The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-10-09
aa7T WEALTH.

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A great diversity Of opinion exists
as to the real good or evil influence
of wealth. While some claim money
to be the root OF all evil, others claim
| &c to be one of the qm6lt effectual ex-
listing powers of elevating manhood,
and enhancing the standard of civil
ization.a There may have been times
when men could rightfully advocate
the evil influence of wealth, but GER
tainly those times are past. Mems
minds, were originally confined to
smaller yiews and more easily / sat
isfed, for example,l 9aaWhen steam
powerlwas first applied to practical
purposes, working menlconsidsred it
IN direct opposition to their interest.
Few men had then arrived at what
we now call wealth, and consequent
ly,it was a giddyposition from which
many fell and were ruined, which
could but tend to- establish the dam
ger2fots Its possession. faBut now q
days, when men strike high In the
worl |, and are satisfied with moth
ling SO long as thereis more in reach,
we must consider the requirement Of
wealth ennobllng as well as.benefcial
tWhere would be our Railroads., our
photographs, our gigantic buildings
and unriValed enterprise in which
we glory SO much, and pride our
Sc YES SO highly. IF we could not
grasp at and covet the position of
wealthy men, would not one of the
most important channels ofour, minds
as people, be closed, in fact would
not the very vim of our lives be ex-
tinguishcd Our observations are
that although SIN one man may
want religion, another intellectually,
and another justice or moral cour-
age, by far the majority soont money,
and are not satisfied withont it, or
without the means of acquiring It,.
We hear much argument at the pres,
ent day upon the superior chances Of
ayoung man starting in life with
comparatively nothing, over the one
with a handsome fortune, which is
really unworthy of our slightest con-
sheraton, and the sooner people
come to understand it rs such the
better it will be. Fortune may ruin
q man, bat it does it not by crushing
his manhood, but by exposing his
weakness. err .ls
We have seen few men rise to
intellectual eminence entirely upon
their own resources, but whsre would
.nine-tenths Of the young men in the
colleges of our land be to-day if such
were their situation, and will not
this argument apply financially
Where would nine-tenths Of our well
thy men be if their own earnings
We're their only resources. .4.
/ We do not stay to consider the
number of true-hearted, ambitious
men who struggle through this world
in the unyielding arms of poverty,
and are compelled to die in It's grasp,
who with a fair start in l'fe financial
ly. would have been visible honors
to our nation and satisfaction 10
themselves, =. ,-n.o-. IA, |
Therefore & .g parents and
guardians think not taat your only
responsibility is to get through this
life yourselves, and teach your chill
dren and wards to follow in yon,
footsteps, but rather look hopefully
to the future and share the re-
sponsibility Of high civilization and
financial honers in generations to
come by Improving every opportnmi-
ty of r'ghttully acquiring wealth.
with these objects in view. To give
those whom you have reared and
cared for a handsome fortune to start