The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-10-27
nrSxISo II DEbr.

Don't do it. 1t is ike bs.isg a
mill ftone tied around yerfr neck. If
you begin it while young you will keep
It "P for life, and If you keep il up you
will die With an Obligation hanging
j0Ter sou Of n very heavy weight. A
mah With twenty thousand dollar
farm rnortgsged for $4,000 is worse eff
than IL he owned no farm at all. One
bad better ear blue jean than suiG ef
clothes with cbsttel mortgage on
them ,snd it would be mortify ing enough
for me TO 3rise koise in my name, bnt
really owned ty sOme one el,c. Food
would not taste sweet to me IL owed
Tor It with 40 prospect OF paying the
lett. i cannot imagine a worse life
than ere in NLieb ] weuld he houpd.d
fer q just debt en- every corner /
would rather lie mouse with cat
after me than debtor ~ith crtditcr
a. my beds at al Lcnrs Of the day and
night. III cenid owe without being
troubled, | would prefer Icing in LoE
ing water. There is something revolt
ing in the thought of being Ender pseL-
mary obligations to any one. 1t taktb
awsy cIss Liberty and puts q AI,skIeon
ones torgne. 1 kLow Of people, xIo
do not live IN Oregon, Cf eoune, xitb
large and magnificent houses and fine
equipments, who put on more 81 ) le than
millionaire, bot who owe for even the
buttons which fasten their clothes &c
gether. If They depended on their own
money for a meal they coaldn't buy a
cracker at free lunch house.
III You will go to the County Clerks
Office in this city end look through the
assessment roll, you will he perfectly
as.enished at the number Of men bose
debts exceed their gross assets. 1t is
true that in some cases It z'ptars this
Way for the sake Of getting rid of help
; ing support the government they live
in but in too many cases the debit
D side would 20 down like a meteor.
] This sometimes occnIs even where a
J. party has the reputation of being seqy
I we'll ''heeled." There are few Who are
y assessed for more>tban they are worth,
although there are instances where
D young men place their possessions
Il high, without cent TO their haue, for
e the sake of obtaining standing in
:. society.
e / have heard Of young mex running
d in debt for the sake Of getting married.
r Think Of owing for the clothes you are
= married in or the table you eat your
arst me al on. One had better never
n enter into married bliss than to do SO
y without at least a small amount Of
l. spare change ahead. Me one who has
&c not enough industry and economy le
= save at least a hundred dollars had
:. better never think Of having a wife.
p 1t is shame to drag woman through
y life with you if you are healthy and un-
able to provide for her from means
Il which are your own.
Running in debt in time becomes a
) habit. After awhile it gets IS natural
: Cor you to owe your tailor and grocer
as for duck To swim or rooster to
crow, AMI If you obtain few dollars
y ahead instead Of paying your honest
! debts You will sperd it foolishly for
ssme extravagance. l have seen men
fee some poor, miserable street hawker,
without an honest hair in his head.
:, when poor creditor was at his elbow
asking for small amount which he
> owed
!. 1t is true that most governments
that have ever amounted to anything
have had a big nation al debt, but it is
also true that the dsbt WAS worth 100
:, cents to the dollar, and the interest on
it was paid at maturity but this is
r. no excuse for individuals, although it
= is good thing insomnch as it keeps a
!, few capitalists who are generally too I'M
: :, dolent to work, and lack enough public
pride to invest their money in manufac-
tories, or enterprises of teneit to a
!, whole community.
Then be careful how you let your
hersrs run. as well as the number Il
=. pennies you waist. Little things act u
- mulate terribly fast; drop b. drop Of
- corruption makes the politician, and
cent after cent makes the millions.