Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-18
FEAR GREATEST CAUSE
OF FAILURE, He SAYS
BROOKLYN Merchant n Is Tells
Why ~ Many Fail - Woo
Success IN Life

Coloncl ! EuttinR. AZ s5-y->r-old
merchant n Brooklyn, VA asked The othe-
dav what be thought ~ the nripe-Dns
gtrkeg now disturbing nc cyuntry
These strikes don't trthcr .ne ~
all" ~ said Neither rio4a thrs 1n-
rsst and uncertpinty ~ ihe ,ndngtrial
market II t. all the natural aftermath
of me var Just gvr things a cbancn
~ seftle and fhev will aette What
ronrc I am lcnking forward - Bssng
Tho most prosprrous era thst tho coun-
try has evnr gOne through. That will cone
lIst ~ certain aa aTn sitting herr
Fear and ignorance are The grpatest
canaes of failure The cn1ntrv todav
IA afraid n what IS happenIng and
losing eIght of the fact that unrest o'
thfs nature Away follows great nm
heavsls We have had crls-e after ever
war. We have only forgotten them
One hing against which re ougnt ~
wage fight IS the ignorance Of the mar
not familiar w1th the American Al
71age and American customs He allow
himself u be led sStF2y by Violent az
-atnrr speaking ms own language Tha-c
sre the thing that ought - ne ehmi
mated II w are n arrive quickly a.
some ueacnfui conclusion. We vii En'
there anyway, but the enptoyTnent 0t
proper met hods VIII hasten the solution
f@T-he men. vou say, arr asking.
some cAzss. a dollar an hour hing
nave chaaged. used 70 Eve n NeN
York on 81 a week. bonght my funcneoos
from an oid woman VINO earned arErnn
a basket wlSh sytch danne= as uougnnuts
apples aud candy. | made 81 wees- ano
manag ed TO put something ssade On thai
IL. Z .HrH.
Before came to New Z orx | maze Cn 81
average, $50 yeax. and shougtn nyse4
very fortunate. Of cOurz-e- ll dhtn leagt
ne an vtnIng mIcn for having good tLne
but I managed 70 get thSs BY WgkIrg
overtime. / remember thst ny HOtEsP-
used 70 grow very angry at me Tor binding
pocket Bibles IN ne evening. 80 thas
could earn enough money - g TO dAncrnE
school II va sacniege 20 Der - appit
the work cf Goo 70 unholy purposes.
never saw Gt that way he Amusenszu-
xas wholesome anu c,can. / EeDS rlg1L o.
binding pocket Bibles.
SIX weeks WAS me entire sCnoolue
sbat got The ext oi n, euucSIR q
came iroLu knocking about WIIh usn ahG
reading neWEpapers The nCNSpsDsr,
we're the biggest source oi inlOrulsllcn q.
mo nOg read SIX on mem cvtEy ca
IN order to get AT des 0f Nhat IS happen
rng in the world It's not thsG I sUsa1
jepreciate the value OS -cboofng. I IKE
schools. I have zone through many o
them-in the front door and oIt the bscA
But IN my Own csse I foUDd thai ! coull
get more of the things 7 wsnted 70 rc
bv gojng out TO meet them. roos5
uavbe, they come to meet yUU % vU,.
own town or city. They didn't in my n.
Election Dsy was the only TINE ths.
aEyrhng ever hsppened. We se1e s
family 81 Wings. The Dsmocrs,s uoGic
come % town and start thing novulE
Nv mother would hide me under beT aFrUI
fearful that | would get into the .rSy ln
the streets. Things were c-srtazrly lfveit
then. even up u old Chateaugsy, FrRnkhn
county where ] came from.
II tw2ys voted the Wing tcket snI
later The Republican ticket -ast rus
avst vote for John c. Ercnout, uho Va.
-pning against Bucbsnan. votei
straight Republican until the aSt tres'-
5enlal election It was hsrd chanaIr-g
4 habit of years but SIX sceks 1S1orf
Election Day I decided thss i va NJ
tinc 81 make a change wcen re .cS,
Mas On IRE | have an honest nelSi ina
President Wilson Is the great pathtnoe'
81 The nation and that he ID steer ~ - ihe
right direction His csliing of the lahor
conference is a step in the right direct lcn
/ expect great good 10 come out q hat
i've no trouble with my en pioyeS
for The reason that want only inieIhseni
workers and am willing % pay folr IN
telhgence As have SAID pelOre, gno-
rance Is the great evil that the country
must combat. Once yoC get q corTs 81
intelligent workers. however, and trca
them in an Intelligent man-to--1lsin tsSsnSoE
half the battle is oyS.
When he was IS wears oid, Soone .
Nutting made 4 trip from Troy e BSstislc
selling shirts and collars lhrec veSA-'~
later he rented store at C'ort iand'
street. paid SIS month for n, and eegan
his business connections With A. n stew
at. Arnold Constable, Claim S, and other
eminent dry goods merchants ot that
day Tie then opened several clothing
stores 10 the West, before moving tc
Brooklyn about forty wears $50.