Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-01-22
GEORGE
IGNORES RULE;
NAMES STANLEY
Republican A. p. Leased Wirel

LONDON. Jan. 21.-Amerlcan pusi-
ness experience is what Lloyd George
was looking Cor when he upset all
traditions and appointed Sir Albert
Stanley as minister of commerce and
president of the board of trade in the
new cabinet
The title Sir Albert sounds quite
English, but its owner is about as
American as man can well be
brought up as a boy at Detroit, Mich,
educated in the public schools there,
getting his first Job" on the Detroit
street railways and gradually rising
to the management of that large con-
Germ; then becoming manager of the
New Jersey public service corporation;
and, incidently; enlisting as sailor
in the United States naval reserve,
where he served through the Spanish
war on board the United States auxil-
larry cruiser Yosemite.
This crowded twenty-five years of
very active American experience into
the life of Albert Stanley-the plain
name by which he was known at the
| old Duffield school in Detroit-and
| flushed with his successes, he came to
| England to put his American training
| to practical use in the business world
| here, becoming manager of that vast
system of surface and underground
traffic in London-the greatest in the
| world-known as the London Consoli-
dated Underground and General
| Notorious association limited His
| title came to him later, and now the
greater honor has come-the first man
! of American business training ever to
enter the British cabinet
| Sir Albert was in his office at the
/ board OF trade when a representative
of the Associated Press called by ap-
| pointment to learn something of his
! American experience. The board of
trade is 4 huge establishment in
| Whitehall. Immediately opposite the
foreign office. with Sir Albert's office
! just across from 10 Downing street,
| where. the new Prime minister, Lloyd
| George, imparts his sire nuous person.
ality to all the branches of the new
regime.
Sir Alberts long life in America
/ has given MIN the look of an Ameri-
can business man. He speaks like a
man from the middle west-with a
constant strain of good nature and
good humor, particularly when ne re
calls the nard knocks he received
wher he was gaining his American
experience.
American experience is a great as
set to anyone said Sir Albert
| Travel and experience: Those are
the only means of getting an actual
insight into the real character and
methods of a country. 1t can't be
done ty reading books. It is not Il
matter of theory, but of practice
You must go to a country if you want
to understand it; live in is and grow
Up in it."
And this led Sir Albert in reply' to
inquiries as to how he had lived and
grown up in America. to relate some
of the UPS and downs of starting
on an American business career.
IT'S strange thing said Sill
Albert, how | nearly became a
minister of the gospel instead of j
cabinet minister That was in the
days VIXEN we were living in Detroit
over on the east side. on Joseph
Campan avenue. | had already wanted
to go into the street railway business
and had asked the minister al oul
church. Rev. John Munday. for a let
ter to Strathern Hendrie, secretary
Of the Detroit City railway But the
Fgocd minister and my family thought
| WAS better suited for the church
and I've thought lately how close
came TO being a minister at Detroit
instead of at London. But ! worked
out the other way and | finally got
letter to Strathern Hendrie.
Il remember going to present tina
letter to Hendrie. l stopped on thu
way and sat down on a bench in tn.
small park. Grand Circus park. in tn,
center OF the city. As | sat there tn,
street cars went jolting and jinslin.
past, for those were the days of tn,
old horse cars before Pingree anC
Tom johnson had come on the scene
And as | sat on the bench looking a
the ramsackle cars going by. and fel
i'll my pocket the letter to Hendrie,
said to myself right there. by Jove
I'm going to get on top Of that con
Germ
ooh yes, I've never lacked self
confidence ard egotism," added ST
Albert, as he laughed at the audacit,
Of his first project to get on top
of the big street railway plant a
Detroit
when the letter was presented
Strathern Hcndrie gave me my frs
job, but | really believe the idea wa
to make it so hard | would tire GU
within a month and go back to schoo
| was put in the stables at the en-
Of the branch line out Woodwar
avenue. Work; 1t was the hardes
kind of work. / had to get up at
o'clock in the morning, travel clea
across the city to the branch termint>
start work at 1870 in the morning an
keen at it until 10 o'clock at night.