The Washington herald., 1921-06-05

remuaerstive ccntracs to spesi durtns d
recesses. / envied them, used to tan "a
them about the possibilities Of my ooinf Hhs-
rse: They did not seem to Be ve-y e,ths-
siastic.
Finally, one day, Senator D,f,iv-, -
came III and was unable TO fI sp ,nr,,--
ment at Amsterdam, n. Y. Tier, v,s ,.-
body else available to send in hi, pl.c, !.
i was given my chance. WA v,ry .,,S-.
to make q favorable impression b-r,n,.
wanted other invitations. / seemed IN -
ssusfsctory results and was soon hin,
called upon quite often. The old n.,t,-,
dld not consider me much of a rp~.he,
but IN year or two I had a. rood CAs.-
u1eua a. the most Of them and the "a
return, n measure Of quality, mt -, Z,
the preferred congressional cl,s."
1t was another example. Mr.. Murssc.
held, Of doing the job at hand vb.ts.,
it was to your liking or not. You v,,S
grow to like it By doing il. "If sou,r
peg you would get your cor,er, worn on I"
How about your present workr' 4
asked. That doesn't seem nues I'm.
writing drama either"
70 occOme q member OF ths
federal trade commission was tn. l,,t \,
the procession Of unexpected lines Of vorh.
Obviously IL was the sort of thips that h.S
never occupied q place in my plans A,
administrative post in the government M
Washington had little relation 10 III. ,r,,v,
life had led. Il was not the sort Of thi,,
i had done. To be sure had learned /,
good deal about business. One could not
well Be an active worker in all tn. d.
psrtnents Of a newspaper in an int.-i.,
town for tive decades without rettint soma
inside information. had been on the post
once committee Of the House for ten YEA,
and on the ways and means oounjtt.e
had a good deal Of infermsticu, but I hsd
never conceived the possibility Of settlins
into q post Of this scrt.
"ENIRsT Of all no man should nirepre.e,,
L his wares. He should not psln al ,o.,5s
he had as the product Of a man who b,s
not made them. He Should not be unfair
to competitor. This is the Law. Eves-
tually it will become law that no ma. shan
touch a commodity VIE does not r~DSe, n
service in % dcinS. Obviously IL h, h.,-
dies it he must b paid for his troubls- Il
will cost that mech Bsrs When II reseS~
the csnscmer. UnIess he render. a peee,-
sary service to IL 4 charge is being sSAsi
uselessly
The main thing in trade ID that the 6cv
OF supply to demand should be Kept sucoeA,
strong and upbroker, without dearth 9,
food. My present task has t. do vies
these things. things vital to every one of
the hundred millions every day Of his nfs.
80 here / am at the threshold of nv
6ftieth year, working busily at a task c<
which i had never dreamed at fo~ty-6vs-
There is nothing in it that bears ANY -
senblsnce to writing drama, yet IL NTH
6es me as well. The verdict Of nv prorrr~
at it is not yet written, perhaps, bot I hone
it will be favorable. Trade IL the pcyins
spirit Of the age, the greatest human .e-
tivity. We are .accumulstint a knovledr,
Of it that did not exist before. am bseou-
ing fitted for my job. Ny opportunities bsv,
been such that there are few other men 1,
the world who know more about this subjee,
than ] do. II I am to Judge BY the ps.s
this would forecast q plunge into some new
experience. Whatever comes / win RENAL,
unperturbed and work busily at II.
There is much heartaehe in the vork
among people who believe Themselves nis-
sts, who. while fsilins at their own jcss
think that they would b snp.sdess -
eesses at those Of the other fellow. Ths
trouble is not With their jobs, but with their
attitudes toward them. Il is in themselves.
They do not realize that q man es, do any
thing. and thst the place to begin 3 the ,os
at hand and ast the dreaa task Il tAsif
inaginatioaa.~