Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11
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MONTPELIER, VT,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST II, 1873
4 Rule of Three.

the =. Science of Numbers" the acme OF
ambition in the study of Arithmetic. But
we write of another rule of three, just as
maoical, as potent in the science OF num-
bcrs and withal specific for multitude
of Ills now affecting mankind.
/. Earu some money, Trying to 1--we
without work is one Of the common crimes
ofthe dav. Idleness and Sabbath desecra-
ton are sins equally forbidden. lie VINO
said :. Remember the Sabbath day, Also
md ot the same time said, " Six days shalt
,bou labor" God never licenses man
to DO nothing.
The burdens of those who labor are
made very much heavier by the lazlness
Of the idle Men cannot live without
work. If one man won't work an
other must work the harder. Some
b,dv'- face must sweat if anybody has
bread to eat Nobody has a right to lire
on others. So then everybody should take
hold of work and expect to do enough to
earn his own living
In some stages of society large classes
can be- excused from the Immediate work
Of producing food and apparel while they
study and toll to minister to the mental
and ;r-thctical and spiritual enioyments OF
men. But no man is eXcusable from use
full monev-r:rning work, SO long us he has
ability to work. Earn some money every
one should expect to earn what he shall
want.
,. Sp,ld lass than is earnci. Should
everybody average daily Il dime saved
none would be in distress; if everybody
should daily spend one penny more than
is earned. the world would soon be ten
time, worse bankrupted than it now is
Those who do save support those who
spend. The frequent financial troubles
come first by corresponding. No man can
escape failure if he does business ut a loss
or ifhe supports a style of living that con-
sumcs Il fraction more than his income.
There is no other way. Embarrassment
and failure will be inevitable if u man is
not careful to spend less than is earned
No matter what stinting and suffering and
sclf-denial be necessary, these ills must be
endured, 4 man must lire Withln his IN
come or come to the grief of utter poverty
And so must families and communities
do,o they will impair the public good ant
bring woe upon the commonwealth. Nc
man. no family, becomes bankrupt alone
The man who fails brings calamity upor
the public. Bankruptcy is not simply the
transfer and distribution of property. 1t i:
the destruction of property. Pecuniaril,
it is 4 public calamity in Just the sam,
way as loss 10y fire. The public is enrich
cd or impoverished only as individuals are
so. Every bankruptcy is a positive public
loss, and the loss ramifics through all the
commercial relations of the community
The only safety is in vigorously holding
the expenses below the earnings. No man
has 4 right to do otherwise A little saved
is comfort and competence, nothing saved
is want; corresponding is crime and suffer
inc and all Woe
). Unrest ,rcU the little that is sared
Most men must save if at ALL little by lit
tie. And the investment is good accord
ing to the ScrlrHy and not the rate PEI
cent. The " haste to be rich " has betray.
ed multitudes into doubtful securities
Now and then a great risk has brought 9
great fortune, but oftcncr it has brought
great ruin. As rule, business success
comes in doing a safe, thorough, smaller
business. \ low rate of interest accumu
latcS rapidly. Better by far the old fash
Toned six per cent and securitv,tha the ex.
hOrbitant rates without security.
1t is one of the great evils of our day
that people are in haste Patient WORK
for years is not attractive. The tempta
ton l. to run great risks in the hope O
great and speedy gains. No man should
risk all in one venture. No man should
have 50 many risks out as to endanger all
Sailing proudly on the great sea may b,
grand when all is calm, but there is safet,
in keeping near to port
The three commercial evils Of the da,
are laZlness, extravaganza and bushes.
recklcssncss- There is N army of tho
idle, eating up the land like the locust
And another army that tolls some, but
spends more in style and dissipation And
then there is this overreachins spiri;-this
ten, twelve, and fifteen per cent devil
this crowding all sail-this haste and greco
for gold, even ut the fearful expense of in
te@rity and security. Shall we wonder
that we are in the third successive par O.
panic? Shall we wonder that great house.
are falling? Happy for this people i
they betimcS ask, what shall the end be,
Happy, if, forcseeing the greater evils thai
ever follow incurred lesser ills, they hi dc
themselves.
Let every man who would be a benefac.
tor OF his race.and every family that prizes
It's own comfort. and I'LL people who
care for their personal or the public good.
come back to this " first principle OF
prosperity, and accept this simple and safe
rule of three-eetrn somehtiqg, spend less,
ami secure the suplus
TIE New TREASURY DIsrRrCr-The
Special Agents of the Treasury Depart
ment appointed for the purpose of exam.
ming the books. papers and accounts O.
Collectors and others officers of Customs.
and for the detection and prevention OF
frauds on the Customs revenue having
been placed under the control of the Sol.
icitor OF the Treasury, it has been deter
mined with view 50 give practical effect
to the intention of the law and to attain
the best results, to divide the territory OF