Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-13

boy with all the ardor all the enthu-
pacity for enjoyment of the health
iest-minded, cleanest- bodied boy you
ever knew,
He has succeeded to the point so
few ever attain, of freeing himself
from the harness before work had be-
come to him a habit that could not
be discarded.
His factories are still his servants
he has not, like so many others, per-
mitted himself to become a slave to
the thing he has built.
ITO make a success, all you have to
do is to be one" says Mr.. Olds.
Sounds at first like irony. 1t is not
so meant however. .-..,
"By that / mean" says Mr.. Olds,
that If you have within yourself the
elements that make for success you
can detect with unerring accuracy
those qualities in other men. That
in turn argues that you have the
ability to build up an organization
and in the word organization you have
my recipe for success.
Now do not confuse the term or
ganization with corporation. There
may be a vast difference. An organ
ization is the best possible founda-
ton for a corporation, but l could
mention many corporations that alb
solutely lack organization.
My idea of success is to build a
business that will go on after the
hand Of the master has been taken
from the throttle-whether mo-
mentarily or permanently; willingly
or by the DEGREES of fate.
REQ success has been splendid. And
that success has been due to organ
lzation. Mine is the satisfaction and
the pride of having elected and
brought together the men who com
pose that organization. And the sat
isfaction is the greater because from
the day the REQ company was organ
lied there has never been a change
in that organization.
1.-The plan has worked out exactly
as 1 had hoped. REQ is to-day not
only one of the strongest concerns en-
gagged in the manufacture of automo-
biles, but it ranks as one of the
soundest in any branch of the manu-
wonderful record Certainly it is a
most gratifying fulfillment of an am
bition-an ideal.
twenty-five per cent of the total
population of the city of Lansing
the fourth city in Michigan-derive
their livelihood from the REQ pay
roll. So I can. feel 1 have fulfilled
my duty as citizen.
Consider, however, that but for the
ability and loyalty of the men who
constitute the REQ organization, /
would to-day be a slave to the very
thing have created.
''As 1t is, | can go to South Amer
lea for a winter cruise; take a trip
around the world or do anything else
/ choose or my family desires-which
is the same thing-feeling perfectly
secure in the knowledge that not only
are my investments safeguarded, but,
more vital to me, that those thousands
who depend on the REQ plants foI
sustenance and a home need have no
worry for the future-they nor the
children / hope will be born to them.
al would not attempt to say which
of the six men who comprise the REQ
organization--head of the six big de-
partments--is entitled to most credit
for that success. Seems to me 1t can
be pretty evenly divided.
'The man who in the design laid
the foundation of the car must share
his credit with the man who bought
first class materials and that other
man who applied his experience and
skill in the fabrication thereof. Simi-
larly, the man, who handled the funds,
the slnews of war and of business,
must share Gnd share alike with him
who exchanged the product of the
factory for the cash of the consumer.