Eureka Reporter | 1903-05-22 | Page 4 | "Self-Made Merchant" Tells His Son a Few Things That Lead to Success-- "Get up with Determination If You Want to Go to Bed with Satisfaction"

merchant tells his son a few things that lead to success get up with determination II 11 you want to go to bed with satisfaction you youve ve got to believe that the lord made the first hog with the graham brand burned in the skin and that the drove which rushed down a steep place was packed by a competitor you youve ve got to know your goods from A to izzard from snout to tail on the hoof and in the can you youve ve got to know em like a young mother knows baby talk and to be as proud of em as the young father of a twelve pound boy without really thinking that you re stretching it tour four pounds youve got to believe in yourself and make your buyers take stock in you at par and accrued interest youve you ve got to have the scent of a bloodhound for an order and the grip of a bulldog on a customer you ve got to feel the same personal solicitude over a bill of goods that strays off to a compete tor as a parson over a backslider and hold special services to bring it back into the told fold you ve got to get up every morning with determination it you re going to go to bed with sat is faction to yo i I 1 ve got to eat hog think hog dream hog in short go the whole hog if you re going to win out in the pork packing business that s a pretty liberal receipt I 1 know but it its s intended for a fellow who wants to make a good sized pie and the only thing you ever find in pastry that you don dont t put in yourself is flies from letters from a self made merchant to his son by george horace lorimer by bermis sion slon of small maynard co pub lishers boston mass