Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-06-10
OPENING SESSION PHAR-
MACEUTTCAL ASSOCIATION
Mayor Davis Delivers Address Of Welcome, Which
Was Followed by Presidents Address.


time 70 study oratory or clccution-
Itrt ! wish you to bring some helpful
ideas and thoughts to make our bust
I ness more successful.
Along all lines are we progressing
and developing new ideas ane
thoughts. In this march OF progress
we must Join and bring all our ener.
giles 70 bear on the question in hand.
"How are we to succeed? Success
means work. for Il comes only to
these who deserve IL aud who work
for Il. and especially to those who
say I win achieve where others
have failed Everybody makes mis-
takes. but mistakes sometimes add TO
success. Let as not brood over the
mistakes we make. but let as press
onward with renewed determination.
ITO be successful financially the
pharmacist should be a gentleman I'M
der all cOnditions-thOughtful. tactful.
neat. accurate. accommodating. and
good salesman-he should meet
the prospective customer with a
smile and a feeling Of goodwill. thus
creating an atmosphere Of goodwill
and harmony.
Courtesy under all conditions Is
the one most essential requirement
70 success In business OF any kind.
but more 90 with the drug business.
where we come In contact mostly
with lady customers, who can and do
appreciate politeness and attention.
We should not forget the travelling
salesman.
Opportunity knocks once so the
poet said. but I say that opportunity
knocks daily and at all doOrs-not to
me alone. nor 90 you alone. comes
the invitation 10 success-it Is uni
versaL That we do not grasp Il. tbs
our fault. not as some would think,
our misfortune. In every business, In
every vocation. in ali branches Of in
dustry. opportunity stands ready and
waiting.
There Is not a calling IN the world
that does not offer unutillzed oppor-
tunity. When yOu tell me a man is
failure I can answer with a reason,
be has a fatal habit. one many OF
as have contracted. that OF knocking
opportunity There Is nothing ahead
In his line OF business-he win have
to get out Of H. Now Il Is different
with the wholesale hardware trade
as many can do something In that.
He must make a change. he knocks
his present opportunity and gets IN
the hardware trade.
a few months later you will meet
him again. 'How's business Rot
ten.' he says. but then there Is moth
ing IN the hardware business-it's
killed deader than a dOornail. condi-
tions have changed SO much OF late
years that there's nothing left OF
what used 20 be a rOusing good bust
ness 10 be In. tie knocks opportun-
ity, and makes another change. and
so Il goes. There Is absolutely no
business In the world which has not
something ahead-for the man who
knows hoy 20 go after H.
Now bring your gaze back home
and see II you can't hear opportunity
knock. and don't knock back. and
never say There Is nothing In this
line. have gone a. far as / can ever
so In this, want 20 get into the
business where there Is some oppor-
tunity, for ! tell you. n YOU can't find
opportunity where you are you will
not grasp Il IN other environments.
Take a fresh start. open your eyes.
look about you. say Let there be
light aud there viii be light. and
stop knocking.
This Is the eve or organization.
We do not go on the old principal
every man for hlmself-but are Join
ing forces. iuterchanging ideas. and
building up our trade. Ia a way.
thereby creating more business 20 d.
vide amongst our competitors and
ourselves.
IL o. my earnest desire that We
gather our forces together 20 ac-