalty go hand in hand; a mar
cannot succeed unless he has an an
ployer to whom he is loyal: 'Thert
are many brighter men than he in thu
service, but he stuck to them through
thick and thin and they appreciate
it, The frequency with which mel
tell he this as reason fol success il
significant. 1t shows that The man .
the hour is the faithful man, the MAJ
who makes his employers interest
his W and whose loyalty neve
waivers.
| Associated more or less with al
. these requisites and ove%rshadowins
l them all is hard work. "For this,
) said President James j. Hill, of tn
Great Northern Railroad company
there is no substitute :" You ma
l be lacking in ability, in %personalit
. or some other way and still succeed
T but if o have not the ability fo
hard worK you are doomed to failure
: Study the lives OF great men an
$ you will see in ninety nine cases on
. Of a hundred, their achievements al
u doomed to the procession Of tbs capa,
ity. William E. Corey, the ne,
> president of the United States Stee
Corporation, attributes his first su,
cess to mot being afraid to do !