The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-07-08

than the business OF the industrial OF
commercial great house which would
hold itself open to the personal and
social influences which would I'LL iti
pay rolls.
A reasonable certainty of an EN-.
ploye in holding his salaried position
is accepted by the employer as neces.
sary to business success. But that
certainty cannot be based In the in.
fluences which merely gave the EN-
ploye the position. For him to fee
that the influences which found him
place are suficiently strong to hold
him there. regardless Of his accom-.
plishments q a worker, cannot fail
of being destructive. 1t is the invita-.
ton to decadence on the part Of both
employe and house.
Mistake a Father Nay Make
Today, in the opinion Of the vet
eran cashier Of one of the largest
banks in Chicago, that father OF
mother, kinsman or friend Of social
influence is making d mistake when
he tries to use such leverage In Sc.
curing a position for the young man,
He insists that the whole scheme of
organization is so out of sympathy
with the idea as to make the attempt
react against the chances of the
young nan in many 1t may
excite prejudices that are difficult to
overcome, even should the candidate
in person appear most desirable.
TOO many parents are bent upon
choosing the life work for their child
ren," he says. "That impulse which
most often would prompt the father
to bring his influence to bear to Sc
cure this opening for the son has Its
rise in the fathers suspicious that
otherwise the son would be consid-
cred impossible by the employer.
Suppose that this influence does
secure the position for the boy. 1t
may be strong enough to impress the
head Of a department who has super
vision of the young mans work. This
chief may not have nerve enough to
report the untitness of the young
man for the place or for ven that
line of work. The boy himself does
not recognize his unfitness. The re-
suit, likely, is that the employer is
carried along from year to year, maxi
ing no progress and with no future
promising him in the business. Sud-
denly he may find himself too old to
try to lost opportunities.
Capacity and Fitness Real Factors
Right here, however, there are
some wrong conceptions about age in
the matter of employees. Young men
of 1S or 20 years old have come in
here and in the first two or three
years have shown surprising adapta-
bility, going right up the ladder for
a few rungs-and there stopped, past
any further ability to progress. On
the other hand, men of rs to 80
years have come in, plodded faithful
ly, learning the sound principles of
the work, and in the end have gone
to the top places of responsibility and
effectiveness. Age at the beginning
has had nothing to do with this fact;
the capacity and the fitness of the
man have been all important fac
tors"
LET your boy have his head"
seems to be the advice of the busi-
ness man who is dependent upon an
organization of e More than
ever the man of business is seeking
for the employe who can invoke en-
thusiasm in his work. Don't force
your boy into a four year medical
course when he wants to be a loco
motive engineer. When he has cho-
sen his line of work help him prepare
for It. Tell him that in his taste
and preparation for it, together with
his own developed personality, rest
his chances, and that it is he, alone,
who must present himself for that
inspection which must precede his
acceptance as an employee.
For the pull-personal, social,
and political-is a dead factor in the
modern live business!
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