Milton’s Manifesto: Hardships, Helping, and Hershey’s “To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.” The incredibly talented Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote those words, and I, Milton Snavely Hershey, find them to be quite powerful. Yes, it could be easy to look at me and awe at how blessed I was. That’s the man behind the Hershey’s Bar? Why, I just ate one last night! I am not going to deny that I am extremely proud of my chocolate, but that would be incredibly narrow-minded of me. Life didn’t come easy to me, nor did it offer a welcoming hand in my direction. I had to work very hard and overcome many obstacles to be the man I would eventually become. Those who stuck with me through my …show more content…
Somehow, the notion came to me that I was going to find motivation from seemingly insignificant things. For instance, I remembered this interesting trick I learned back in Colorado. Out there, I discovered that adding fresh milk to caramel made it tastier (“Milton S. Hershey”). Now, why I didn’t utilize this little tidbit earlier, I don’t know. It would have saved me much grief and anxiety, but I guess that’s the way the (chocolate chip) cookie crumbles. Poor humor aside, I used this knowledge to start the Lancaster Caramel Company in 1887 at age thirty (“Milton Hershey”). This was the windfall I so desperately needed. By 1900, the company had become so successful that I sold it for $1 million (“Milton Hershey”). Earlier, though, I found my true calling. In 1893, I attended the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. There, I noticed a German man demonstrating the production of milk chocolate (Woodruff). I was so fascinated by this that I bought his equipment right off him and took it back to Lancaster (“Milton S. Hershey”). A couple of years later, on April 17, 1895 in fact, the first Hershey’s Bar was sold (“Milton S. Hershey”). I became the first American with a formula for making milk chocolate (“Milton S. Hershey”). My life had completely turned around just because I made a few minor observations. Life can be an amazing thing. To make sure that this newfound success didn’t escape me, I observed two …show more content…
Specifically, I wanted to ensure that they had quality schooling. Now this is where I might sound hypocritical: I didn’t receive a worthy education, but other children should. Please allow me the opportunity to elaborate, though. By my 14th birthday, I had attended six separate schools (Lancto). This wasn’t because I was some sort of prodigy bouncing around among various think tanks; my family and I felt it was more important that I work on the farm than attend school. So at that time, I dropped out of school to focus my time and energy on the ranch (“Milton Hershey”). But looking back, this is the reason for my emphasis on education. I was never as smart as everyone else, nor did I particularly know any useful skills that would enable me to become a success in society. As mentioned previously, it was really self-determination, aid from others, and some nifty tricks that allowed me to make a
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“His decision to focus on the production of the Hershey milk chocolate bar is now hailed as one of the most important decisions in the history of American business” (Milton Hershey 1). Certain aspects of Milton Hershey’s life are impossible to not take notice of. A simple chocolate bar completely changed the world of business, Milton S. Hershey impacted the world in a huge way.
An average human will eat almost 19,000 chocolate chip cookies in their lifetime. And the great person who let us have all those cookies, is the person that invented it, which is Ruth Wakefield. But, did you ever think about how it was before that cookie was invented? Probably not, the chocolate chip cookie, started so many other inventions. Imagine life without chocolate chip cookies, we would miss so much more than just than the one treat. Your last chocolate chip cookie probably wasn´t very long ago, that´s why you will be interested in this topic. Today I am here to convince you that Ruth Wakefield, the creator of the chocolate chip cookie, needs to memorialized for her invention. In my speech today I will cover why Ruth Wakefield should
When I hear the word “legacy,” I often feel intimidated because I instinctively compare myself with those who have accomplished something significant. In fact, I get the impression that I am disadvantaged, or strictly speaking, useless, compared to those who are leaders. I feel that my fate prevents me from meeting new opportunities, which ultimately impedes me from making great accomplishments. However, after reading “Home of the Free” by Wendell Berry, I am forced to riffle through my life span and smile at the great accomplishments that I, as a “disadvantaged” kid, have taken pride in. Berry’s thesis can be summarized by a quote from the famous existentialist Friedrich Nietzsche, who wrote, “If you wish to strive for peace of soul and pleasure, then believe; if you wish to be a devotee of truth, then inquire.” Nietzsche establishes the notion that, in life, we should not avoid “the necessary work of human life” and only seek pleasure and peace. This notion, which is what comprises Berry’s concept of “satisfaction,” makes me ponder everything in life that can make existence prove worthwhile.
