The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-13

the Auditorium Annex I vent TO the
Clifton House, which was cheaper; ex-
pectlng to have a little more money, you
see, for my own use I notice. mother
wrote. that you are not staying at the
hotel I suggested. 1t is all right, but
have reduced your daily allowance So.
You are not 10 have any more spending
money than the amount decided on
originally. So my scheme fell down.
Careful About Money.
My mother is careful concerning the
expenditure of money because she has ex-
act rules on which 10 conduct her business
1t is not for me TO say that the rules are
faulty. From results obtained, they ap-
pear to be about right Never give a
penny to a well man. she has told me
more than once. Help him. but make him
DO something in return. II IL is no more
than TO carry brick around the block
When man is willing Il work. give
him a steady job II you Tan. Compel
every one In your employ 70 earn his
pay, otherwise you are injuring him and
yourself "
rs it true" I asked. that you worked
as a section hand on a railroad7''
Yes. / had never said anything 10
mother about the presidency OF the Chem
ical National Bank. However. my light
ming rod was up But she wanted me TO
learn railroading. and the only place to
learn that business is on a railroad. down
on the ground among the men. II can't
be learned IN the corridors or Hobbies or
this hotel-here every one is fi-nan-cier.
The dose was bitter. buI l swallowed it,
and for several months used a shovel on
a section at SO a week Then was made
foreman, keeping my stretch of track
smooth and in repair and the weeds cut
down.
1T vas pioneer work-the kind that
gives the best preparation for practical
life. Texas is producing more men of
brains than is any other State, because
work there is new and rough. II were
fortunate enough TO have a son fifteen
years of age. I shouid send him there TO
be educated. An engineer applied to H.
NJ. Hoxie. one of our early railroad men.
for a job. I ran on the Lake Shore and
Michigan SoutherR for fifteen years. the
engineer said, and was never OF the
track
You won't do Hoxle replied. out
here engines jump the track. and we
want men who know how 10 get them
back
There is no trouble" Mr. Green went
on to say. Fin running a four track road.
It will almost run itself However. a
one track road on which there are often.
thirty trains in bunch, demands inge-'
nuity and executive ability. If line is
making 100000 a year per mile there is
little bother about money. If ii is earn
ing only 5000 per mile. real and ready
hnancier is required 10 raise funds for
the pay roll and for coal and oil. 80
our railway men in Texas move TO New
York and become famous.
Bankers on job.
ut is the same with our bankers. Out
in the Southwest the bankers know the
names and faces of their customers. Here
the bankers are hidden away upstairs.
and only clerks come in contact with the
public. Depositors like TO see somebody
besides the porter They want 10 know
IL the officers are attending to their bus
mess. A young banker comes from Tex
as. He puts his desk near the front door
and proceeds to get acquainted with mer-
chants. lawyers. brokers. and manufac-
turers, and they are pleased with his
energy and new methods. Pioneer work
makes one resourceful and self-reliant.
BY meeting and talking with men, one
obtains an understanding of other fell
lows points OF view. and that is always
desirable"
Leaving the section said, you went
to Cincinnati"
Mrs. Green had interests in the Ohio
and Mississippi. The ROAD got into
trouble. and / was made superintendent
and managing director From Cincinnati
went TO Chicago 20 look after the mort
cages I have mentioned Meeting Younx