Show the boyhood of famous vy J V americans flu gerad craid jolln john J raskob tile loyal in III I oct port N ered back iti in alwo when shen they bieard that john J ras ilas koh had put a price of SLOW 1000 a 3 ear on ills services vices as a stenographer and W why h y that ns as they figured it out was more alan n month young professional fessio fess ional nat inen were ere lucky to t be mak ins ing as much money i Is lockport Lock t I 1 in n those flays dars if no n plan man is a 8 prophet in LIs his own oun country neither Is the lie aoun ter dilill whom we play piny as a ad gener generally tilly conce conceded dod to have money making traits or capabilities above our own that was tile the case ca se in lockport when it known that johnny karkot had to tile owner of an ohio city street railway company for a job as secretary estimating ills value ct at a figure that flat seemed absurd to those with kith whom he had ben been raised nut but jolin daskol got tile the job and at his own price the man who aho hired him was pierre S tu du pont font then owner of the traction system in lorain ohio lockport residents thought that ul at the auth as lucky in landing such a plum before he left lockport young raskob had bad been making 30 a dovith he had asked tor for a raise to 10 a week when tills this was islas refused him ile he decided that his talents were viere not appreciated lie he made up his mind to seek fields fit ids in which lie would cecelie better rewards so I 1 he ie wrote to a friend a young draughtsman sterling 11 II bunnell by name asking him if ft there was any opening tor for him biro in lorain lie he re celled a reply that pierre S du pont font was seeking the right sort of a young man to act as his secretary fierre tary and aid in the street railway business when john raskob told his friends that lie had bad applied for or tile the job and had asked for a salary of 1000 a year they thought at first that be was fooling when they were convinced by the earnest young tran man that he be actually had asked for such pay they were certain that he get a reply even but they were viere wrong strong and jolin john raskob was right lie he invariably has been on financial matters ever since the boy who surprised his lockport companions to lo the mutter matter ot of getting such a big salary was horn in that upstate up state new york city in 1879 ills his father a solid and substantial citizen was in tile the tobacco business john was an average student in school ills his quick smile and pleasant manner made him popular ue he early showed a liking for business and un aptitude for figures ills his father died when ben john was in high school mrs raskob was left with four children the future chairman of the finance committee of general motors try to complete ills education by working to ID his bis spare time ue he decided that the sooner he got a real job the better ue he realized that lie needed special equipment to get ahead in the business world he left high school and took a commercial course in stenography and bookkeeping lie ile buckled down don to his studies and soon qualified nun lilied to take dictation and to keep a set of books ue ile got a job at sa 3 a week eek that was voas considered fair wages for a beginner in lockport in those days davs after six months lie he asked for an increase to a week his employer agreed to give it to hlin him but it was some months beffie the raise materialized Fol follow liming ins two ONO bears ears work sort during which aich he became an expert stenographer an excellent and a first class bookkeeper be asked tor for 10 a week leek ills his employer think the youngster was worth north such wages to hil him that was the turning point in john Ras kobs life he wrote arote to pierre liu du pont and went to work for will him io in 1900 tile the next year he represented his bis us as treasurer ofa of a street car line in dallas texas ills his salary had been raised to a year proving to skeptical loch lockport port friends that thai he be thought too well of his earning capacity after all ile he went to wilmington Wilmingto ii del in 1002 as assistant treasurer surer of the 13 11 L I 1 du poul pont de Nei nemours compain ly later he became treasurer and then vice president of the big concert concern mr air du punt pont joined him to in buying general motors block and jolin john jaskul soon beCU became Ille the directing fi 1111 al genius of that vast cc corpora loura tion and one of the count rys outstanding busl bUSI nets DebS leaders tbT by the ht north american newspaper All alliance tance |