The Columbus journal., 1909-12-01

than when be WAS first elected to con.
gress.-Crete Vidette- Herald.
OLD i'm HILL.
One Of the smartest men of the
present generation Is old Jim Hill, who
became one Of the greatest country'a
great men, With - poor . start - any
boy ever had. The sayings of such 1
man are valuable. Here are . mum.
Der ofold Jim Hills sayings (and they
represent his experiences):
What this country needs above
everything else i the rest cure. We
al want to 90 to sleep for good long
time, and wake up with both eyea
wide open.
Every extravagance, whether it be
state or individual; every increase in
prices, whether it be in wages, rates Of
commodities, comes out Of the consum'
er. He must pay the bills.
Theoretically the place for economy
to begin iswith the individual. But be
won't do it. That is the plain situa'
ton today. The individual refuses to
retrench. On the contrary, he il %
ing the increased cost Of living a. IN
argument for IN increase in wages.
There are others in this world be
sides ourselves, and some of them are
active.
The time for . man to retire from
active business depends on conditions
Some men are young At seventy; otherl
are old At fifty. The methed of living
the occupation, habits, success or fail.
ures, oil have their influences.
A man must make up his mind, il
he il going to succeed, that when he
takes the other mans dollar, he must
give back to him an honest return.
There is . difference between rail.
reading and politics. In railroading
the competent man wins.
Anyone who has faith in this coun.
try, and who disputes its right to grow
greater and stronger, isn't going ia
make much progress himself:
You cannot mix business and poll.
tics.
It is no more possible to solve many
of our economic problems by legisla.
ton than it would be to fix q dislocated
limb by law.
The men who would borrow and
spend lavishly many mean we'll, but
the Ggnboard where their road diver.
ges is marked plainly. Disaster"
The value of our farm products this
year is eight billions of dollars. 1t
might a. we'll have been sixteen bill.
lions or even twenty.four billions. We
begun to till our soil. We
don't know how. We have merely
scratched the surface.
The man with the big opportunity
today Il the man in the ranks.
Success never comes to the man who
spends most of the time watching the
clock.
The man who climbs up is the one
who Is not content with doing only
just what is absolutely necessary, but
who does more.
Ny rule for success is untiriug up.
plication, loyalty to ones employer.
which is loyalty. to ones self, doing
the best you can in every task that
faces you; practicability, initiative and
industry.
Luck and laziness do not go togeth.
er. The man who climbs up must
prove himself and grasp his opportuni-
ties. Opportunity will not look him
up.
The best advice to give . young
man is very old and simple. Get
knowledge and understanding. De.
termine to make the most Of yourself
BY doing to the best of your power
such useful work Is comes your way.
There are no new recipes for success
in life. y
Some opportunity will come At some
time to every man. Then it depends
upon himself and upon what he shall
have made of himself what he makes
of it and what it will make of him.
The boy or girl who is taught to be
obedient and af3ectionate and con-
siderate of others to look forward to
making the best use of whatever op-
portunity life may bring, and who re-
ceive such education q the best schools
have to offer. has oil the preparation