WHO'S WHO IN THE SAW WORLD ment. Since then he has been out on the road selling DISSTON SAWS. Mr. Sbisa will need to keep all his faculties alert to keep pace with the sales records of his associates in the Southwestern Branch. He has, however, the natural qualifications of a salesman, and the ability to make friends for himself and for his firm which argue well for his success. T E. V. SBISA HE New Orleans Branch of HENRY on having in its organization a group of vigorous and efficient men. In spite of the fact that the climate usually does not encourage energy, these men are always hustling, making enviable records in sales of DISSTON products and in good will for the firm. One of this group who has been successfully identified with the New Orleans branch (the C. T. Patterson Company), is Mr. E. V. Sbisa. He was born in New Orleans, the southern metropolis, in 1880 and has always made that city his home. It was in 1899 that the C. T. Patterson Company took Mr. Sbisa into their employ. The fact that he has been with this concern continuously since that time is sufficient testimony to the regard in which he is held. Until the summer of 1913 he was connected with the sales and price depart A LUMBERMAN'S LIFE STORY it removed from your tract you had to hire the work done. People today are too prone to blame a mythical lumber "trust" for the existing high prices of lumber. While my brother and I were operating our company, I became interested in a big lumber manufacturing plant with some other lumbermen in Wisconsin. This was, of course, a business separate and distinct from the brotherhood concern. Today, I have large lumber interests in Washington, am a director in one of Chicago's biggest banks, have large coal interests in several growing companies, and enjoy automobiling and golf. What more could a man wish for? So much for youthful dreams. Dreams, I always have maintained, are negotiable if one but seeks to understand them. Application is but a mild form of dreaming, argue against the theory as you will. When you dream of becoming wealthy, your own boss, acquire the knowledge that is essential, before you can make your dreams become tangible. Consult with the Jerry Caseys of the business you are engaged in. Every enterprise has its Jerry Casey. No business would be complete without him. When you become your own master, hire Jerry Casey. He has the knowledge which upbuilds, expands, captures the elusive dollar. When you've gone into the game and dug out its secrets, qualified to operate your own concern, let Jerry Casey boss the gang. It's a combination that never was known to fail. Chicago, Ills. Boston, Mass. Cincinnati, Ohio. Seattle, Wash. Spokane, Wash. Portland, Oregon. New Orleans, La. Memphis, Tenn. San Francisco, Cal. Sydney, Aus. Vancouver, B. C. Copyright, 1914, by HENRY DISSTON & SONS, INC. All rights reserved. VOL. III. OCTOBER 15, 1914 NO. 9 I EDITORIAL CHAT INVENTION AND PROGRESS N this day of rapid transportation, labor saving devices and intricate machinery, we seldom spare a thought to the men who have given these really marvelous inventions to the world. As we ride in a comfortable, well-appointed railway train, we accept the facilities that enable us to travel hundreds of miles in a day without feeling the least gratitude toward the man who invented the steam locomotive or to the man who contributed so much to railway safety by the invention of the air brake. It seems to be one of our human weaknesses to overlook the claims of genius. There was never yet an inventor who was not laughed at, ridiculed, or treated with more or less patient toleration when first he described his invention to a doubting world. Westinghouse could with difficulty secure a trial for his air brake when first perfected. Today, it is used on practically every railway in the world. Marconi was called a clever dreamer when he predicted the sending of telegraphic messages through the air without wires; yet now immense stations are being erected on the shores of the seven seas for the sending of commercial messages. Fifteen years ago the flying machine, or aeroplane as it is now commonly called, existed only in the brains of a few earnest but scoffed at experimenters. Nowadays they have become a sight familiar to thousands of people. It was even planned to make a trans-Atlantic flight this fall from the United States to Europe in a huge machine carrying two men. The war alone interfered. Inventors rarely receive the recognition which is their due. Yet the world would be standing still were it not for the contributions which they make to science, to manufacturing, and to the world's general welfare and health. Inventiveness should be encouraged wherever it is met. There is probably a man in your mill or camp who comes forward every now and then with a suggestion for doing something a little better than it was done before. Encourage him, appreciate him, and let him see that his efforts are recognized. Some of the greatest improvements in saws and saw mill machinery have been worked out by the men in the shop, in the filing room, or in the woods. If a man is worth his pay he is worth listening to when he gets an idea. Give the man with an idea a hearing every time. It is on ideas that the world's progress is built. |