Show r HOW CHARLES T YERKES BEGAN HIS CAREER Charles T y the Chicago railway magnate who 19 3 now him electric Hues 1111 In London Ion on showed ly Iy appreciation of at tho nn theory ory of at bUYing and jelling to tl advantage He i tells hOlY 1 boy tre M J a n anle I On m near hj his home h lIJe w 0 ne n e day tin 1 t I J eald Mr h Ye Y 0 I 1 noticed no tl ceil s v I Irn I boxe of i of a cere tain h brand which h fire I I had often been beell to buy at the he corner Iro cery I thought to myself self That I Will il Co go cheap so I ran t to the i 9 ner lieI grocery and after drawing from the grow grocer a Promise tg to J tailed out from iny In cor WI pay a certain ncr nef another LU 1111 price for M a many boxes of 0 that soap ns I could of course never dreaming I would uLi themI to the saleroom box of thin soap was waif about to ba La knock ed down to tho highest bidder when i I called out from my corner bw bH Tho box was wall declared sold to me nod and my namo demanded do nil 1 Charles T Yerkes Jr I piped out In n a shrill vol coI I was only eleven years old Tim IIO bystander ed but tut their laughter gave place to ment when I bILl bid In the entire lot of ot boxes I promptly deliver ed cd them to the corner grocery and re reo tho price agreed upon Mr Ir the tho astonished grocer Mn learning how the purchase had been ac remarked Well I guess I could have done that myself And I replied that I guessed ho he could too |