Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-03
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/ speaking OF the present war laws.
these laws are necessary. but am
i speaking of the general tendency 70
down the big fellow. Every one thinks
! they have a duty to perform in takine
dig at the successful business mar
! Let me classify the people OF this
earth into four classes; there are
| hundreds Of races, but l think You
will agree with me that there are
only four classes of people on this
earth.
First, the successful business man
who Is by far the most important.
! He Is the one that keeps the world
| going and makes II what II Is today.
I He is the one every one goes to when
in want. When you want to 30 into
business, he Is the only one to 90 to
! for help and financial assistance.
Without him there would not be
much in this world to live for, ~
will show you later But he is a very
small part of our population.
Second, the honest hard'vorking
man, as honest as the day IS long, ana
all he wants Is an opportunity to
work and earn an honest living. He
| is out.voted and out-numbefed by
| far, and does not have an oppoftun.
ity to do his share in this world OF
strife.
Third. Here is the class that has
the greatest number. He Just hates
/ to see any one get along. II he had
only had the big mans money, my.
what he would do with It. He IL al.
ways kept down by everyone, he
never has an opportunity to advance.
lie has failed at everything that he
has undertaken-does as little when
| working for others as he possibly
can, and when election time comes
around, votes against the interest OF
his boss, but on pay day he IL always
! up to the pay window smiling as
usual, worth about SIS per month but
drawing down $3.50 per month, and
how he would like to try out his theorI
les at your expense! Ny, what he
would do!
! His theories IL put up to the bust
nessman would net be considered for
a moment. The businessman could tell
at glance that the proposition would
not work, but the other fellow would
never believe this until he has an op-
portunity to try it out, 50 he II never
satisfied, feels that he 10 being kept
down. This class Of man 10 valuable
when he is properly directed.
And right here let me put to you a
| question that I have put up to hun.
dreds of men, and AZ yet only one has
answered it, and he is union man.
when the union men become dis
satisfied with their lot and cannot get
along with their boss, they admit that
they have 100000 In their treasury
Why, under the circumstances, do
they not start into business them
selves. You have the money, you have
the expert men in their line ct bust
ness; why bother with your boss,
start In business YOURSELF"
When this was put up to the union
man, he said Why. dent you know
the answer to that" Ny reply was
mo. ] have never had that question
answered. He said the men are ell
right when they are properly directed
that there IL not Q leader in ths5 LOT
chat could take charge OF any business
and make success. Of 1t without
some of the successful businessmen
to. direct them. That looked like .
good reason to me, and ] think 1t will
to you that are. fair.minded. 81 II 4
Now let us 90 on to the fourth
class. You know this chap. He ID
everywhere, the world would 60 TO
pieces in two months II 1t was not for
- L. a -
everything and everybody. Nothing 10
right with him. Why II you should
offer him $3.50 per month do you
think he would accept it? mo sir,
not much; my services are worth
$500 per month, and would not work
for cent less" 80 y = - II. 4.
You know fthig feIloR-this ID the
chap that the world owes q living to.
Now, for the sake Of argument let
us eliminate the first fellow, the sue.
cessful businessman; let tic wipe him
off the face Of the earth, or probably
that Is too much 70 keeping with out
present day civilization, SO let us
eonfiscate his property and put him II,
any Of the three remaining classes.
There Ii no incentive for anyone to ad.
vance now. II he proves that he 10 4
successful businessmen, he. would be
getting In the first class, and would
place himself in the first class and
naturally would have his property
taken from him, so 1t will not do to
show that you are an unusual man IN,
a business way. Who IL going to find
work for. the ,hundreds of thousands
of men that cannot 60 into business
themselves? None Of US are success.
full now, the mar that made 1t pos
sible for US to go into business Is no
more. -
Statistics of the business world tell
us that IS per cent OF every one that
goes into business fails, 10 per cent
Of the balance that keep into business
do so under the direction and super.
vision OF the successful businessmen.
So you can see how few in number are
the really successful men, and almost