The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-07
4. 4. ROGERS TO YOUNG MEN.
GET MARRIED EARLY AND GET
OUT AND HUSTLE.

Greater Opportunities Exist man Eve
before -Tha Country ResOurces Oh1y
Scratched Mineral Wealth Beyond
Estimate stil Untouched Don't ne
PessimIst "A New Era for Success.
sDoh't be a pessimist. Believe in your
self and your country. We are entering
upon an era Of development and prosperity
unparalleled in the history OF the world.
The young man who realizes this fact Is
the young man who will succeed said
Henry II. Rogers to a Free Press reporter
in Milwaukee the other day, and tina paper
added:
Mr.. Rogers IL a handsome man. Tall,
1.-THE, straight as an arrow. he towers far
above the crow anywhere. His face Is
lean and clear cut. the strong protruding
jaw OF the fighting man attracting atten-
ton to him at once. But the severity of
his lower face Ia relieved by a twinkling.
merry blue eye and a lofty benevolent fore
head.
Il nave been hammered for years" said
Mr.. Rogers. Every one takes a shot at
Rogers at some time or other in his life.
OF course I don't like 1t. The man doesn't
live who does not covet the esteem OF his
~neighbors. But what oan I dor Nothing
that i could say would stop the torrents
Of abuse, so I say nothing.
This country is all right. There are q
lot Of fellows, soreheads and inoompetents,
standing around the street corners trying
to fight nature. But they ant keep this
country back.
The resources Of this great land have
only been scratched. The next fifty years
will see wonders in the way Of development
that aven We do not dream 0f- F H..a W.
That's why j say to you young men,
don't be pessimistic. Get into the fight
and do a mans part. There never were
so many opportunities as there are to-day.
being no chances for young men to-day.
The trusts have invaded and pFeempted
every field OF ~endeavor, is the cry on every
hand. Nothing Is further from the truth.
The trusts so-called, have barely
touched the resources that lie waiting for
SONG one to develop. Better chances forty
years ago2 NoIFense. Believe in yourself.
Have something definite to do and do it..
That's all there is to success in life.
Too many young men want success be-
fore they have earned IL. They become
discouraged before they rave half tried.
That's why the shores OF life are strewn
with wreckage.
1T b my belief that business in this
country will always be conducted along
cooperative lines. h old days OF dog
cat dog are over. But why should that cause
uneasiness2 Just look at this vast country;
think df the milf ions upon millions Of acres
that lie arid and waste in the West. The
mining resources Of this country are at
present the T oh sgt in the world, but men
who know tell d that the future will de-
Velop mineral wealth that will make the
present look SINAI and pitiful. Don't let
the trust bugaboo scare you.
II believe that a man should have de-
Cided his vocation in life and settled down
TO 1t in dead earnest by the time he is 30
years OF age.
The great trouble with our boys is that
high stool, wear a high collar and ogle the
girls. The way TO get along is to go TO work.
And by that | mean go TO work with
you hands. No man ever learned a bust
ness in the Office.
What does the president Of a railroad
do with his son? Does he get him a Job in
the Office? Not much. The boy goes into
the shop and learns how to do things worth
while. Then after he has shown that his
hands will support his head, that is, to feed
him, he is given a chance to show that his
head can support his hands.
And another thing: Get married. There's
nothing like a good wife to make a man
hustle Just look around yol and you'll
find that nine out Of ten successful men Of
affairs have married early in life"
Asked why II was that men like himself,
Mr.. Rockefeller and -other men OF great 4
wealth., continued to take an active part
III Uu-llEEH WHCh IlCI IllkuE Dt IdbEluK
their declining days in well earned ease,
Mr.. Rogers aid that such activity did
not arise from desire for more money or
even from a love Of the power which great
wealth gives.
Il suppose it is because we old fellows
can't get out, " said Mr.. Rogers. We have
had our noses to the grindstone so long that
we would be lost il we had nothing to do.
We work, l suppose, because We have been
working so long that we don't know how
20 do anything else. l don't believe anysof
the men who are being branded on every
side as brigands and horse thieves and
what not really care for the money. but
they are simply in the same plight as the
fellow who had hold Of the grizzly bear
by the tail-they ant let CO."
Mr.. Rogers spoke in high praise OF John
j. Rockefeller. MIR. Rockefeller is a good
man." he said simply.
Mr.. Rogers believes in the future of the
West.
Il like the West" he said. Il was in Mil |
waukee forty years ago. At that time the
business section near the river was about
all there was to the city. | knew John Plan |
kinton and Alexander Mitchell. They were
splendid men. l have been here several
times since, and ! always have remarked
about the steady, healthy growth Of your
city. It's a fine town, and | believe it will
be one OF our greatest cities some day.
IF L we're a young man starting out in
life l would go out TO the Far West just as
fast a. cars would take me. That's the
place where things are going to happen in
the nfxt few years, and it's a young mans
country