Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-14

SSeoS N'SS " iitsia t"a AiNsS Z
fused to give IN extended interview.
The following article is The summing up
OF a series of conversations with him.
1t has been read by both Mr.. and Mrs.
Sage and may be taken as AN authori-
tatiVe expression of his views.
New York. April 2l.-When l LETT
home my father said to me-:
ANY man can earn Il dollar. but it's
a wise man who knows how to use it,"
Whatever success l nay nave had in
life l attribute largely to having re-
membered my fathers maxim.
While i suppose people would say
that my long life has been successful.
they should remember that the longer
Il man lives the more mistakes he may
be counted upon TO make.
The more a man accomplishes. the
more he would undo and do over again
could he retrace the gears that havr
gone forever. The failures of the sue
cessful are more in number than the
successes of the failures.
l think, il l had my life to live over
again, it would be as honest. as simple,
as home-loving as / could make it. i
would try with all my power for home
like comfort. happiness and long life.
as against show. shallow pleasure and a
short existence. l wouid try as hard as
I knew how to surround myself in my
home With everything that could be
useful. Home life is best. Clubs are
onlv n nloce for idle old mon and waste
f,l vo,inu men.
Simplicity would be my keynote.
INV means The more making of money
;s nat tha onIy n,;terion nf s,,rcass
Many men whose names arc our COM
mon heritage nave died in very mod
crate circumstances, or ever in poverty.
Money is not n measu of brains.
nn f,;l,ra. An ,ctivn ,,,r b,,;lds
success upon a foundation of failure;
a passive man does not. A real man is
not hurt by hare knocks. Hard knocks
make character.
l started out. q boy IF IS. as n clerk
in a store. What education / got was
in a school near Verona, Oneida county.
I shaved i'm that store for four years.
When | was 10 / began in business for
myself. l have been my own employer
ever since. 1. too. have had many hard
knocks. Every young man must cX-
poet them II / had my life to live
over again, j would want every one of
those hard knocks repeated. A man
may get real pleasure out of his busi-
ness. If l had my life to live
over again. l thinll L would try to get
even more pleasure out of my work.
Not that | have not enjoyed hard work.
and nave had my share. But | think
l could make business more Of a pleas
urc.
Some people may not believe it, but
1T is a fact that it has been my kecnest
pleasure to see people succeed who
nave acted upon my advice. There is
IL feeling of satisfaction in witnessing
other people succeed because of your
own good counsel. In fact. to see my
friends plans work out successfully
because of my advice has been as great
o pleasure to me as to see my own
plans come out as l would have wished
them.
"Would Make Charity a Life STUDY"
+hiru ma NV lie To l;,. oya,
.ga;n wn,,ld st,dy Tho snhiec, If
cbaritv more caraf,,ilv ihan I have.
a"a aaii,r noror,,i,r aivssn * Worth ton
inindiniouslv disnosod' one man
,anoht TO baln bi,,,eelf ;s of ,r,ore ,,sc
s "a II w. n md'p 1 ,a,,'sVn - no , re-
n,ossirr woods wa d,ninistered to no
burmese Holm ,,nn 10 helm Them
saIroe Womb ,oalsa cba,ifv :, ,;fo
study II is , science If cannot he
;oarncd In n dnv me Older !, man
,ives tho more hn .ats 10 realiyo mis-
1rro,, NV ovr, ;nvnstir.1ions I hive
Tnnnd ,b,+ tharn is q loren cj.ss of
,,rofeseional Inendicante tbaf nrovs mn
on the well.to-do and charitabiv in
clircd The ,1rdeserviur cnse is far
bette. presented than the cnse of one
,rho i. ~, antual noad Row 1.-Two IN
.ime r have taken a whole months
hatch of onnealinr letters and have had
1hen, thnro,,uhiy nynstipated Inv
+ro;,od oon,1S yery foy, b,yo ho.n
fo,,nd +o nosscss reai ,,er;t Most NJ
tbc onno,1s y,ora fror, ,er.ons who
N.o,,ld rot hoin thansaivas o,,a ,,,;th
mo oid 90 :. halnin~ b,rd
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