Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-04-22
The True Value OF Money.

! A correct idea OF the nature oil values
! as measured by currency, will give 10 e'-
cry man true nouOn Of the money value
/ oi MS own services, and proper regard
/ for those whose labor il worth more than
! his own. proper arprecla'ion Of mon
I ey begeus re.prcl for skill, industry. capa-
! city lOEethoughI, management, and other
! personal qualities or means by which
! property Is created or developed. II
! gives proper sense of The IIghI Of own.
! ership, and induces caution R contracting
J debts as well "a scrUpuous and puncIusl
payment OF Ihem. When msn with
luIl sense OF The meaning OF money asks
his neghbur Tor loan he feels mat he
is asking him for the product oI bis lator.
! When he passes an uHpsId credIlOr on
| the street his conscience tells him "there
goes man who has worked for me with
out pay
The productive and creative capacity
differs widely IN different men. The
! few months work of he inventor OF some
motive power, mechanical appliance or
| chemical compound cen only be Deasur.
ed by the amounl of labor saved or the
enhanced value OF the malrrials The
brain work that leads to the dl,cnvery of
some great scientific Truth may be Of such
| vast value as 10 DEFY estimate. The Ia
Dor OF mind o the profound jur,sI or the
sHIilluI surgeon cannot be measured by
The daily earnings OF the plowmsn. Yet
| how few there are who handle money.
pay 1t, u-e 1t, spend II, risk It IN specuIs.
non. OF invest II with a true idea of lls
nature. significdIlon and value. or who re.
slze that 10 some shape or other every
dolIlr represents and measures The labor
OF The people. A clearer understanding
of lhis lacI would induce greater respect
Tor all industry, and serve as a check To
impro,dence and avsrlce or the love Of
money for It's own sake.
lie who carries in MS pocket note for
one thousand dollars carries the | Dor Of q
skilluil mechanic for year.or the labor
of q school teacher lor several months, or
tSU Hundred visits from skiliiul physl.
clan. The daughter of a wesIthy cluZen
may spend as much money as ten men
can earn. She may put iiy dollars into
the charity box al church and walk away
with compiacenl glow OF moral vanity
yet she has only gwen what represents
the sweat anJ toll of those who created
fifty dollars worth of material value. A
man nay boast OF an income OF ihuus-
and dollars a day. Cleaned from the lsbor
OF thousands OF pour men and women, and
may constantly parade ss his own bene.
factions which are, in truth, those Of his
poor patrons or customers.
EXTsvagsnce. translated into the Ian
guage oI reality, becomes merely the rob
berry Of those who produce marketable
values. youth nho spends $4,000 Z
year in weslelul or rI0lous living. II
point OF morals and public economy CON
init. as great a wrong as II he actually
destroyed rhat much properly. The Iru'
sense Of value lS very defective in many
minds. Some !ew pOesesS il in a re-
ma:ksbe degree, but for every one o
these there are thousands who have NJ
conception OF value as measured by labor
Much OF the rancorOus and envIou, feel
ing ot HE poor against tue bonesrly.In
heri'ed property Of The rich is dLe TO
perverted and defective sense Of this val
ue. Alter all, The pest practical way loj
young msn to learn the value OF mune'
is to earn il by his own Idbor.-Phila
Record.