The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-11
HILL TELLS YOUNG
men HOW TO WIN
Energy, System, Perseverance,
and the Making Of opportuni-
ties, Are Necessary.
New York Sun Special Service,

New York Sun Special Service.
New. York, Sept. thames j. Hill,
the master railroad man, whose sixty
seventh birthday will be celebrated next
Saturday, has dashed into New York
from ST. Paul-he is always dashing in
and out-and this week he will be away
and escorting the Japanese peace en-
yoys across the continent in his private
car He was very busy while here, and
it cost some time and effort before a
reporter was admitted to the sanctum
sanctorum at the threshold Of which I
many of his metropolitan employees |
have trembled.
No business talk now, = he warned,
and SO, Of course, the interview had |
nothing to do with rebates or Northern
Securities projects, which was not
sought anyway.
emo, Mr.. Hill, no business; some
thing, about young men would be more
valuable, or at least most essential, all
things considered.
Mr.. Hill was still perusing his bill
of particulars, and without looking up
he nodded.
Young Mems Chances.
ssAll right, all right, - he said.
"Young men, eh9'
| Yes, young men. Has young man
| the same chance for success in the pres
| young MANI
He laid the paper upon his desk has
! tily and wheeled around in his chair,
facing his questioner. squarely, talking
in soft, bland, smiling, purring way.
"Every bit as much chance; more,
should say. I IL tell you this: There
are more opportunities than there are
young men to take advantage Of them.
You say the country has grown larger,
life is more complex and that, as re-
suit, the personal incentive has van
ished in proportion.
Variety of Opportunities.
"That is the correct conclusion. The
country is bigger and life is more com,
pick, but who will gainsay that if the
country has grown bigger the opport9-
more complex, it at least results in
greater variety of opportunities ="
MI. Hill spoke more slowly, more de-
liberately as he proceeded; with IN
creasing drawl and very patent lisp;
but suddenly he changed his vocal tim
bre; his words coming quick, lnclsive,
but still slow.
Where Young Men Fail.
ga young man has always had to
help make his opportunities, and he
must do that today as ever. But young
men fail more nowadays than they, used
to because they expect to reap almost
as soon as they SOW. That is the very
great trouble with the young men OF
= the present. They expect opportunities
to come to them without application, or
proper shaping Of things so that oppor-
tunities will drift their way: You have
to keep your eyes open and catch hold
of things; they will not catch hold OF
you as rule. ~
Components of Success.
ENERGY, system, perseverance, these
young man IS life, and with them he is
~ bound to succeed as we'll today as he
ever succeeded. He must have set
standard of achievement; he must make
up his mind what he is going to do in
the world, and then keep fighting fol
this standard -
A question was here interposed as to
whether this was infallible as recipe
for success, and Mr.. Hill promptly
qualified.
"Well,' he said Che was smiling his
most genial smile now), "not absolute
ly infallible; for with that set purpose
the young man must have the ability
to 20 with the current Of things. If ;
= young fellow doggedly bucks the worlt
and circumstances without sense or rea
Y son all the time, he is liable to get moth
ing more than sore head. He mus
X know how to take advantage of oppor
t. tunities-to use his brains, in short. 4
r, young man who has no brains ought a
81 least to have enough animal sense t.
lee find it out and learn to depend upo
"a and get what benefits he can from tn
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