Show jOE CHAMBERLAIN AND HOW HE MADE HIS MONEY EY I Always get the best of a bargain That seemS seems to have been the lifelong motto of the Right Hon Joseph Chamberlain Chamberlain Cham Cham- iberIa in present Col Colonial nial Secretary of England and one ime sho shoemaker mak r in his fathers father's little London shop says s p. p a London letter to the Cincinnati En En- Any man who will follow is fis 1 s recipe can acquire wealth But he will have to pay for Jor it with a sacrifice of all that most men of honorable in instincts n- n I hold dear I Now he is after high honors and despite despite despite de de- spite his lila record he ho will probably get I them then for he is a fighter His success however is some comfort to an American Ameri Amen can who is used to hearing his is own country described as the land of cor- cor sharp practices Chamberlain received no further schooling after his sixteenth year but went to work in his fathers father's place of business In Milk Street Ch Cheapside You will learn all the details of the trade Joe said eaid fa father ther to young Chamberlain the tho first day he e entered the place from making a pair of I I shoes up to keeping a s sat t of books He remained practically tw y years ars at atthe the last actually learning every Detail etall of the shoemakers shoemaker trade 7 1 When young young- Chamberlain had b been n two years learning the shoe shoemaking business his father became becam Interested in certain patent rig rights in wooden r i screws These patents had been secured for fr England by Joseph of Birmingham Bir Bir- mingham who had married Martha Chamberlain aunt pf of young Joseph Chal Chamberlain The youthful shem shoemaker ker who had displayed while under nd r his fathers father's w watchful eye ey c considerable considerable n business business business busi busi- ness ability his ability his skill in making successful successful suc sue purchases for the thi firth firm being most noticeable was noticeable was t dow 1 to Birmingham Birmingham Bir Bin mingham to take c charge 1 e flather's flathers interests in the new nev business ot of making screws I A youg man in Chamberlains Chamberlain's employ employ employ em em- ploy so the story runs one one d day y suggested suggested suggested sug sug- that the screws hould souM ou d have ends to them like llie the points of a gim gim- I let The inventor fir first t showed his plans and drawings to Chamberlain kept the drawings for some time and secretly sc had some screws made young young- inventors inventor's model These rhese screws worked like a charm an l Chamberlain at once saw that the invention was an extremely valuable ont one It is said that he reported to the inventor inventor in in- venter that the idea was not particularly particularly arly valuable as it would necessitate the he making of entirely new machinery throughout all the screw-making screw factories factories factories fac fac- tories In England He offered the in inventor inventor inventor in- in however 60 for his entire rights Under the circumstances and nd in view of the discouraging aspect which Chamberlain Chamberlain Cham- Cham jerlain had shrewdly placed on the gimlet screw idea the inventor gladly accepted the terms Thereupon patents were vere immediately taken aken out for the d device dice ice and as soon as the new screws were pu put t on the market and Chamberlain began began began be be- gan to receive so may many orders for screws that they could not be filled even though all the machines in the factory were kept working day and night Within si six sh months Camberlain's Chamberlains Chamberlain's Chamber Chamber- lains lain's firm practically controlled the screw-making screw business of England Those who delight in attacking the character of the Col Colonial nial Secretary have lave constantly asserted that even after he had made mide a vast fortune from the he adoption of the point gimlet-point idea he failed ailed to aid the Inventor or even to keep keep him employed at at fair wages Whether this stor e true or not the fact remains remains' th that t Chamberlain did make his vast foi tune estimated at about by introducing the pointed gimlet-pointed screw It is also a fact that he did not invent this ide idea but purchased d th tha thep patent tent outright at a very low price The friends of of Chamberlain Ip in de defending defending de- de fending him say that be he improved his opportunity a amany many other men have lave done before an and since Ince nce his time The Inventor in inventor inventor in- in should they say have kept a sharp harp lookout for his own interests and he would have obtained good value for his remarkably simple arid and effective de de- de- de vice Take him all alibi in all Mr Chamberlain oe his political opponents ts call him is a grand rand object lesson Jesson for foi young men who want to succeed and dont don't care are how But perhaps before emulating him they had hac better wait and see his finish It is finnly believed here that retribution will ill overtake him before before be be- fore he dies |