Letters from a Self made merchant to his son

Letters fromBeing some oftheletters writtenby John Graham, head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his son,

Letters from

Being some oftheletters writtenby John Graham, head of

the House of Graham & Company, Pork Packers in

Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his son, Pierrepont, facetiously knownto his

intimates as "Piggy."

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of the most interesting and helpful books published in

recent yearsis "LETTERS from a SELF-MADE Al

ERCH-ANT to his son," by George Horace Larimer We read

these letters with much pleasure when they were appearing in serial

form and made use ofthem as did many other teachers in giving

advanced dictation to shorthand students They were a welcomerelief from the monotonyof continuous dictation of business papers

and correspondence, and at the same time they enforced manyvaluable lessons insuch a way as to impress them vividly upon the

^ minds of the students The dictation of something in a lighter vein

v*u<W is desirable occasionally, and forthis purpose there could be nothing

^ moresuitable than the letterscontained in this book

Recently William Marion Reedy, in an article about the

Satur-23 day EveningPost, which hasbeen edited by Mr Lorimer for many

yearssaid:

^ George Horace Lorimer is the world's greatest editor.

Lorimer's "Letters froma Self-made Merchanttohis Son"isthe

ft best piece of pragmatic philosophy since Ben Franklin, who

z foundedtheSaturdayEveningPott

In issuing this selection of letters from the original book, we

wedesire toacknowledge our indebtednessto the publishers, Messrs

y Small, Maynard and Company, for permission to use a certain

: numberof these letters in this way, andalso to the artists, B Martin

Justice and F R Gruger, forthe use of some of the illustrations

Tothose who enjoy reading these letters we heartilycommend

the complete work, which contains a number of others equallyentertainingand helpful.

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I. FromJohnGraham,attheUnion Stock Yardsin Chicago,

to his son, Pierrepont, at Harvard University, bridge, Mass

Cam-Mr Pierrepont hasjust become a member, in good

and regular standing, of the Freshman class 9

II. FromJohnGraham,attheUnion Stock YardsinChicago,

to his son, Pierrepont, at Harvard University.

Mr Pierrepont's expense account hasjust passed

underhis father'seye, andhas furnishedhimwitha

textforsomeplainparticularities 19

III FromJohnGraham,attheUnion Stock YardsinChicago,

to his son, Pierrepont, at Harvard University

Mr Pierrepontfinds Cambridge to his liking, and

has suggested that he take apost-graduate course to

fill up some gaps -which he hasfound in his

IV FromJohnGraham,headofthehouseofGraham &Co.,

atthe Union StockYards in Chicago, to his son,

Pierre-pontGraham,atthe Waldorf-Astoria,inNewYork

Mr Pierrepont has suggested the grand tour as aproperfinishto hiseducation 45

V FromJohnGraham,headofthehouseofGraham &Co.,

attheUnion Stock Yardsin Chicago,to his son,

Pierre-pont Graham, at Lake Moosgatchemawamuc, in the

Maine woods

Mr Pierrepont haswritten to his fathering his suggestion 55

withdraw-CONTENTS Continued

Page

X From John Graham,attheUnionStockYardsinChicago,

to his son, Pierrepont, atthe Commercial House, sonville,Indiana

Jeffer-Mr Pierrepont has beenpromoted tothe position oftraveling salesman for the house, and has startedoutontheroad 67

XI FromJohnGraham,attheUnion Stock YardsinChicago,

to his son, Pierrepont,at The Planters' Palace Hotel at

BigGap, Kentucky

Mr Pierrepont's orders are smalland hisexpenses

are large, so his father feels pessimistic over his

XIII From John Graham,attheUnionStockYardsinChicago,

to his son, Pierrepont, careof The Hoosier GioceryCo.,

Indianapolis, Indiana

Mr.Pierrepont's ordershave been looking up,sothe

old man gives him a pat on the back but not too

hard a one 91

XV From John Graham,attheUnion Stock YardsinChicago,

to his son, Pierrepont, at TheScrub Oaks,Spring Lake,

Michigan

Mr Pierrepont has been promoted again, and theold man sends him a little advice with his appoint-

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