Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-14
.'B|G' men THE PRESENT .
GREAT BUSINESS NEED
Plenty of Men to Pill $1,000 Jobs,
So but Few Can Command
,Sstst $50, 1000.
ny SIR ALDEnr STANLEY.

irt itFormef AMERICAN street railway
magnate. who. one OF the biggest
business men in Grea; Britain today.
is at the head OF Londcns underground
railway system and was formerly
president OF the Board of TRADE in thc
: british Cabinet!
!t.oNDON. March i3.-This is the day
ofsihe big businesses and the big men
Everywhere we Ercat commercial
and Industrial concerns Spriugtne INTO
eXistcnuc--Vas combinations OF c&pi-
,al owned. not by 4 iew individuals or
a thousand individuals, bur by TENS
righteousness OF p"opic. That it ali 20
the good--sooI FOR employees good
fo; the public, good tor every body
concerned
IL means economy oc effort, economy
81 Waste. IL also neIus economy IN
the wider Sensc-ihat is. not only IN
the manner of riuuuction. hut IN the
methods used f"i proHus s Oh A.
nrSSes that they should have big men
controlling ann directing thcm. and
the finding q: these men is one of th"
sreaicSt ANTIQUITIES ny which they are
raced today
Sao.uuo Men scarce.
There - no duub, abcilt tina; ,iitii-
es9a:'Hy; Nc" gaGa66Ie 81 earning from from
scarce everywhere N the world 70
Sitions worth $500 or $4,000 can he
tllcd any timc bm' the S"J.0Oo Il Year
man is difficult to get and is well worth
the money when he is gpt
lit is nonsense Today 10 sax hat
5hesc big salaries cannot prohtabil bc
:it .oooc year While another may
be An expensive Injury ut s5.oO0 II
Al depends on the 'nar. There arc
plenty of hiG posts waiting for the hiE
,rBy the big men do not mean the
'Spert or The genius mean the man
capacity for clear thinking. absolute
integrity and VINO commands the ur
swerving. support and admiration Of
who never raltrrs whea once A dec!-
sion is taken, ANA who has faith in
the ultimate success o his venture
Bold Man 0f Vision.
THAT .presupposes the man OF large
with the gift 81 vision-the man who
is quick to see the coming need ard
bold in acton 70 meet 1t.
The hig post may make the big man
Or, a!ternatiVcI$. the big man may
make the big post Whichever way
II is the capable man always energies
Z that The Grea, businesses create the
mig men because they naturally at
tract VIA, might cali the raw ma
teriar'-ihe young men Of education
and ambition who prefer TO get their
training IN the largest and mos; highly
orsanized. concerns
II - IAd- training WttCt produces
the, hie. man. bccons" in these great
undertakings fn"n arr accustomed to
see things on larger scale and think
IN terms OF bigger o1"rations.
Where Opportunities Lie.
Then, Of course, 1t is only those vast
business comb! nations that can afford
to pay. the high grade salaries and in
dulge in spacious undertakings. II. say
he same thing none az them can AFFORD
an expenditure OF 100000 thoush
each may be able 10 expcnd $1,000:
put !! You get a combination Of these
hundred small businesses it then he
comes poss bic to speed $500 600 and
that is where The big men are wanted
for them.
Business has been largely built up
ny men who have had n direct f'nan-
reached magnificent achievements
Now. however, the owner Of the big
business IS more OF less a phantom
an ever changing Individual whom
the operations OF the Stock Exchange
create or uncreate.
VAST CnpitaI Employed.
Fhis is because business undertake
ihgs are growing too big for the pri-
vate owner. their capital being mems
nred by millions and their operations
conducted on scale beyond the means
oi one. or even of small group Of
individuals.
That is why the opportunities for
pig men of affairs are SO Plentiful.
lnder the new system. the economic.
ts,tsSctentifc and administrative sides OF
&business are being infinitely more
developed than ever before.
Hhe small business simply could not
do H. But am afraid that We are
now travelling along lines OF business
Hefelopment at much greater pace
tnan the education and training az thu.
Man who must carry it on
This has been the main difficulty in
recent years: II is the chief difficulty
We look in vain for an adequate sup
ply OF big men 10 handle the big bus
inesses and the big commercial! and
indusiria problems. The business