Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-30

bility to the public in general We ow,
a constant report to the public
whose money we are constantly ask.
I ing for in order to conduct the bust.
ness itself. Therefore, we have got tC
trade not only on our efficiency, not
only on the service that We render
but on the confidence that we cult.
yate. There is new atmosphere for
business. The oxygen that the lungs
Of modern business take in, Is the
oxygen of public confidence, and II
you have not got that. your business
/ is essentially paralyzed and asphyxi-
ated.
Il take it that We are in a position
now TO come to a common UNDER
standing knowing that only a COM
mon understanding will be the stable
basis OF business and that what We
want for business hereafter is the
same kind OF liberty that We want
for the individual. the liberty of the
individual is limited with the great
est sharpness where his actions come
into conflict With the interest Of the
community he lives in.
Wants No Eavors shown.
There have been times-I will not
specify them, but there have been
times-when the field looked free,
but when there We're favors received
from the managers Of the course,
when there were advantages given,
inside tracks accorded, practices
which would block the other runner.
rules which would exclude the anna
teur who wanted to get in. That may
be free field. but there is favor,
there is partially. there is prefer
ence. there is covert advantage taken
of somebody and while il looks very
well from the gFandstand, there are
men whom you can find who were
not allowed to get onto the track and
test their powers against the other
men who were racing for the honors
Of the day
Il think il is a seryiceabie figure.
It means this, that you are not go
ing to be barred from the contest be-
cause you are big and strong, and you
are not going TO be penalized be-
cause you are big and strong, but you
are going to be made TO observe the
rules of the track and not get in any
Dodys way except as YOU can keep
,ut of his way by having more vigor
md skill than he has. 1t has the
'pirit Of true craftsmanship that
,ught to get into everything and men
Who, when they get beaten that way,
Queal, do not deserve our pity.
Some Men Must Fail.
some men are going to get beaten +
they have not the brains /
hey have not the initiative; they have
lot the skill; they have not the knoWi-
.dge: they have not the same ca
,acity that other men have. They
ylll have to be employees; they will
ave to be used where they can be
ised. We do not need 20 conceal
rom ourselves that there are varts-
les of capacity in the world. Some
men have heads, but they are not
PARTICULARLY furnished.
There are. therefore. I suppose,
ertain rules OF the game. | will men,
ion what seems to me some Of them.
have already mentioned one Of them
~ way Of illustration. First Of all is I
he rule of publicity. not doing any I
hing under cover letting the public
now what sou are doing and judge
+ il accordingly as it is
There are a great many businesses
hi 20
uspicion because they were so Sc
retive when there was nothing to Sc
rete that was dishonorahle. Pub
CITY v hitch IS required in sport is
equired In business. Let's see how
GU are running the game.
Then in the second place there is
fun equivalent for the money you !
aceive. the full equivalent in ser !
ice; not trying to skimp in the ser
ice in. order TO increase profits above +
reasonable return. but trying to
lake the profits proportional to the Il
Of the people that you v
rive. There isn't any more solid
for business than that. e
Then. in the third place this game I
'quires somthing more than ordi- :
AIRY sport. 1t requires a certain :
md Of conscience in business. a GER a
in feeling that we are. after all in c
lis world because We are expected p
J make good. according to the staa- o
lrds of the people We live with. That,
ter all, gentlemen, is the chies com "a
ilsion that Is laid on all Of us. e
The spirit of Service. ,,
Then, the fourth rule. as it seems :.
me, is the rule Of having the spirit n.
service. l know men in this eitv
there are men in the scientific bu-
an Of this government whom
ald eite--who could make very BIZ
laries, but who prefer the satisfae-
N Of doing things that viii serve
e whole community and doing them
st as well as they possibly can be
ne. |, for one, am proud Of the sci