Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-23
THE OLDEST OLD STORY.

This my son. is an old story. SO is
sunrise. The sun ism, more certain
TO rise than this story is TO repeat it
self. Here's the story; OF the 10
ranking officers OF the Pennsylvania
railroad system. ls3 Gncluding the
PRESIDENT started a: the bottom.
swesping ont cars. carving water for
lahorers. working on the right of way.
and other like Jobs Of the very COM
monest kind.
It's a short story IN the telling. Have
You ever noticed that the big essential
things are told in worde But it is a
big story, true story. a story tina.
every young fello w-mind that every
young fellow-can make his own story.
It's just tha, old story over again
about beginning at the bottom, climb
ing until your breath gives out and
anding yourself we'll along up the lad
der. It's the old story Of the fellow who
stuck and hung and Kept moving.
everybody began that way who may be
called ranking officer"
Talk as you please pull doesn't do
1t. 1t can't make silk purse out Of a
sow's ear. II takes rather nasty messe
OF siikworms and long process 10
make silk For instance: Up in an
Iowa county a good many years ago
the Northwestern had built new
branch and located a division point
That was the day when politicians had
SO much pull with the railroad rha,
10 ask was to receive. And 80 TO this
little town came the son OF a Judge
Of the appellate court in Illinois as
solicitor for the Northwestern r. r.
with headquarters ar the aforesaid
division point. In those old days the
son Of an appellate court Judge could
go on salary any time his father spoke
20 the proper officials. And TO this
same town came the son Of the most
eminent American statesmen and po!it
ical leader of his time to accept a
responsible position. They drew their
salaries and after time they went
away AT he same time a young law
yer had located in the town wi,hou, a
dollar and without any notable equip
nent professional or native and at
that same time also a young man with
out pull was working a, one of the
slave jobs that railroads have in plenty
for beginners. The young lawyer
gained an excellent practice, went TO the
legislature and died we'll to do not long
ago The other young fellow runs the
biggest par, Of the Northwestern sys-
ten The son Of the eminent states
man married the daughter Of a MIL
iionaire harvester king and what wen,
with the son OF the appellate Judge,
present history sayeth not.
And that's an old story too. But i;
is true ons, It's like making steel OF
any other process Of refining ele-
mentary things Up TO fine, useful
necessary utensils, implements and Sc
on A piano string started with a
miner In the depths Of the earth nc
matter what Paderewisky can do with
it. Things have to go thru their swea.
it's as true as Of metals.
The know how is the essential part
OF all these men. 40 Of them who are
| ranking ali the others on the bis
| railway system, knowing how from ths
ground up. Men are not paid or pro.
NOTED except for what they know. TIL.
thing is TO know the right things, know
| them right from the dirty and Ill pait
| job up to the swivel chair and a privat,
secretary. To start at the bottom anc
! refuse &c stay there. to stick to one lin,
and master il so that IT will jump thr,
a hoop and roll over when you hold u,
your finger.
Yes, it's ar old story. It's the oides
story there rs, old as the human rae,
and with vitality to live as long as tn,
race exists. You bet it's an old stor,
but its the truest one ever told. Lear
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