The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-01-06
wealth. and How 60 Obtain It.


snbiect. which we take. from the Manu-
fdcturer and Baizder, we commend to our
readers: :.
There is one important practical truth
5 connected with this subject, and one that
can never be told too often, as upon it
depends the comfort Of the great mass;
of our people,. It is this: that in order
to be wealthy, that is, to have such q
competence as secures independence and
comfort, men must save. Would that it
might be written hundred times upon.
this page, and each one of the hundred
read g. hundred times. To save, is the
practical point of the subject, and the
zone that should ever be insisted on. 1t
matters not what may be the theory OF
political economists as to wealth and the
means of production, unless it be one
which can be practiced by the great mass
of the Iaboring people. The products of
labor, or wealth, are constantly changing,
constantly being consumed in use. and
: must be constantly renewed; therefore,
man may as we'll accept, without mur-
mur, the fact that he must lead life of
labor, ard notof play. 1t is unwise, and,
in the main, useless, for the majority of
the. active men of to-day to seek for large
fortunes, that is, to become millionaires,
simply because 1t is impossible. But on
the other hand, there is no reason why
our industrious laborers, of all sorts,
should not become possessed of sufficient
for comfort The great trouble lies in the
fact that; young men do not begin to save
while they are young. All who will be-
gin early by saving will find happy sur
prise in few years, in the verifcation
of the Scotchman's proverb, that ''many
little makes mickle." Put two dollars
in the savings bank at the age of twenty,
and continue to do so each week until
fifty, and there will be snug little for
tune for man and wife fail to do this, and
there will be nothing. Begin by small
savings rather than not begin at aN, for
the finest showers often begin with few
gentle drops. One great cause of the pow
erty of to-day is, the failure Of common
people to appreciate small things. They
feel that if they cannot save large sums
they will not save anything. They do
not realize how daily addition, be it
ever so small, will soon make o large
pile. If the young men and young wo-
men of today will only begin, and begin
now, to save a little from their earnings,
and plant it in the soil of some good saw
ings bank, and weekly or monthly add
their mite, they will wear happy smile
of competence and independence when
they reach middle life. Not only the
pile WILL itself increase, but the desire and
the ability to increase it will also grow.
Let clerk and tradesman, laborer and
artisan, make now, and at once, begin
ming. Store Up some of your youthful
force and vigor for future contingency.
let parents teach their children to begin
sarly TO save. Begin at the fountain
bead to control the stream of extrava-
gance, and the work will be easy. Choose
between poverty and riches. Let our
youth 60 on in habits of extravaganza for
fifty years to come, rs they have for fifty
years past, and we shall see nation Of
beggars, with moneyed aristocracy.-
I.et generation of such as save in small
sums be reared, and we shall be free from.
tall want Do not be ambitious for ex-
trayagant fortunes, but to seek that which
Is the duty. OF every one to obtain-inde
pendence and comfortable homo
Wealth, and enough of it, is within the
reach of ALL 1t is obtainable by one pro
cess, and by one only-sauing."