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Show H ONE 8ECRET M OF 8UCCE88 H Tho career of a man like James J. M Illll, whose death tins Just occurred, H offers ninny suggestions to ambitious M JtuiiR men. Young fellows who H long for siiccchb might well put Into Hj the study of such n llfn some of the M t'tno they give to attending movie HM shows. Not ono In ten million pen- H pic .can bo n Jim Hill. Hut tlxo moth- M cd8 by which lie became n groat bus- H Jness leader enn be Imitated In a H small way by everyono with subitan- w tlal results. d A moderate degreo of success can H i bo nchloved without one's possessing Kmt any special genius. If he has Just Hj ncrnKO capacity, and will Imitate V 1 tho methods of tho captains of In- fl dustry, lio can win his way. ' Tho faumlatlonH of Hill's succrsa " wcro laid In years of quiet obscurity B when ho was only n stovedoro mid m ' clerk for a packet compnnyjipcrntlng i on the Mississippi river. During tho j years of liumblo work, HHI had n rep- flk ntntton ns merely n talker. Hut lie Kml was keeping his oyes open. HL Ho spent his Hfo on tho wharves H$ talking with anyone who ".tnew any- Jl thing wbout river transportation. n, HlT; tlmo ho came to a thorough compro- Hl' lionslon of tho actual conditions sur- BJ rounding theso enterprises. When he' K started In business for himself, ho Hi understood In every detnll, tho con- Hu dlllons ho hnd to deal with. ' HE Hero Is revealed tho lack of most H pcoplo 111 tho Imslnoss world. They, H look ror succri through sudden, Hj turns of fortuno, and nre too Impa- H ' tlent of slow processes of growth. In-1 1 siead of acquiring tho last detail of (Information about n business as Hill did, thoy wait for somo unexpected K; stroko of luck to turi up. jj, Tho man who wins out In any trade U is tho man who knows its operations Hj from tho ground up. After that ho Hj ' must liavo orgnnlzlng capacity. Hut m i thorough information is the first' bo- fl E rrct of success, as a career llko Hill's M shows. I: iiH 2 - i . . b |