Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-12-05


IAN right Ernest I believe you car
swing Il. and IN give you the option fur
$4,000 down
II persuaded him Go reduce this n
si2.s0O. and started out o. raise N,
money. The first payment. lncludins
the option. was To be- SIS 900. but with
my $4,000 commission taken out. q
would he only $4,000 ! got The SO 500
then went 10 one n the towns riches,
men and asked him 10 put his name IN
my notes for the balance would put
M my stock In the drug company as
collateral: but II did not come anywhere
near being the $50 500 I needed Yet
this man pa, his name on my notes anil
personally went with mo to another
man In town and obtained his signature
also. Ny option was for ninety days
hut IN only nine days had taken 4
up. ] wanted 30 be getting tho hotel
receipts as aeon NJ possible 10 help
pay off my indebtedness
"Ccui5 young man. almost without
capital. have put through such deal
IN town or city where he was not
known, ] doubt H.
Gets manager.
when ! bcught the Amarillo Hotel
I didn't intend 10 manage Il myself
was afraid didn't know enough ~ ihe
hotel business 10 do that. SO ! got a.
manager, put him In charge. and ron.
tinued 10 practice law hut I went Col
live NJ the hotel. 70 that could SCI how
things were going.
II soon found that they werc not 60
Inc n J liked. There was an attomr
10 increase the revenue 10y putting az
prices and cutting down servicc-which
wasn't INV idea AZ all. So NJ the end ~
the month ] said 10 the manager:
~ find that you don't look NJ this
business NJ do. This town Is my
home. ] intend 10 keen on living hero
The people Who come 90 this hotel are
M friends. and I want them always %
be nv friends. They won't be- II they
feel thay are not treated right And you
are doing certain things which are d.
stroying their Friendly feeling am
Ening 10 pay you a months salary IN
advance. and during tina, time you will
he able 10 find another opening
Then ! got another manager ard
things wen, on fairly well for several
months. one day. however. cam,
home from business trip and founl
a notice on the dinlngroom door tina,
read: Closed for Repairs The truth
was that during my absence some %
the cooks had left. the rest u the force
had said they wouldn; de extra work.
30 the manager had simply put W tina,
notice and clo~ed the dining room.
Couldn't Handle Employees.
You have failed at several points.
l told him In the first place. YOU have
shown that you can not handle your
employees In an emergency II was
your business 10 So that your guests
were served. even II YOU had 20 20
down In the kitchen. put on an apron.
and get 10 work yourself You could
have made your force see that the firs,
duty of everybody In this place IL o.
take care 81 the guests ~ the house
And you made another grave mistake
when you put up a notice which dld
not tell the truth. You knew u was
not the truth. and everybody else
knows r.
80 let that manager 20 and took
on the Job myself had found that
there II no special secret about running
q particular business. II II simply mer.
neutrality-suspicious. and selling goods
and service. II you know how to buy
and sell one thing. you can easily learn
TO buy and sell something els. AMI
service II simply treating people as you
would treat your personal friends.
''of course you must be able 10 ban.
die your own people. your employees
But al my life. practically. have had
people working for me. and have al.
ways managed 10 get along with them.
largely because I have used much the
same methods my father used with M
when was q hoy.
when had n garage and was deal.
ing In motor cars. never ordered =
man 10 follow my IDEAS suggested
that he try them. when I did that. ha
was usually willing 20 experiment. AZ
least. II the idea worked he was for
H. lie felt that he had been ins,ru.
mental In proving u a good one n
had arbitrarily imposed my will on him.
te would have had a secret desire ~
prove that my way was wrong: and
more than likely he wouldn't have Civ.
IN u an honest. fair trial.
Plan Tie Follows.
II follow this plan In running M
hotel We have conferences. IN which
ne all get together and talk things
lver. A. for me. a. manager. think :,
= an advantage that wasn't an inside
hotel man. ! came % the Job with the
soint ~ view ~ guest. had been
n hotels all over this country and Eu.
'ope. knew what had pleased me
md what had irritated me. 50 knew.
70 some extent anyway. how to please.
md how not 20 irritaie others
Two Of my best employees came 20
me- at their own request, because they
rad worked for me In other places. And
here. again, II the importance a. max.
ng friends In every relation q life
These two men swear that they viii
'tay with me all my life. think and
lnpe they will.
80 here ara 7 with a prosperous
business Of my own, because stuck 10
ny home town. The hotel. which has
ne hundred and fifty rooms. Il crowd
Il every night II n being enlarged
q double its capacity. I, u making
money for me and !, II helping to
'uild M my town.
Il keep my law office and make some
money out Of my practice a knowl.
-dge q law helps me In my business
Ind the fact that am a business man
rings n certain amount - legal prac
ice % me.