The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-29

scene the eye could ever witness. Al
my right. Orchard Knob and NILSSON
AIRY Ridge rose an an their civic ma
SestF and patriotic sp8endor- On my
left was historic Rockers Gap. AT the
foot O. the mountain the Tennessee
river flowed and curved In q eour0su-
ton. forming the famous .MOEszaHn
bend or Indian Shoe. II was a clear
Ssy ard could not only see the geo.
graphic lines OF seven southern states
but also hear the rumble and the roar
o. the busy CHATTANOOGA the railroad
and manufacturing center OF the south
below me I knew that as the fn6GEz-
tive Of God had created and given 10
Amerhcs the historic and wondrOus
Lookout mountain. Il was tt7s initiative
% man that reconstructed ChztEa-
nOogzs built network o. railroads IN
and around "a. established cotton mills.
iron works. steel works. four mills. car
shops. manufacturing concerns Of
chemicals. nails and carriages and
made il the Industrial center OF the
south I realized as / stood there and
viewed the most beautiful scene n
the world. that he incline cable road
Csafd 90 be one Of the longest and
steepest in the wOrld) which made it
pOazfbfe for me 20 ascend the noun
tain In ten minutes. was due TO the
initiative Of man Initiative spells
business success.
Initiative combined with Integrity
is business capital The story OF truth
IL never too old TO be told There is
no vocation Of man where the quality
Of truth is so important as in bust
mesa. The minister. the orator, the
statesman may preach the gospel OF
truth. the poet may write about it,
but the business man must practice
IT, II is his daily food Business is
defined as a system Of trade with a
principle and a method. The prin-
cIpIe is tPuEn-the method honesty in
every detail. II a salesman misrepre-
sents the goods Of the house." he not
I only gives the house "a black eye but
he also weakens his own selling pow
er. Truth and trade are synonymous.
Where there Is one-there is the 9TH
er. Confidence is an attribute of
truth. Destroy the confidence one
man has i'm another and you cripple
business. Honesty, or integrity is
cleanser which purifIes business.
The business man who has the pow
er Of initiative and IL honest is usually
i'm earnest about his work He has
the quality OF intense earnestness. II
81 this zeal that causes him TO under
stand mis- business. Earnestness means
enthusiasm. In glancing over the
pages OF the notable works Of Who's
Who I'm America" and who's Who in
the World" one can very easily COM
prehend the full meaning OF the words
intense earnestness, or enthusiasm.
The names Of all the men recorded
I'm these useful volumes would never
have been, had they not shown an
interest, or an enthusiasm for their
work. The enthusiasts with capacity
are the really great men in business,
in law and in education. The man
who can generate enthusiasm I'm his
business and impart that spirit to his
subordinates and mis- statesmen ig the
most effective power In the business
world. The great onward strides in
business have been due TO the men of
fire. Of steel Of energy, Of brains, Of
initiative and OF integrity. The bugi-
ness men who are in earnest are the
men who work, because they love
their work. A young man once asked
Cnauncey Depew what the secret OF
success was. Dir. Depew replied;
MY boy, there IS no secret to it. II
/ is just dig. dig. dig" The hardware
man studies his business because he
believes In it--because he is earnest
about II. The enthusiast is the man
who "gingers up and gets into the
game" Environment means nothing to
him. 1t is stuff, soul stuff that counts
/ III ,rzk~ 4 he
/ taph inscribed on his tombstone that
Jack King mad on his: Life amt
! the holding Of q good hand; but the