Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-02-12
Advice to Young Men on How to
Succeed.
A St. Paul (Minn.) dispatch to the
New York Sun says:

Vdues u hIii, PioSiuenV Va S
Great Northern Railroad Company,
consented the other day to speak
about his early struggle to succeed in
life and the things that helped him
In doing so he said he was moved
largely by the hope that his expert
ence might be the source from which
some Of the young people of America
could draw their inspirations to mount
the ladder of life.
Briefly, Mr.. Hill asserts that condi-
tions today present more opportuni-
tie, for young men to acquire millions
than when he carved out his fortune
that, in his estimation, the Western
Hemisphere is entering upon an era
of prosperity, in comparison with
which the big thing, of the industrial
world during the past decade will be
the merest pigmies, and that no boy
need feel that he is required to seek
his fortune beyond the confines Of his
country, since, in his judgment, the
United States will be the center of
the industrial wave for some years to
come.
"Give the rules which have gov
erned me in my life work2 l can't
say that l have had any rules. lat
tribute it all to work-and a measure
of good luck" and Mr.. Hill smiled,
as if he did not take the "good-luck"
feature seriously.
"Let me see. This thing Of laying
down a set of rules to govern ones
career or to run back over lifetime
of hard knocks and say just what rule
contributed to my good fortune is not
easy for me. In the first place, was
born on a farm-a Canadian farm.
That was in 1888.
"This isa good beginning, for it
means sound body as rule. In
other words, it starts chap right.
That's half of the battle; I might say
it is everything, because a bad start
means big handicap in the race.
But go far a. rules 60, would say
those that have helped me to succeed
are: Work, hard work, intelligent
work, and then more work
"a sound body and sound mind
l had both of these, though left
school when l wa. l43 years old and
never got time to see inside school
house again. AD education, however,
is indispensable. l do not mean nee
essarily college training. An educa-
tion comes frequently with contact
with the world studying conditions,
life as you see it.
Don't mortgage your future. Prac-
tically have an eye to securing the
benefits of what you earn. Look
ahead to the point whore you are de-
termined to get into business for your
self. If you are not worth your hire
you cannot be hired, and if you can
earn money for another you can earn
more for yourself.
"Be satisfied to start in email way.
Too many young men want to begin
to pile on before the foundation is fin.
ished, and what they accumulate they
cannot retain. A slow beginning
makes permanent business.
"Be economical, but not penurious.
This is not distinction without diff
ference. 1t is the difference between
the mind built on the broad guage and
the narrow. 1t Is the difference be-
tween great things and small things,
between boundless success that sheds
a generous share of its prosperity on
the whole community and a meager
competency that distinguishes the mi
ser from the man of affairs.
"Have confidence in your own fu-
ture and conditions generally. Men
prefer the optimi,t to the pessimist.
The bright side of things is view
that helps chap forward.
"Even if the worst occurs person
has more strength to meet it from hav-
ing taken a complacent view of the
situation. When a fellow has put
forth his best efforts, been thoroughly
alert, done the best he could, be has
no room for worry.
1.-THE selection of vocation is quite
important. My experience is that
those things are largely matters of
chance. l don't think l ever expect
ed as young man to get into the
railroad business.