The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-06-17
A. u. hitchcock.

that is in them. And il. these efforts
are successful, the readers OF this
paper will find that in nearly every
case these men have claims upon
their admiration and their affection
which were nots before generally
known.
Self Made Men Admired.
1t is traditional with the American
people to eXalt the men who hew out
their W careers. Those who start
upon their course with only the
health and the talents that are a
part of themselves, are the men
whose success interests us the most.
The youth who begins with every adj
vantage in wealth, in culture, in ed
u%cation, in opportunities, can never
be sure that he really Mid achieve
his own success, ven if ne does do
we'll. And SO we all like to know of
poor boys who make good. We like
to think about them, because as long
as young men car start with only
their W resources and make their
way to the front, we can be assured
that American institutions, American
society, American government. are
somewhere near the ideals of liber-
|ty for which they were conceived.
Only in a land OF real freedom, a
land where the square deal is a real
Iity, can success be truly self-made.
So it is that A. Il. Hitchcock can
ratified by the success that has
come to him in his life. In his youth
lie had as resources the knowledge
that his ~progenitors ran back
through New England generations as
lar as 1914 and brought down to him
the traditions and the capabilities
and the moral hardihood of Puritan
ism. 1t was OH. Oct. %, 1853 that
Ahner Edward Hitchcock was born
near Bergen, Genesco county, New
York. IL was undoubtedly a matter
of good fortune for him that his
birth took place on a farm. Most of
the boys VINO have begun with moth
ing and who have ended in the front
OF the procession, started life on q
farm. And undoubtedly further con-
tribut!on to his future vas made in.
the fate that Obliged him to work on
the farm as a boy. 1T is doubtful il.
any kind OF work develops the capa-
city to work as does that in the fields.
And certainly it is true that the boy
who has possibilities within him will
see more visions from the broad
fields. and through the clear atAhos-
the walled passageways of the city.
Youth In Poverty.
There is but one word to apply to
the financial situation in which young
Hitchcock found himself. He was
poor. This was unavoidable be-
cause@h his parents We're also poor.
But he was to learn that the wrong
way to measure wealth is by dollars
and cents. If James J. Hill we're to
wake tomorrow and find his entire
fortune gone, would he remain a
pauper? 1t is as certain as anything
that he would create a new fortune
Just as ne has created the one he now
possesses. Wealth is not to be ex-
pressed in bank accounts, in numbers
OF acres. in stocks OIL. bonds. The
real wealth cannot be taken away
for it is within.
So Abner Il. Hitchcock was pretty
we'll blessed With poverty in the early
part of his life. He laid the founda-l
lions of his education in ten years
Of attendance at a typical "old red
school house" in New York. AS al
boy he not only worked on a farm.
but also in a wooden factory, i'll al
meat market and in a bakery.
Dwell In Famous Town.
In the meanwhile. the Hitchcock !
removed to Maquoketa, Iowa.
If young Hitchcock's destiny had not
been fixed before, it was after that.
For it is known throughout Iowai
that the little town of Maquoketai
has produced more men of state and