. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Apbil ao, 1922 The Florists^ Review 23. John Davey, founder of the Davey Tree Expert Company, as he is today at nearly 77 years of age, at home before the fireplace he built with his own hands me. Notably was this true, 21 years ago, when I published the first issue of "The Tree ; It bewildered my brain to find ways to procure efficient help to do the work I was called on to perform on "Sick ; Hundreds of young men wanted a "Job," but not one in ten knew HOW TO WORK; and worse yet they showed no inclinatio
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Apbil ao, 1922 The Florists^ Review 23. John Davey, founder of the Davey Tree Expert Company, as he is today at nearly 77 years of age, at home before the fireplace he built with his own hands me. Notably was this true, 21 years ago, when I published the first issue of "The Tree ; It bewildered my brain to find ways to procure efficient help to do the work I was called on to perform on "Sick ; Hundreds of young men wanted a "Job," but not one in ten knew HOW TO WORK; and worse yet they showed no inclination to LEARN. Finally, after my son left college, and joined me, we decided to organize and form a training school; and we have been able to pick out the one-in-ten, or whatever proportion it has been, and under the management of this same son and his associates, to build up the wonderful organization to which you belong, and in which you, apparently, feel an honest pride, because you seem to have imbibed the spirit, "Do it RIGHT, or not at ; I may here say that, in practicing this slogan from childhood, it has become an almost unconscious habit with me, in anj^ and everything, to first learn the DO IT RIGHT, then add the speed. There are but few things more nauseating and disgusting than to see a young man shiftless and careless in his work. Personally, I would be unwilling to tolerate ANY one of such a character within our Organization. Such an one is a disgrace to himself and a positive damage to any concern that might keep him. But it gives me special pleasure to know that within our ranks there are verv few, if any, of the class whos*' motto is, "GOOD ENOUGH!" Your "Father ; THE DAVEY TREE EXPERT CO., Inc. 2004 Elm Street, Kent, Ohio Branch offices with tclcplione connections: New York, Aslor Trust Building Fifth Ave. and 42nd Street; Philadelphia, Land Title Building; Baltimore, American Building; Detroit, General Motors Building; Bost
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