New-York tribune., 1915-03-28
vO11n1e> MAINS C1ANCE WAS NEVER BETTER---ALLEN
America Is Worlds Riches
Land i'm Opportunity for
Those Who Have Zeal
and Loyalty Added
to Ability.

and much Of our present legisliti ina,,,..
that this is true. II will probably be L..
time before we reach the European l.ys
this respect, but predictions along thes. l,,,
are worthless coniectures.
you ask me for some general rules "a !,
my opinion make for success, and knc, :,
none that is better than the old-fashion.s =,
sound tradition, that the man who ia h..
csted in his job, who works hard a, Il M
shows his loyalty 70 his employers is p,.r,
sure to get ahead if there is any ability IN H-
A man must like his work to be thorouysl,
efficient Some men have a hard tine b.csu,.
they show no particular bent for sayth;-,
while others you can tell what they will 4
when they are children. In ny own cas-. r,
parents always said that would do somehi-,
in the nature Of the work that have actual,
taken up, as l was always playing with .oc,
and always interested in the mechanical sii,
of everything.
"If man dislikes his work he nigh, irr
as well be out Of il for ali the good ths, !,
will accomplish. Either his dislike eona
from laziness, ard in that case he is Of lrl,
value, or il comes from unadaptability, whics
shows that he is in the wrorg craft or pro.
fession A great many men have misplaced
their energy in choosing their calling To a
man who consistently d;slikes what he is Do.
ing and who is unhappy in il I would give n,
advice, first, to make sure in his own mind
that this is not due 10 a natural disinclinato,
to work Of any kind and after he has done SC
by all means to try something else. Each ma,
should strive for the work that he is fitted to,
in the beginning VIXEN changes are less ser.
Gus than those Of later life.
Choosing a job, howevere is too intric,.
a subject for me TO talk about Il all depent
on the man.
The way I chose mine was perfectly sin.
pie" said Mr. Allen, with a smile at the re-
objection. Il jumped on my bicycle, rode dow
to the factory, asked for a job, and get /
Since that time l have been connected witt
no other company. The Yale & Towne Cen
pany was the obvious place for ne, as nen !
knew were working there and the work hssG
appealed to me.
There has been nothing striking about ~
progress there. One thing came along sfts
another After had been wheeling tri
for a couple Of years l applied TO get into ,s'
office because believed that there was bette
chance Of advancement ard better pay. az
piled for the change and after a while rs
ceived it. When had Been in the Office !a
two years I realized that there was not mgti
chance for climbing high in that particular
business without a knowledge Of mechanics
so I asked for another change, and was ssn
to the machine shop and learned the tool
makers trade-this time at 4 considerable f'
ducton in my salary ] worked at night or
mechanical drawing, which was fortunat. io
me, for not long afterward l got an oppo'
tunity to go into the drawing room, and woui.
not have been able to accept 1t If 1t had nc'
been for my night study. Then / beeams a
assistant and sort OF general assistant q
Frederick T. Towne, the son Of Henry TOWN.
a brilliant man, whose career was cut sho'
by an untimely death. Under Mr. Io"ne
had an excellent training, and when he o'''
I was made assistant general superintenaa'
in his place.
"In 1909 I was made general manager az
brought to the New York Office, where o.
charge of the selling and advertising oi 'a'
company's products, including the SUPERVISE
of the foreign branch Office. held that pc
ton until 1914, when I became vlce-pFeso'-
in addition to my duties as general manage
l remained in that position until fe" '','
ago, when l had the good fortune to be m'''
president Of the company"