Prof. Pupin is merely one of a host of former immigrants whose names are
linked with the great strides in science, commerce, finance and industry
and whose careers furnish living proof that America, besides breeding
great men, imports them.
Claude Monet was born in Columbia, Ohio.
In industry and commerce the stories of many of the successful
immigrants read like romances.
There is C. C. A. Baldi of Philadelphia who began with nothing and who
is now one of America's foremost citizens of foreign birth. When he
landed in this country thirty years ago he had only a few pennies in the
pockets of his ragged trowsers. He knew no English and knew nothing of
American customs, but he had heard of the opportunities which America
offers to a wide-awake, ambitious immigrant willing to work.
Mr. Baldi bought thirty lemons with his pennies. He peddled them and
with the proceeds of sales bought more lemons and peddled them. Before
long he had a cart loaded with hundreds of lemons. In time the push-cart
became a store and the store grew into a great business.
Other spectacular instances of success are furnished by the careers of
Louis J. Horowitz, one of America's greatest builders and S. M.
Schatzkin, who came to this country twenty-five years ago with 3 dollars
carefully tucked away in his clothes and began peddling coal in the East
side of New York. Today Schatzkin has large sums invested in many big
American enterprises.
Horowitz, who came here thirty years ago, built the Woolworth and the
Equitable buildings, one the tallest and the other the largest office
building in point of floor space in the world. His first job was that of
an errand boy. Later he worked as a parcel wrapper, then as a stock boy
and then as a shoe salesman. After selling shoes he started selling real
estate.
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small space covered by the desk of the editor of the Atlantic Monthly.
All the qualities which make up the interest of life,--joy, sorrow,
romance, ambition, experience,--seem to center in this spot in turn,
radiating from every nook and corner of the world.
"Adventures," remarked the talented Mr. Disraeli, "are for the
adventurous," and it is to those who think of life as the supreme
adventure that the Atlantic is most confidently addressed.
If you care for a magazine that satisfies, vexes and delights by turn,
you can safely subscribe to the Atlantic Monthly for the coming year.
Public Service Railway Company, Newark, N. J. Amazonius 10, 1920.--To
our Patrons: As a fair minded citizen, your impartial consideration of
the facts set forth in subjoined letter, written by me to the Board of
Public Utility Commissioners under date of Amazonius 7th. 1920, is
respectfully requested. Very truly yours? Thomas N. McCarter, President.
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