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Blue Book v035 n05 [1922-09], 1922
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1In three short years he put it across
2But he had dreamed about it for fourteen years. Haven't YOU dreamed long enough?
4THIS is a story for salesmen; for accountants; for technical men—for any man who knows one department of business, and wonders how he is going to get to the top, either in the business where he now is, or in a business of his own.
6It has to do with a man named R. Lee Smith, now Vice-President and General Manager of the United Soda Fountain Company of Boston; one of the most successful concerns of its kind in the country.
8For fourteen years he worked and dreamed; then he added the training of the Alexander Hamilton Institute to his work.
10And in three short years he had made the dreams of fourteen years come true.
12Thirty-eight; married; and a family
14Starting as a salesman he became salesmanager of a company making soda fountains and their equipment. He was successful in his department—sales. (Most men who enrol with the Institute are already successful in the one department of business where their experience has been gained.) He was thirty-eight. (Most men who enrol with the Institute are between twenty-five and forty-five.) He was married. (A majority of the men who enrol with the Institute are.)
16And this was the driving power behind his decision: "I wished to afford my family advantages," he wrote, "which otherwise they would not have."
18"I had dreamed for years of my own business"
20"For fourteen years I have been a salesman and salesmanager," he continued. "I had dreamed for years of my own business organization but my work gave me no understanding of business other than that which concerned selling.
22"I knew nothing of production, financing, or business promotion. Your Course and Service gave me an understanding of these things."
24He clipped a coupon from an advertisement like this. With the knowledge which the Institute brought to him, and with its encouragement and guidance, he organized the United Soda Fountain Company, erected a factory and started production. Straight through the period of business depression the business has steadily grown; and now Mr. Smith plans to double its factory space and its output.
26So three years work with training did what work alone had never been able to do.
28A book that has made dreams come true
30You who read Mr. Smith's story on this page are already familiar with the Alexander Hamilton Institute. You know how many thousand men there are who, like Mr. Smith, give it credit for having shortened their path to larger income and greater success.
32The whole story of the Institute has been printed fully in a 118 page book—a book that should be in every thoughtful man's library. It is called
34"Forging Ahead in Business"
36For any man who is asking himself, "Where am I going to be in business ten years from now?" there is a copy of this book without obligation. We would like to place it in the hands of every ambitious man. It helped Mr. Smith to give his family "advantages that otherwise they would not have had." Send for your copy now.
38Alexander Hamilton Institute
39613 Astor Place,
40New York City
42Send me "Forging Ahead in Business" which I may keep without obligation.
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