A Lumberman's Thought at Graduation Time

BY JACK DIONNE

The crulhor of the following esscf', mailed out in cr nect lolder lrom his office, is crn old friend oI mine, cr vetercm sash qad door wholesaler ol Fort Worlh, Texcs. When I recd his words I wcrs so inpressed with them, lhct I thought YOU might be, crbo. So here they cne. The ncnne ol the cruthor is M. It[. Woody. (Mishty good lumber ncrne, I've <rlwcrys scri&)

In iust cr few weeks from out of our schools cmd universities young men cmd young wonen will be coning into the Buginess World looking for iob* They will bring wifh them cr lot ol idecrs, some sound, some unsouad.

Ol late, in cud out of their school lile cr lot ol people have been trying to discredit with &es€ young men crad women our Americcrr plcm of GoveramenL our Americcm plcm ol living-plcms which lor one hundred yecrs hcve given Anrericcns more oI the line thingn of lile, higher stcndcrds ol living lor all thcm ccn be lound cmynhere else on God's earth.

From wiihin the nqrow borizon oI our own sncll recrlm crnd experience I presurre to express cr lew thoughts cmd idecrs, bcrged ou hcrrd experience, thct might help these young people cr little in the beginning ol their business life. Our Government mcy regulcte their hours ol work qnd their minimum wcges per hour. Thcrt won't me(m cr thing in their aucceEs Only they c.qr regulcle cmd determine tbeir vcrlue crnd worth to their employer crndT-Themselves.

A lot ol these youngsters will stcrrt working by the hourdnd they cre foolish. A few of them witl start working by the iob, trvingTli6TAi6STAE; e, uaing their heffi, heads and hcnds,Iorgetting hours,lo increcse their vclue to their employers.

Those cre the oneE who ccm't cnd won't be stopped. They will be hcppy cmd succesdul to cr degree limited only by their own mentcrl morql qnd physiccl ccpacity.

In business, ct least, men cre not equcrl. They never hcve been -d never will be. I hcve seen two men stcrt work in my business crt the s@e time on lhe sqme type of work One did more work thcm the olher, produced more profit lor the compcrny thcrn the oiher, responded more quickly cnrd enthusicsticclly to emergency and overtine demcrnds thcn the other.

Are those two men equcl? No! Will they cdvcrnce equclly? No! One is working by the hour, the other by the iob.

Busine$ needs now, more thcm ever, the mcn who gets the iob done regcrdless ol hours, the mcm who will *Ccrry the Messcrge to Gcrrcict " And business still pays off to that mcrn

If this be "Rugged lrdividualism," I shout from the housetop thct I believe in the principles oI "Rugged Individualim."

Yes, in Americc the Best Mcn still winsl