| Show IllS HIS ESTIMATE OF OP S SENATOR SMOOT S The editor of oC the Bulletin of ot Commerce Com Corn merce merco of ot St St. Louis has bas taken up ur the prominent members of or senate ami house and antl described them as they appear ap ap- ap pear loar to him Here Is what he says gays of oe Senator of oC Utah In bu business e expression he Is 18 short direct decisive and antl substantial He Is 18 a good listener sometimes even patient If It Its It's about business but he lets tho the other fellow always do most of the talking As a n. business talker he ho has lh the art art or whatever er else olse you OU ma may call cali it of or putting things thInG's BO so graphically precisely briefly and transparently that anyone can comprehend them easily He lie Is one p pf not man many men who do not have havo to b be driven by emergencies emergencies cies hl his directing force torce Is equal to an any opportunity that happens along alonS' He lie gets at questions and things s 's quick unravels your our argument if you have ha one quickly and makes make his decisions as quickly 4 When hen hen Its It's business he stays at his desk He lie aint afraid of ot missing a n car theater or show sho shoTen Ten minutes of ot toda today he thinks s IB is often otten worth two hours of oC tomorrow Tho The hardest thing he thinks for tor or a business man to lo do Is to look aCt after r t yesterdays yesterday's business toda today He lie dont don't care for tor criticism any my moro more than the president cares for the thi t tru trust t magnates Ho thinks It part par of ot a ft business s mans man's life Ufe I. I l If It he gets at anything ho goes a at 4 It Jt as hard as ho he knows how and lets the people talk or think about It as they may please e. e It Is the Indomitable spirit of oC In In- In dependence In him If It you ou ask him about anything or r t ft f i. i anyone anono and amI It u happens to bo be your our business tt to n ask k he will give ghe you OU tin thc truth not his opinion not prejudices He lie is not an nn easy man to oneself with wIt Ho lIo must know you ou wen well to know you OU at all all and antl must know as much about you OU as you OU think you ou know about him liin-i before you OU can catch up with his confidence He lie Is Ig considered a n. gifted man in talk but if It courtesy courteS dont don't do he has hasa a forcible wa way of or expressing his ideas to you ou Ho Is 18 never backward either cither about saying what he wants or 01 what he thinks either boul men or things s. s It Is lIS a a. difficult matter to get him to talk on subjects that he Je does n not t care to debate Ho lIe has hns a terse philosophy on getting business and knows the value of per- per He Hc has cas easy grace and distinction of mannerism that pe personally attracts to him Ho lie dont don't go much on excuses or apologies A better t a way he thinks Is to do 10 your our best and then one seldom nee needs But nUL If ir he has an apology to mako make he does docs It It He knows ever every man mart does make mako mistakes mis mistakes mis- mis takes and that an apology In the tha right time may right two wrongs while shile two wrongs wronG's never ne mako make one right right- Part of oC his philosophy Is that the work a man does docs is much of the character that is wrought In n his life b by tho the way ho he does docs his work He Is absolutely a man of the people people peo peo- plc who cares n no no- nomore more or less Jess lorone lor one than another This Is emphatically emphatically expressed sed In both his mannerism manner manner- ism lam and his courtesy whether talking to the poor man or 01 the tho man of ot purple and fine linen He Is Js J keen argumentative very tenacious of his opinion and he Is extremely of matter-of-fact and He lie has the capacity of ot giving infinite attention to details and be- be nt ot this makes a successful man t in anything that he attempts attempts- Quiet unostentatious shrewd candid can can- candid did quietly aggressive always out Omit of oC the public clamor a man of ot hl high h Ideals unassailable morals men like him make malio the progressive lve history of cities and sections of ot countr country 01 morally 0 rail and materially He Is an intelligent factor actor In every ery scheme and ilea idea that has helped tu t. to tomake make the big city and its Us success and It Jt Is hoped for the civic pride and the substantiality of oC this section that thc there rc may be man many more like e him So inspired with the energy of I men who make communities Inspired with their genius SenIus and their talent to tomake tomake tomake make progress I i have written this thi- subject not as a n. compliment but as DS cold hard facts of ot men like e him who help to make maJie history and to make it ft importantly rHe t r tHe He Is not the 1 kind hind of a n man who seeks popular fanc fancy or public praise at the expense of printers' printers Ink or public plaudit But It Is a written law that mendo mendo men mendo do have ambition do have virtues do 10 lave have gifts of Intellect and have hn done deeds that have brought emoluments to o their city and do d deserve serve all of the tho tribute of truth that can be said of them mom There Is plenty plent to write about the themen themen themen men who have and who are helping to tomake tomake maJ make e cities and towns but them that J know now are arc not all nil In the writIng writIng writ- writ Ing lug business and them as know wont won't always alwa's write If the they can so SI that much should be written of ot pub pub- spirited lic-spirited men Is left unwritten PUb PUb-j |
