Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-01
Flew Human Beings Are Un-
fair If You Are Fair to
YOURSELF" Says A. B.,
Farquhar
BY MARGUERITE M. MARSHALL

dIQulldl-
BY MARGUERITE M. MARSHALL
NEW YORK, July 29.-Do you
want some tips on making that mil
lion-real inside information on how
to be millionaire from not one, but
many of Americas business giants?
Here are hints from half a dozen
Of them. Here's how they said they
did it--told in tabloid form:
what 7 do is to get good men,
and / never give tnem orders. My
directions seldom go beyond sugges-
tions. Here in the morning I get
reports from them. Within an hour
T have disposed Of everything, sent
out all of my suggestions, the days
work is done, and T am ready to go
out and enjoy myself. ANDREW
Carnegie.
Money is made by saving-sav-
ing and investing. You get your
profit out Of the leakes that you
stop."-A. T. Stewart.
eff you never break a promise. II
you always pay the money you owe
exactly on the day it is due, nobody
will know but that you are worth
million. And you will be just as
good a risk as man worth a mil
lion, for all that he could do. would
be to pay on the due date. "-Ham1l.
ton Fish.
"Take care Of your character.
never break a promise, and give
value for what you get. Avoid spec
ulation.' S. Coe.
"The really important thing for
you to know as a young man is that
YOU must bank up a health account.
If you get plenty Of sleep and be
careful Of your diet you will never
be sick. James Gordon Bennett.
"Do not waste anything. Make
everything you do, and every cent
| YOU have, count. The reason why
people are poor or unsuccessful is
that they waste. Any one can sue
coed who does not waste. "-John
| Hopkins.
The First Million
These are but nuggets from a
mine Of business good sense con-
tanned in a newly published book,
which must interest every ambitious
young man, the autobiography Of
the multi-millionaire manufacturer
of agricultural machinery, A. B.
Farquhar, which Mr.. Farquhar has
entitled piquantly, "The First Mil
| lion the Hardest" The book is
brought out by Doubleday, Page &
Co., and Mr.. Farquhar's collaboration
is Samuel Crowther.
One reason why it appeals to
young men is because the author,
| although we'll over four-score, has
not forgotten the young mans point
of view and tells with great gusto
in the very first chapter, how as a
mere boy he himself made a pilgrim
age to New York to ask the rich
est men in the city the simple ques-
ton, "How can I make a million
dollars?''
| Some of the most interesting and
constructive answers he received !
have already quoted. One amusing
reply, although hardly to be called
constructive, was that given young
Farquhar by William B. Astor.
When the would-be snarer of success
said to the richest man in the coun.
try at that time, II want to know
how to make a million dollars" Mr..
Astor replied 'ruefully:"
do you want to make yourself as
| miserable as I am, and stay UP all
day and half the night trying to
keep people from cheating you!
There is nothing in it. do not have
enough fun. I am too afraid that
people will cheat me and, in spite OF
everything, they do cheat me-"
From the men in big business
whom he met and who became his
friends, but even more, I am sure,
from his own long climb-he began
as machinist's apprentice and rose
to the head of his own nationally
known organization-Mr. Faruuhar
has derived business philosophy
which is tucked into the lively and
interesting story of his business life
his triumph over fires, panics, wars
and all other obstacles to success.
Brains and Work
brains and hard work" he de-
clares, ARE still the foundation OF
business and are also the driving
force that carries it on. No sub
stitutes will be found.
II never asked any man to dc
more than what I did myself. In
these days think there is toe
much coddling all around. I think
employers and managers coddle
themselves and devote far too much
time to the contemplating of whether
or not they are injuring themselves
by overwork. And likewise, and for
the same reason, there is too much
coddling Of employees.
"I spent, after the Civil war as
well as before, an average of twelve
to fifteen hours a day in the shor
and office-although I always man
aged to spend an hour or more in
reading books bearing upon business
matters, world affairs and general
literature. have, in fact, never
forgotten my fathers injunction to
love a book more than dollar.
II took a positive interest in sur
mounting difficulties, in improving
methods of work and in keeping in
the closest touch with my custom
ers. And so my life, in srite of the
seemingly long hours, has been
very happy. The enjoyment one