Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-19
SIRE WAY 10 MAKE MONEY

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 There is scarcely a man in the United States who receives as much as two dollars day. on starting out in life. but could save money if he would. There is not one man in five hundred but squanders from twenty to fifty dollars every year for something that does him no good, and which he could get along without If this amount was added to a sum he can save if he but wills it, would soon put him in an independent position. The great trouble with man, is hls inability to save money. There never was a truer maxim written than that of Poor Richards who said "fOols huild houses for wise men to live in." Vet he might have gone further and said with truth that fools work for
 money, and give it to the rich" which IS done by foolish purchases Of the tobac-
 co dealer, liquor dealer, confectioner, ] dry goods dealer and thousand other things which We have not the space to
 enUmerate. Not oply this but many
 sell their labor in advance by going in ! lebt, which except in cases of sickness | or misfortune should never be done by any one. What is most needed in every
 sown and village in the land is some ! safe way to invest the earnings of the 1 iabOring man and small dealer. The l possessor of a few dollars should be very
 ,a reful about investing it, and should
 never put it where there is the least
 chance of loss. There are thousands of poor people on the Pacific coast, who
 might have been well to do, had they ! iudi ,iously invested their money
 iustead of putting 1t in stocks.
 Cooperative associations of various
 kinds have been organized throughout
 the country, and where honestly and | iudiciously managed have brought good
 returns to those who were interested, | and thousands have secured homes by
 this means that could not have done so
 by any other. The latest move in the i direction of a cooperative association is | in Denver. It Is a cattle growers asso-
 ciatiJn, and in our opinion it is an en-
 terprise that those who have limited
 mems, or who are dependent upon their | labor, ID other towns, would do well to engage in. There is no better paying
 business in this country than the cattle
 business. There Is no better country
 than Arizona to engage in such business,
 and there never will be a better time to ! engage in it than now. 4 ranch must
 be had before such an organization can
 be put in operation, and, as every one
 knows, ranches are being rapidly taken up In this Territory, and almost before
 We know it all the available grazing lands
 of Arizona will be occupied. It may be
 @ source of information to our readers 1 to know how the Denver association 1 proposes to operate. We therefore re- produce 6 synopsis of their proceedings | which are as follows:
 4 meeting of forty or fifty people ! merchants, mechanics and laborers-was ! held ct the Board of Trade rooms on ! Friday evening to consider the practlca- ! Dlllty of working a cooperative cattle ] growing company. It was proposed to 1 form a company of S2OO,0GO capital, l divided into shares of S100 each. The | shares to be assessed at the rate of S2 ! per month until the share should be | Equidsted or paid mp, which would re- ! quire just fifty months. Each subscriber | 10 the capital stock to be privileged to | take as many or as few shares as he or 1 she pleases.
 To discuss and to devise a feasible l plan on which to invest these monthly | installments in cattle was what this
 meeting on Friday evening was called ! for. One gentleman present, who had l had much experience in grazing, sub- | mitted plan which met with the appro-
 batiOn of the majority in attendance. II
 was this:
 | First-Place all nf the stock and then | collect the first months installments, ! placing the money in bank, and at the 1 end of the three months-say the lst of | May-invest in cattle. Buy none but | young c0ws-none to exceed two years
 old.
 Second-As the capital will be small, buy no ranch, no horses, no saddles and | employ DO men during the first year, ! but enter into contract with some re- i sponsible party in the business who may | have a good range to herd animals, at ! such price as may be agreed upon. | Ihird-AdOpt brand for the con- | pauy, and then see that every animal, as ] soon as purchased. has this mark placed l upon it. When delivered to the herder | take bis receiptfor the same with minute
 description of the animals, as to age, sex | and color.
 1 Fourth--Purchase cattle at the end of every three months if such as wanted
 can be had, and thus put money con 1 stantly at use.
 Fifth-Let the management of the | company be in the hands of board Of | five trustees, who shall serve without 1 pay, except when called from home tO
 serve the company, the trustees to be | authorized to employ competent pur- | chaser when cattle are wanted, and to be | paid for the days SO employed.
 Sxth-At the end of the first year
 purchase range, horses and trapp 'ngs
 and establish herd and do business as
 a corporate body, putting the manage ment into hands of a superintendent, 1 who shall hIre men sufficient for the