The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1917-05-04
ON THE SUBJECT Of TOWN IMPROVEMENT
CONCERNING SUCCESS

succeeds like II meets us on all sides It is the
plus ultra of argument to efficiency and is htera
illustration of the truth of the Masters assertion tnat
unto him that hath shall be given'-except that II
doesn't always exactly fulfill the Masters conception oil
the thought. -,
pty are faced with the need of choosing corps OF OF
fcias to safeguard the public interests the voters inn
medaely begin question the fitness of each man pro-
posed The ability of the candidate, which IN most IN
stance is his chief recommendation (and in the RIGHT
SENSE should BEL is discussed freely and the whole
industrial and business life of the is laid bare TO the
public gaze But the clnchng argument is that he has
SUCCEEDED. His own affairs have been prosecuted
with energy and vigor, and with intelligence and sound
judgment. As result, he is what the whole world
pronounces a successful man.
Now we argue that If this man has been success
full with his own affairs il necessarily follows that he
will be equally with the affairs of the people. So
rally and place him in powerand in too many instances
awake to the fact that we have dropped our candy.
II is true that nothing succeeds like success but
not in the in which mostly accept il. Nothing
well succeeds in binding TO the real defects of
human character as little success in particular line
Who has not seen the disastrous failure of many men
who have been successful in the lines with which they
familiar, when they have undertaken work for
which they had neither aptitude acknowledgement training?
Il is discouraging indeed TO the citizen possessed of
real civic pride TO the destnies of his community
mtted to men who have nothing better to recommend
them than the fact that they have accumulated money
and property. This success instead of being
mendaton is too often fatal barrier 10 their usefulness
in that IL shows sefnterest TO be their ruling passion
Many of earth's greatest benefactors have been
who never accumulated much wealth. In many instances
the reverse is truethey have spent and been spent in
the service Of humanity.
We most forcibly reminded of the truth of this
assertion reading of the death Of Count Zeppelin in
Germany recently Born Of noble family, heir TO prince
y estates, he early in life imbued with idea 10
further the progress Of the human by developing
air navigation His time his energy and the bulk of his
vast fortune went into the experiments at his
death he was what one might term successful failure
He had entirely lost sight Of his interests but he had
conferred on humanity boon which, in the arts of peace
time alone estimate for the day will when rapid
transit in the air will be common rs the railroads
Of today.
In municipal affairs let lose the idea that the
man who is successful with affairs will be the same
with the affairs of the people. We have man who
accumulated fortune at stock raising but who when
entrusted by his people with building system of pike
roads, sunk large bond issue in mud. He had raised
steers and knew how. He had NEVER built roads and
FAILED when he attempted IT,
Success Ia relative. The man who can construct n
perfect street pronounced success though he hasn't
n dollar TO his name.
And the greatest success Of all Is that Of the man
who can aid In the Of the largest number of his
fellow men.
Let us cease comforting office upon men merely as
tribute TO their success. Find the man with the ability
to perform the duties required and then entrust them
TO him. $500
Success will be the result