The Dolores star., 1923-05-25
PUT SAFETY LAST
British Sailor Reversed the Usual
Order of Things.
Much to Be Said In Commentator Of
the Change, Says Writer In
Eastern magazine.

Captain Campbell, v. O., royal navy.
hero of mystery ships. used to put in
his night order book as a closing ad-
monition, safety last"
Time and again Captain Campbell
took chance and came through, while
the cautious took their caution down
to Davy Jones' locker.
America was discovered because
Christopher Columbus dared to jump
across the sky line. The restless and
audacious enterprise which advanced
the frontiers Of American business was
but q carrying on Of the explorer and
the pioneer.
The sheltered-life theory means
either premature demise or an over.
supply Of weaklings. The street that
breeds strong men is not Easy street
Danger and risk are as essential in
molding strength as air and food are
observes the Saturday Evening Post.
America would do we'll at this mo
ment to call back something Of the
| devil.may-care bravado Of her cattle
kings and her clipper captains. They
were strong men with strong vices, but
also with strong virtues pungent char
acters in a pungent age.
The life of Sir william Van Horne lie
a great sermon on the text safety
last" Donald Smith and his col.
leagues had a vision of clamplng all
British North America with an iron
band They came to Minneapolis to
consult with James J. Hill.
"You need" said Hill. "a man Of
great mental and physical power to
put the line through. Van Horne can
do It,"
From the first the scheme was prob.
Iematical. The railway man who un.
dertook 1t was risking his career. Van
Horne had before him an assured sue.
cess in the United States. but as a
friend put 1t. He went off chasing rab,
bits into the wilderness" The task
which called him was the execution
Of the greatest railway project in the
! world The natural obstacles to be
overcome were unparalleled. Un,
1aunted he turned his back on the easy
places and ventured forth.
Said one Of his engineers. HE al
ways acted as If nothing we're lmpos
sibe. He was not always right. He
was the kind that would go out on the
side of I mountain and say BLOW thai
down He would not ask II 1t coult
be done. He would say, Do itv Some
times the thing was impossible under
ordinary circumstances. but he hat
such luck. Some accident or Other
would happen so the thing could bt
blown up or torn down without an!
harm. His luck. his daring and his
fearlessness just carried him through
lied him through.
Physical obstacles were the least o.
the opposition met by Van Horne anC
his colleagues. "On one fateful day II
July" writes Professor SHELTON, "wher
the final passage Of the bill was beins
tensely awaited. the Canadian Pacific
which can borrow S50.0OO.OOO any da,
before breakfast. was within three
hours of bankruptcy for lack of few
hundred thousand dollars"
Optimism Is nice word, but righ
now pluck Is thousand times NOR,
what we are needing. Amid the soft
ness of today we need more stoutnes
Of heart. There Is Gaelic phrase
"Sioul fear ferrail." which means 9Th,
sons of manly men," On the floor OF th'
stock exchange, on the floor of tht
reeking foundry. wherever there Is hest
ta,ion there Is call for the sons o
manly men. call for those who ar
possessed Of that good oEifsahione'
Anglo-Saxon virtue of pluck.