Evening star., 1924-02-24
WHAT is SUCCESS?
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l.-MEN AND METHODS

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'93. He was Americas greatest cap
tain Of finance. Yet he was q very
ordinary man In many years. He had
an uncertain disposition. and p tenn
per which he controlled with difficult
ty. he had favorites to- whom he was
very kind and enemies to whom he
was very severe. He often acted on
snap Judgment and often made
serious mistakes. Friends and ene-
mics. however, agree that he was
/ square. honest and Just, as he saw
the light. Everybody trusted him. :
| When disagreement came between
| two large railroad systems, the Of
flciaIs would leave It, to Morgan to
settle: when several great steel cor
porations began cutting prices and
running one another. Morgan was the
only man who, could bring them. to-
gether; land when any trouble came
to the financial community, all the
leaders with one accord went TO NOR
gan to guide them out OF the will
lderness. This was especially true In
the panic of 1898, the. panic of 1908.
and the panic Of 1901, He was tne Hle
only man able to bring the distruee'
ing forces together and'sto get; them
TO work for the common cause. iney
trusted him because he stood Tor m
tesrity. This trait he inharited from
his either Julius, and the trait Is
still possessed by his son.. JACK "ho
Is now head of the house OF Morgan.
| Integrity Ia the first wall 10 oe
| orected when building a successfui
career. A dishonest man cannot pe
happy. Truth and happiness go
eether. A man may be truthiui anu
not be happy, but no man can 10
happy and continually untrutnlui'
Dishonesty has killed more men vnan
any disease.
Source of Great Businesses.
In the course of my professional
work. I have been obliged to study
the history of many of the great In
dustries. l have found that each OF
these industries has been born IN the
soul of. some one Individual. 1t Is I'M
possible to tell the story OF any OIL
| Americas great Industries without
likewise telling Of the struggles OF
one Of Americas great men,.
Hence, when the steamship Is men
toned, we think Of Fulton; when the
transatlantic cable is mentioned. we
! think Of Field; when the telegraph Is
mentioned, we think OF Morse anu
when the reapinE machine is seen' we
| think Of Mccormick. Goodyear's
name will forever be linked with rub
| Der products: Wright's name. with
| airplanes; Edison's name, with the
! incandesce lamp; Marconi's with the
wireless telegraph. and Alexander
Graham Bells, with the telephone.
Then when one begins TO study the
lives Of these men, he finds inevitably
that they were all tremendously in
dustrious. Nothing Is truer than
Genius is but another name for hard
| work"
Edison's ONCE Hours.
I remember once being In my New
| York Office and having the clerk tel.
me that Thomas A. Edison's assistant.
Mr.. Meadowcroft, wanted me on the
phone. He was talking from West
orange. N. j., and said that Mr..
Edison desired to see me at IL
o'clock" Looking at. my watch and
finding. 1t to be twenty, minutes to IL
replied:
| ...It is now twenty minutes OF II;
1 cannot possibly get over to West
~. ~ rf
oh" replied Mr.. Meadowcroft, Mr..
Edison means 12 o'clock tonight-not
~ o'clock this noon"
|. About 10 pm. / left the hotel. TAX
ing a train for West Orange, n. j..
arrived at Mt. Edison's house about
II pm. was taken into the living
! room and found Mr.. Edison listen
| ing to some music on the piano. He
had a well known pianist there trying
| various pieces. 1t was grand piano
| with the cover opened wide. Mr..
Edison was leaning against the piano
| with his hand over his left ear and
his head under the cover. Apparently
the phonograph cannot properly
record all pieces Of music. There are
maximum and minimum notes-to
speak statistically-which are not
recorded we'll by this wonderful ma
| chine. Mr.. Edison had large mum :
ber of selections which this man was
playing for him. Some Of these selec-
| tfons he would throw out after only a
few chords had been played: othe RS
he would have played half through
and then throw out, while now and
then he would find one satisfactory
| and stick 1t In his pocket.
Midnight Conference.
At five minutes Of IL he dismissed
the pianist and asked me to come
sat down to- luncheon. Mrs. Edison
told me- that this was quite a custom
ary thing at night. Mr.. Edison was
a pro6igious worker; eighteen or
him. When Intensely interested in
his work, he would sometimes go two
or three days without changing his
clothes or coming home, even though
the house Is but q short walk from
his laboratory.
Trade Mark Of Success.
If there is any one outstanding fea-
household words 1t is industry" All
of them have temptations. Each of
them falls in some one particular. No
man has all the good qualities. AL
most every great captain Of industry
has some one distinct weakness If
hand, all of them are tremendously
industrious. When riding in the smok-
ing compartment Of Pullman, one
often hears these prominent men
1 "cussed and sdiscussed." It Is the
popular thing to criticize and rap men
who have acquired wealth, power and
fame. However, you never heard one
OF these great men discussed without
also hearing the critics unanimously
agree that che is a great worker
Whatever else may be said about him.