Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
Steel Corporation to Spend Mil
lions in Search for Potential
Masters of Men.
FAIR COMPETITIONS BETTER
Scotchman or engIishman Has
Advantage Over Man From Wine
Country Says Expert.

CHICAGO, Nov. 'S.-The peers of
Andrew Carnegie and Charles M
Schwab are driving cranes, pushing
trucks or making nails in the plants
of the steel and iron industry to-day,
taking old age pensions and dying in
obscurity because James T. McCleary,
secretary of. the American Iron and
Steel Institute, did not begin looking
for them rs years ago.
Mr. McCleary is so certain of this,
in view of the fact that President
James A. Farrell, of the United States
Steel Company, was earning So a
week as laborer rs years ago, that
he has started systematic search
for the future steel magnates.
The process involves research into
the psychology, the history, the rec
ord and even the eugenics Of the
thousands of young men working in
the steel plants of the country
You can not make a Carnegie with
all the wits and means of the art of
education any more than you can
make Napoleon" said Mr.. McCleary,
dropping host sof details demanding
his attention as incident to the meet
ing of the institute at the Blackstone
Hotel
Heredity Big Factor.
The man who win do the great
work in the steel Industry is now a
boy or young man N the mills or Of
fees. We have begun to organize a
system of promotion and elimination
which will land that man at the TOP
as sure as the sun will rise tomorrow
morning.
There are a hundred elements to
be considered and we do not believe
the legend that hard work and honest
purpose alone will land apy bow in
Judge Gary's seat. Heredity and the
grace of nature are big factors. He
VIII no doubt be a scion of some old
family from the countries which have
made the steel industry chief Of the
crafts of the world.
"A Scotchman or an Englishman
has a big advantage over the son of
some country noted more for it's wines
than for its smokestacks. He will
have only started when he has learn
ed all of the tricks of the seel BUSH
ness and proved himself an executive
and q general. He must be a teacher
one of the greatest teachers of his
day.
The secret Of Andrew Carnegie's
success was no more his own great
resources and sagacity than it was
his ability to teach his young men,
as many Of his own traits and quail
ties as may be acquired by teaching
and association.
milne" for Master Men,
We viii have system in opera
uon In two years which will place
every promising young man In a no.
sitlon where ever fuctuation of his
efficiency and potential ability will
be recorded. When his record takes
curve downward he is eliminated
and others take his place. With the
aid OF vocational schools, lectures and
personal interest on the part of SUI
periors the hidden Carnegie will be
developed within twenty years, per-
haps within fifteen.
Just one more suggestion. am
satisfied that he will be Of the fairer
races or at least of fair complexion.
can never picture him without sandy
halr and blue eyes. However, that is
only an instinct Of a 'hunch.' He
might be as dark as an Indian. At
all odds, am going to live to see him
graduate out OF the ranks"
Mr.. McCleary has charge OF the
general educational plan which is
being evolved by the steel men and
will be carried out at cost of mil
lions Of dollars