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Lt/e o/ N. Tufu.
expert advice to the contrary. It was one of
his few great blunders. The mill gave infinite
trouble in the matter of renovation and recon-
struction for well nigh ten years. Many indeed
were the vicissitudes and crises through which
it had to pass before being made a fairly up-
to-date mill giving moderate dividend. Though
repentant Mr. Tata, bated not a jot, and
courageously persevered in order to make it a
really first class concern, a sister in fact of
the successful one at Nagpur. Here again
while the transition stage lasted he displayed
that doggedness and tenacity of purpose which
all through were so prominent in his industrial
career. Robustly following his principle,
never to be defeated, he put his shoulder to the
wheel of the rotten " Dharamsi (rechristened
Swadeshi)," till at last he made it an absolute
success. This instance of how a worn out mill,
by dint of perseverance and liberal but judici-
ous expenditure might be converted into a
going and remunerative concern is indeed most
remarkable. For it is not known in the annals
of the cotton industry in Bombay that any
mill owner has ever been able to set upon its
legs a hopelessly tumble down concern as the
old Dharamsi mill was. No doubt the initial
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expert advice to the contrary. It was one of
his few great blunders. The mill gave infinite
trouble in the matter of renovation and recon-
struction for well nigh ten years. Many indeed
were the vicissitudes and crises through which
it had to pass before being made a fairly up-
to-date mill giving moderate dividend. Though
repentant Mr. Tata, bated not a jot, and
courageously persevered in order to make it a
really first class concern, a sister in fact of
the successful one at Nagpur. Here again
while the transition stage lasted he displayed
that doggedness and tenacity of purpose which
all through were so prominent in his industrial
career. Robustly following his principle,
never to be defeated, he put his shoulder to the
wheel of the rotten " Dharamsi (rechristened
Swadeshi)," till at last he made it an absolute
success. This instance of how a worn out mill,
by dint of perseverance and liberal but judici-
ous expenditure might be converted into a
going and remunerative concern is indeed most
remarkable. For it is not known in the annals
of the cotton industry in Bombay that any
mill owner has ever been able to set upon its
legs a hopelessly tumble down concern as the
old Dharamsi mill was. No doubt the initial
3
33