The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-11-25
Must Be Honest To Win.

Must Be Honest To Win.
"The first great necessary qualifca-
ton to success is honesty. The great
est difficulty we have in business
today is in getting honest boys, our
greatest obstacle boys who steal. Yes,
| mean just that The greatest shock
of my business life was recently when
I found seven boys in our employ-boys
from the best of families stealing.
81 account for it in this way. In
school and college boys get lax with
one another. For instance one fellow
greets another with a remark as to his
hat. The other one replies it is pretty
good and that he 'swiped it off n Jack
Didn' t steal, you know, just swiped.
Well, when that fellow Fswipes off IN
me- or any other employer, he doesn It
just 'swipe,0 he STEALS.
I" You are absolutely useless unless
you are honest. It doesn It matter how
smart you are or how industrious, the
basis of employment is honesty, and
without that you are worthless. If you
have not honesty, you have nothing.
You start bankrupt
"The larger honesty is that you give
more than what you are paid for. Tie
rule the manager of Field-Leiter Co.
gave me for getting along when I was
La lad starting in, was Don Z watch the
clock He meant for me to work and
finish what I had to do regardless of
time.
"Next after honesty the most valu-
able requisite is health. It makes no
difference how honest, competent and
industrious you are if you have not
health, you cannot be successful in bust
ness. Health makes you cheerful and
happy and that counts a lot in business.
eff the game of business is worth
anything, it is worth going into to win.
"Then, you must have industry. The
most brilliant Of minds have failed be-
cause their possessors have lacked per-
Isistently. Success in business is made
up Of twothirds Of hard, persistent
work
EaSy to Win II Poor
Mr.. Skinner says the boy who has to
make his own way has much easier
row to hoe than the boy who has all he
needs from his parents and goes into
business as a dilletante. If such boy
wins, the speaker considers him much
more entitled to credit than is the one
who knows his future depends upon his
success. He calls backing handicap.
He told the boys, that a chance to
start is all any lad may fairly ask in
business. But given the start and
health, honesty and willingness to work,
success is still unattainable without
well trained mind, the speaker said, and
emphasized the fact that that is TO be
secured in the school
"You must have the mind trained to
see all around you and grasp what is
ahead and prepare for it, said he.
Business is full of boys that Just 90
SO far and stop Just because their minds
are not trained.
Now I am not talking to you from
ar ethical standpoint, merely from the
standpoint Of what pays in business.
Courtesy and politeness pay the biggest
dividends OF any ouaHties''
1870 Good Not Enough.
Then the speaker approached the sub
ject of The 1870 good pupil. He said
in the public schools. because one may
not have teacher fer every pupil, it
is necessary tc promote from class to
class on the basis of certain average.
He said 75&o is the usual mark on which |
one goes ahead but he says nothing like |
that will carry the worker to the next |
landing above in business. To get