The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-05-21

keynote to success.
ECONOHY.
And nsw, when ysu ara msEEisd, John
DsnT Try 10 ape Ne rich;
Il took them many . toflssme ysar
TO gain ther snvisd niche
Ana yoed gaia the summh, John,
Look wsI 70 Jour beginning
Ana whas you win win Ven repay,
The care and toll Of winning. IA =
Reading in the ADvocATE the poem
from which ! have copied the above
verse, recalled to my mind an old
Scotch anecdote, which as far % 1 can
recollect ran as follows: "A man In
rather strsitened circumstances had
commenced business, and by prudence
and economy, had amassed o sufficient
amount of property, upon which ne
could retire and live at ease, In his
declining years, leaving the business i'm
fiourishing condition to his SON, who
had Just married. After Q few years
Of living in elegance and style the son
failed. A neighbor enquired of the
father, how it was that his son had
become bankrupt in q business in
which he had been 20 remarkably sue4
oessfull. why you see" replied tie
old gentlemen, when I began Life ]
was poor, and l and my old wor an
lived on parritch, and when We wezs
able to afford . little better food We
had it, and at last. we were able 70
have choke ON our table. and then we
INDUCED in it, but my son John com
menced.:with the chichie first"
There is q world of philosophy i'm
this simple anecdote, the porridge ut
one end Of life, the chicksa q Tie
other. In this fast age few are Wiling
to commence with the porrid9e, and
work up to the chickie. Most Of M
commence married life on an extrava-
giant scale, living beyond our means,
and at the time when we should be
ready to relinquish toll, and rest from
our labors we are less able to COM
mand leisure and ease than when we
first entered upon the duties of life.
This state of things is confined to no
class men with money, and men with
out money commit the same error; men
who work with the head, and men who
work with the hands, fall alike into the
same mistake.
/ am aware of the feeling prevailing
among workingmen, that they feel sore
and tender upon the subject of
economy, that they feel almost abused
and insulted when advised to retrench
their expenses, and far would it be
from me to hurt their feelings in the
least. They say, we have but few COM
forts now. and would you have us give
up what we do have, while others are
rolling in Injuries on the products Of
our lsbors? Yes good friends we
would have you debar yourselves Of
few comforts now, that you may be
enabled to indulge in more in the fu,
ture. Live on parritch and work up
to the chickie.
o. S. Fowler says upon this subject ::
The attention Of the poor is especia ally
invited to procuring by the quantity,
instead of in dribbets. To buy -four
by the seven pounds. sugar by the
single pound vmolasses by the quart oil
by the pint, and the like, in the most
extravagant as well as most unwise Of
all modes Of living. In this way it is
that retailers fatten on the hard earn
ings of their customers. Instead Of
laying out your weeks wages or your
money in these dribbets, get barrel
of -four and the rest in molasses, and
20 without other things till another
weeks wages can be spent in some
other article. and thus third more be
procured with them. Purchase mus
Inns, calicos, ETC., by the piece, thread
by the pound, and thus of everything
you buy, instead of running daily to the
store for a penny's worth Of one thing,
and a quarters worth of another. In
deed I would if could only afford it,
say thousands, but l cannot get
enough ahead for that Your poverty
is the very reason why you cannot
afford to buy in this small way. Cut
off all indispensibles, get one or two
things by the quantity, and content
yourself with them, till you can get
other things in the same way. Live
on boiled wheat week or a month, till
you can lay up enough to pursue this
course. Till you thus take advantage
Of the market. You must always expect
to be poor"
Excellent advice, and we would add
just one item. enjoy yoar own earning
yourself Do mot let let the proprietors
oflager beer saloons build fine houses,
drive fast horses, and ride in splendid
carriages at your expense.
MRS. M. WYNKooe.
SHALL WE C0MPR0M1sR.
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