The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-09
President Nudge, 5s Today Tells Us How To Capitalize.

Henry U. Nudge, president of the Chicago, Rock Island &s Pacific rail- way, has Accomplished quite a bit in the way of capitalizing his natural and acquired resources since he was botn in Ninden, Mich, 1fty-eig ght years ago to-day, and his views on the subject of capitaHzing a mans com mercfaI vaIaue are therefore based on personal Knowledge ana expert ence- MT. Mudge's plan is simplicity itself, and enables almost any man, except a confirmed and chronic I Won't Work, to boast the possession of a1HeBMBle capftssL
 %H6r essfnxs- ths@ employees of the great railroad system of which he is the head, President Nudge undertook to estimate mans commercial val ue on the hoof, from his earning ca- pacify He figured that a man who gets SsS-44 in his monthly pay en- velope, or &1.0OO a year, has a. capi- ed this conclusion by rating the sal ary as interest at four per cent. It follows that a man who is 50 for tunate as to come into the possession of $8s-Ss each month may, by care fully refraining from eating, wearing clothes, and living in a house, and suppressing all such luxurious inclin- atfons on the part of his family, accu- nuIate $25,OOO in twenty five years, or in less time if he invests his earn
 
 # would seem to follow, but it prob ably doesn't
 Quoth President Nudge to his un- derlingz:
 sYou can make yourself worth more while a locomotive can not. You can direct your own energies, while a locomotive must be directed by a driver
 1t win thus be seen that a locomo- tive and a man are quite distinct and not to be confused with each other, although the difference between them might have been made clearer and more easily grasped by the statement that a locomotive runs on wheels. while man is a biped, with his wheels. if any, in his upper story.
 -It rests with you,' continued MT. Nudge, ito raise your own capitaliza- t1on to $5O.OOO, to s10O,O0O, or even to s500,OoO- Therefore be careful about yo1r food, treat your body de- gently, and above all, feed your mind. You are working for a large corporation In the nature of things it cannot know you very well personally, but 1t knows you by the work you turn out It sets g. real value on your work, higher than you think Your value is measured by the quality and quantity of results you produce. Somebody knows your actual worth, appreciates your en- deavors and has you in mind for bet ter -tIaings It is a. business propo- sition- Each of us is capitalized.''
 What could be more inspiring thai. that2 Somebody knows your actual worth, appreciates your honest en- deavors and has you in mind for bet ter things.'' Corporations have been described as ''souIless," but if MT. Nudge correctly represents them, they are models of kindly soltcitude and fatherIy interest
 MT Nudge began his career of cap- italization when. at the age of six teeen, he entered the employ of the track department of the Santa Fe Railway in Kansas. Trackman,e sta ton agent telegraph operator, road master train master, division super intetndent, general superintendent, general manager, vice president and president are the milestones on the road MT. Nudge has travelled to the presidency of a great transportation system of sS,oO0 miles. The Rock Island chief was recently elected preaRdent sof the American Railway Association an organization of the leading railways of North America