HIS AMBITION AND POWER AS AN ORGANIZER AT SIXTEEN
Colonel Bennett, the proprietor of Tower Hall, said of him at this time:—
“John was certainly the most ambitious boy I ever saw. I used to take him to lunch with me, and he used to tell me how he was going to be a great merchant.
“He was very much interested in the temperance cause; and had not been with me long before he persuaded most of the employees in the store to join the temperance society to which he belonged. He was always organizing something. He seemed to be a natural-born organizer. This faculty is largely accountable for his great success in after life.”