Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-16

advancing with money or else by in-
Producing you to some other depositor
who has money. Have you an adver-
tising agent? He might know of soma
one. And your accountant! Perhaps
ested.
Your bf9ker is the logical man, to
time to interest capital In novelties.
We seem to have some difficulty In se-
our Business IS that Of coiiectns' M 'GeS1 accounts
on , commission, which varies according to
abyoltey make no charge nt to AeSqHn oSP' Patrons
unless we c;ollect; As regards. the solicitor.
salary and oonmsson @ only saiafy AFTER G1 he 0Ssh Ss
Susness SasisIasto ~ m shoWn ,bs us his abty e get
oe pay Sem at the ssars
fns straight ;.Is eommission Of % per cent dSrns
Of ofih hs ssisTS yth the value
o,bSr 62pbt alsn yS you fOuld suggest to US some
advertise a for as0 msn 1e US nsS and Then
feel that you would quickly get
suited If you would give a small salary
at once You see. man for this lob
naturally hesitates to take a chance of
doesn't know II he will or will not make
good. He feels If you won't take a
, chance 1t must be pretty hard. With
out .t reasoning it out like this he has
Among the readers of this feature
one. probably several. would fiji the bill
paper? ''o"
am much interested In the business career
and have 1t had ms about the same ass
the os snms ss YOU mention II his csreer. much
resSond nse seu eourss says' IN me take
Eooa? 1saI night So schog would DO me as much
best to go to-? o. ""''" s'hoo' wo1ld n pc the
For. preference take a course In a To-
ca, e nignt school. ! cannot recommend
good reputation will be satisfactory.
nor'"Fpo"dence courses are good, ~
course but a good resident course is
a.. ~. assuming the local school is on
III, ~ have been reading the story of Peter
Flint and ! am very much Interested in it.
am boy Of sixteen and would like to
and station agents work. v Would You ypss adyiss
me to study this in a school or to get the
there many opportunities for any one trained
IN TINS work and is there much chance for
to you. x
The best way to get a knowledge of
railway telegraphy work is to get in as
an apprentice in some railroad office.
oiier 10 Work lor the local agent in
return for instruction. This is how
many men get their start Perhaps the
local agent may need yard clerk for
part time or you may get a position a
an assistant or baggage hustler.
Schools teach teegraphy very eff
cirntly but they do not teach you tho
railway routine--so by going to tho
railway station you can get both teleg-
raphy and railroad operation at tho
same time.
The opportunities in the railroad are
Just what you want to make them. Tho
presidents chair is ahead for you just
tne same as for any one else. Big
railroad men all over the country started
Just Where you want to start.
For instance, Daniel Willard, presi-
cent OF the Baltimore and Ohio, began
as f1reman-now he has a salary OF
$4,000 a year Arthur Thomas. the
third vice president Of the same rail-
road, began carrying chains as a sur
veyors assistant at SIS a month-now
ne struggles along on a salary of S45,-
900 year boy named nj, S. Con-
nors started as telegraph operator
today he Is general manager Of the
Hooking Valley Railroad Of Colum.
There is no reason on earth why vo,r
couldn't do just as well as they did. 90
to it, and good luck.