The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-11
l(copyriEht. 1904 by Frank e.,
By; Frank G. Carpenter.

9(Gopyright 1904. bY fral,k =,
Sa5 4 Special 10 Tho Times D!spAtch,)
BY Frank G. Carpenter.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1o-'Nvaik gently
for you are on holy sroul,o ~.
,,,e veteran Wall Street broker as we,
Grated together to-day In his Office N
ne business heart OF New; OK. 5ii5;
ii say this ground is holy. he con-
b tinued 1T is the Shrine of the Golden
Culf and its{worshppera come from eN SIs
nart or the United States We are in the
financial center of the world. Across the.
street is the Stock Exchange, q nd ths SIS.
gigantic buildings about you contain the
Fofficcs OF Tic richest Institutions of this
4 l,e greatest country on Gods green earl y
4 I:ncIc sam 3 10000 miles OF railroads arc
managed here Every great \ rus mas ~
here It's headquarters, and golden uou .91
eagles BY the millions ura rolling out
from here to support and develop every
la,t or our land, Take the two or three
acres about you. There Is no flnhnclai
s,.l 50 rich. It's farmers are the brain
cat men Of tie country. and their crops
arc billions. ,5
Great Is Wall Street
had called uron Mr. clews foI%a ~
talk about Wall Street He has been IN
the thick of II for more 81 than iorty
years and knows every inFands out OF US
4 this golden field at the age OF fiji cen,
and now, when vcrgingS on three score, ne
= Is more nthusiastiG and more Industrious
Is than eyer He lis ono y or Wal Streets
most successful farmers. He has made
q fortunes out or the soil, and lie Is proud
or his profession ana Its products.
$,.Wall street" he, con tinucd lis lhs IA
x thc,r3 Of our prosperity. j I. has nude this
country the richest and greatest OF III
countries. and 1t Is largely due to 1t Tint
We have here 81 ,0e00O of prosperous pco- 4
pie. to-day Wall Street has furnished.
the sInews of warrior almost every indus
trial. battle; 1t has built tho railroads
grants and settlers; 1t Inns cultivated the
farms and mined the coal; It has tllls-
5noled the Rockies for their gold and
* silver. and has made possible our great
combina lions OF steel, iron ana othcrsinrA
\ uustries, which arc giving us the great
esttcxpnrt trade Of the world
avail Street has the hest business men
d of the United States and the all-around
8brAinies:t men, You may so out aud lis /
s ten t. lid speeches of Theodore Roosc-i
velt.t 3oli.iE Hay, and William IT, and,
as you llstQl,, you admire the men for
tlc!rsabiltyfainlls the lines OF statesman
ship and oratory. Right here, inside these
two acres we have scores q Of men VINO VINO
had they turned their efforts In! hose Dis,
rectlons, could have eHualod them, ~ t
takes, brains to run railroad ora trust
or To ii AXE d great fortune, Just MS 1T
does to make a statesman. The aYerage
man who succeeds In Wall Street could
n succeed anywhere,
Success in Wall Street,
l"i3ut do many men succeed III Wall
" Street, Mi. ClcWs?" asked 77sS.5t
YES. scores OF them! Hundreds Of 4
y thun. ~ have as many successful men
here as intalillost any other business, We /
have many failures, hut that Is sosln any
business, in mercantile pursuits IT y ISL
estimated that more than 95 per cent,
fail at some time in their lives. The
same aunlitle; that make for SUCCESS In
ether businesses 20 toward making sue,