Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-23
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Thrift Economical Management
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THRIFT.


Economical management Of property
and frugality in living are very essential
to prosperity and happiness. In our
country of wealth, where industries OF
broadening, where every city, town,
and hamlet is alive with manufactures,
where millions Of acres of land are
cultivated, there Is little excuse for
poverty. The want and misery which
We find in our large cities are not so
much due to lack of money and work,
as to lack of thrift. When a man has
his health and a good salary, or eve
day wages, there is little Xcuse for his
family becoming beggers. Extravaganza,
living beyond ones income and
intemperance are the great cause of
poverty and misery. Whatever income
a family may have, whether large or
small, some part of it should be laid
aside for future use. The time will
come, sooner or later, when sickness or
old age will incapacitate for work, and
when it will be impossible to provide
V the necessities of life. Then what
ablessing will prove the little store laid
by through years of self denial and
patient labor. II often seems imposSi-
Die, with all the demads which there are
in a family, to,lay anything by, or the
amount which al be spared is so small
that it seems hardly worth while to in
vest it in any way. But this is 10 eX-
cuse; it is the duty of every man to pro-
vide for future contingencies, and it is
far better to do without some of the
luxuries which others may have, than
to take the chance of coming to want in
after years. Economy and prudence in
living are absolutely essential to success
in life. P~rodigality, extravaganza, and
waste are sure to be followed by want
and distress. Luxurious living, false
liberaity giving what one does not
pOsSess) and a desire to keep up APP
pearances, are the rocks upon which
many families are wrecked. The age
is fast, and it is difficult to keep from
being drawn into the vortex of high
living and fashionable life. People call
it ambition, q wish to rise, but often, too
often, better judgment and common
sense are over balanced by the inOrdi-
nate desire, and the principal received
as a gift or saved by careful management
is used or lost in n few short months.
How to be econOmicalin the true sense
of the world. to be frugal and saving,
without being stingy and close.
Is 4 lesson which every
one should learn. Children
should be taught it and young people
should practice it. To economic re.
quires self-control and self-denial. There
are certain principles which have to be
carried out which make it necessary Of
ten to subordinate wishes to better judy
ment. If one would ever accumulate,
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than he earns. \ certain proportion of
his income should be set aside to enlarge
his business, or to be invested in some
safe way. All expenditures should be
carefully watched, and none made which
cannot be afforded. Expenses of all
kinds should be, as low as possible, for
sickness and losses are liable to swell
them at any time. Exact account of all
money received and paid out should be
carefully kept; black and white will al
ways show how finances stand. Pur-
chases should De paid for when made;
ready money will buy more than credit.
1t is better to ave and buy, than to buy
and save. 1t is uphill work to pay for
things which have been used. Bills
should never be allowed to run for
months without being settled, and the
habit Of having things charged by diff
ferent members of the family should
never be encouraged. Each n should
have an allowance, and settle his W
accounts; otherwise the head of the
house can never tell what bills he may
have to pay. y careful management
of money, saving inOne way that it may
be expended in another, economiZing
in personal expenses so that there will
be something for charity, all help to
strengthen character and make people
happier and better.