The Topeka state journal., 1913-08-09
schwab's Advice to Young Men.

Little Better Than the Average"
Schwab's Advice to Young Men.
Don't be afraid to put on overalls
It is the man who succeeds, not the
business.
A mans brains. not his size, count
most in this world.
Do everything that is given you tc
do better than the average
Be thorough in all things, no mat
ter how small or distastefuul the task
The man who complains of his sal
ary and counts the hours won't sue
ceed.
You must follow your best incIina-
tions and ambitions in choosing your
life work
No man can pick another's occu-
patton.
Fifty-one years ago in the small
town of Williamsburg, Pa, a modest
cottage was all astir with joy of a new
arrival
A proud father, who had tasted of
the bitters of life had become familiar
with the obstacles that beset those
born of poor and humble parentage in
the contested European countries,
cIasped his hands in gladness and ex-
claimed to the few friends who had
gathered to inquire for the mother
and child:
THANK God. the boy was born in
mans chance!'
\ few years passed. and the father,
hearing there were more opportuni-
ties open to him in his small way in
the village of Loretto, decided to move
there.
The little country school, with its
broken windows and poorly white
washed front, was not what he would
have liked his son to attend, but it
was all Loretto afforded.
n -In
became interested at once in the new
pupil from Williamsburg" The boy,
possessing a keen yearning for knowI-
edge and quick to learn, would often
remain after school when the other
pupils had gone, that he might i'm
prove his lessons for the following
day.
The one particular striking charac-
teristic of this poor country boy that
stood out above all others was his
thoroughness in everything he did. The
little things of of life interested him
quite as much as the big things He
was not dreamer. but cool and prac-
teal. with a keen foresight and an in
born knowledge that told him patience
and perseverance, were the two pre-
requisites of success.
And so it was due largely to his in
tense interest in life itself, his warm
hearted boyish nature and strong
character that the teacher after a
WIlle uTSeU young SCnWaD TO go 10
college, and offered to help him. In
time he was duly enrolled as a student
at St. Francis college.
But. strange as it may seem, it was
not his college training that started
this poor country lad on a career that
was eventually to be crowned with un-
told riches and glorious achievement.
It was Schwab's success at awaiting
the ruts that brought him to the at
tention of Andrew Carnegie.
driving a stage frcm Loretto to Cres-
son. a distance of five miles, and on
one occasion il was his good fortune
to number among his passengers the
great iron master. Mr.. Carnegie was
impressed with the strong personality
and honest speech of young Schwab
and offered him a position as a hum
BILE stake driver in the engineering
corps of what is now one of the sub
sidiary companies of the United States
Steel corporation.
When barely % years of age
Schwab had climbed to the position of
chief engineer and assistant manager
of one of the big Carnegie companies. /
Two years later he was made super
of the great steel rail plant
tendent of the Edgar Thompson
works in Pittsburg, holding his posi-
tion until 1897. when he became
president of the Carnegie Steel COM
pany. and later. 19O1-3, head of the
United States Steel corporation.
Andrew Carnegie has said Charles
NJ. Schwab is the most practical steel
man in the world. The men who
have worked with him and under him !
say Mr.. Schwab would have succeed /
ed in any other line of business be-
cause he started in the right way.
Amy young man can succeed in any /
line of endeavor if he will do that /
which is given him to do a little bet !
ter than the average. It is the man /
who succeeds, not the business
That is Mr.. Schwa BIS recipe. As a /
stage driver he followed it; as one /
of the directing forces of the steel in /
dustry and a financial power he has
never lost sight of it.
IF there is one subject which in |
terests me more than another said 4
Mr.. Scwab recently in his New York
office, lit is young men and how they /
can succeed. You will find success !
full men in all lines of business. I /
repeat, it is the man who succeeds, |
not the business"
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