Madelyn McQueen - Twin Falls Idaho Have you ever wondered how the delicious, classic treat came to be? Well, any event you can think of after the date of 1938, the cookie was bound to be there. Several stories about how the country’s favorite baked good came to be, have been spread and believed by thousands. For example, Ruth Wakefield unexpectedly ran out of nuts for a regular ice-cream cookie recipe and, in desperation, replaced them with chunks chopped out of a bar of Nestle bittersweet chocolate. Another story is said that the vibrations from an industrial mixer caused chocolate stored on a shelf in the Toll House kitchen to fall into a bowl of cookie dough as it was being mixed. Sadly, all of these stories are false, says Carolyn Wyman in her recently published “Great American Chocolate Chip Cookie Book.” In her book, Wyman offers a more believable version of how the cookie came to be. Wyman argues, that Ruth Wakefield, who had a degree in household arts and a reputation for perfectionism, would not have allowed her restaurant, which was famed for its desserts, to run out of such
For Milton Hershey, he was the type of person that not a lot of people expected a whole lot out of. He was your typical small town boy, and although he had very little growing up, he learned to be happy with what he was given. Although Milton Hershey, did grow to be an amazing businessman, he had almost no formal schooling or education after being thirteen years of age. He left school to work, and also to help take care with his mother. It was while Milton was growing up, that his father (Henry) left his mother. In many ways, it was Henry, Milton’s father, who inspired him to be the type of leader he was, and to never give up, no matter how many times he failed. While Milton was still growing up, Henry tried getting in on the oil business that was going on at the time. While he did learn a lot from the experience, he walked away empty handed. The problem that Milton could see with his father, was that he was bursting full of ideas, but he had no money, and was growing older as time went on.
Some weren’t supervised, they might’ve been too short to do the work or didn’t want to do the work. When children worked over 15 hours a day, they suffered with either malnutrition, fatigue and anemia. With that said, the risk increased of having permanent disabilities and death. Once again due to their long hours of work, kids dealt with aggression, substance use, sleep deprivation and misconduct. Most people didn’t care and that proved how morally wrong
Before Milton Hershey had a world wide known chocolate business, he had a small, not so well known caramel business. Milton Hershey began his chocolate making business in 1893, when his father and him traveled to Chicago to attend a big job fair (Tarshis 14), but it wasn’t until 1900 when Hershey succeed in making the first milk chocolate candy bar (The Hershey Company). Hershey attended an exhibit hall of new and amazing inventions around the world at the fair in Chicago. As Hershey walked into the exhibit hall, he was struck by a delectable smell (Tarshis 14). “Hershey was already a leading candy maker. He had created the largest caramel factory in the country, but he became convinced that the future of his business would be chocolate. At the fair in Chicago, Hershey Bought chocolate-making equipment. He had it shipped back to his caramel factory in Pennsylvania. Then he hired two chocolate makers. Soon the company was churning out chocolate candies in more than 100 shapes” (Tarshis 15).
...ll help them flourish in the world and become the independent, successful person everyone strives to be.
“See life for me aint me been no crystal stair it’s had splinters and tackler, but I keep moving on” as the mother in Langston Hughes poem, Crystal Stair, explained to her son. Life is so full of adventures, shaping personalities with joy and heartaches. Many of which, have turned out to have a great impact on my life. There are many things that has shaped my personality, such as emotional situations, death, and college. All playing a very important role in creating and fighting to be who I am today.
I can look forward to it and manage my expectations but happens when something gets in the way? I will never have the answer to “What is the meaning of life?”—but I will have the ability to try. There is a reason why I’m always soul searching to become a better me. It’s because the best me hasn’t happened yet. I will never be the best version of myself but I am always a work in progress trying to reach the ultimate goal. Life isn’t about being successful and leaving your “mark on the world.” Maybe life is about leaving a shadow so one can follow in. Maybe that’s why we’re all here—to try and make it easier for the people to come. My fulfilling life hasn’t been fulfilled yet—the best is yet to
When I was sixteen I started working with children from low socioeconomic backgrounds at a Family Resource Center. Everyday I saw how many of the children got overlooked at home and at school. This experience was critical in my decision to become a teacher because I know that I will always go the extra mile with each and every child. All children have lots of potential and need to be able to express it in some form whether it is with creative writing, making maps or building a model. All children deserve to be given the adequate time and attention they need to grow, learn, and achieve. Children should feel comfortable developing hopes, dreams, and goals and realize that they have the opportunity to achieve them.
A poem called, “Success” was written in 1904 by Bessie Anderson Stanley. The first line reads, “He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.” It gained some new popularity a few years ago and was printed in various ways on multiple products. “Live Well, Laugh Often and Love Much,” was one of the variations. To my pleasant surprise, many people would remark that the saying reminded them of me. I also have gifts of mugs, frames and wall hangings that validate their sentiments. Heartwarming as it was, I did not feel the confidence that I was doing that as well as I was getting credit for. The phrase would become a tag line to live up to, a basis for my personal philosophy and a road map for my goals. I think those words encompass the heart of our Creator.
Both of my grandparents raised my own parents when being young kids into having discipline, responsibilities and obligations. Back in the day, the years were different and it required a lot more education/principles. Education has been one of the most maybe top five of me, my character. Since what I remember by parents always taught me the right path, not wrong, they always tried to fix my mistakes so I wouldn 't repeat them or make myself look bad in front of other people. They wanted me to be an educated person with principles, but I never understood why
"You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay? Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.”