Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-29
now TO MAKE MONEY.
, young Mechanic Asks the Important
Question.
o. {, Told by Three Wealthy and Successful
Men What TO Du-Invest In
Real Estate.
FoT 10 make money.

How to make money.
rrot 4. the question that agitates the
-t,ds of millions of people.
VI long since u young man addressed
Latter to number OF wealthy men
.,,,nr them how to make money.
ot,.I letter was written by young me-
.,oBfa OF u Western city, a fine speci-
- Of the sober, industrious, thrifty,
,.zr.r4u workIngman-One who is de-
..-,,...i to conquer fortune ind to be-
- oyrgitu nut distinguished.
yerch ~, 1890. DEAR SIR: Knowing
,.,.y.u are a self made man and have
srn,.g.G wealth by your own exertions,
T,.l,.. the liberty of asking your advice.
lama raung mechanic with wife and
ala make good wages and am able,
tr.,-.g q. economy, TO save about $40 per
,g,N now have about $500, and am
D, q loss 10 know what to do with It.
An YOU lind!v tell me what you consider
,r. hes. Investment for small savings
~ d view 10 making them the nucleus
n 81 great fortune2 Would you advise
.tstrl-g he depos ted in savings bank
~ 5r-..l-l IN real estate or good stocks
orfnrf.s VIII you also please give me
Nm. sill all g young man. just start
h., m I..a, TO become rich? | inc!ose
,r,rr uu. shall be greatly Obliged for
~. av8r OF an answer. Respectfully
yours.
lie received number of replies,
sunn. them the following from three
B5,.I mru.
Hon. Roswell p. Flower, the Million
sTpmrrn a-r OF congress from the Twelfth
New YORK district, sends the suhjoined
r..pous- 10 mv young friend letter:
Ho..g OF REPRESENTATIVES,, U. s.,
MAsHISGToN, March IS, 1880.
Ny DEAR SR-In reply TO your letter
Of The -#.G inst, would say that it
you'd seem to me, were ! isesaHr rosi-
ton, thu, would buy sQH real estate
in your v;g. You .cnpHpf adpIicate real
estate. log- esssassate any other
kind Of ,agsafiSf S6nd rs the country
gFesss sf1iS Estnte Will improve in value.
ulfessIf46u.d doubtless buy small piece
T property that would rent for more
tmu enough to pay the taxes upon it
Eu4 tine interest on the mortgages you
would have 10 give. This surplus you
can save, ia addition TO what you are
now Swing ont of your wages, and YOU
could upply il 10 paying off the mort
gage Ny answer, therefore, to the
first question contained in your letter is
thai real state is the best investment
for small savings 10 make them the
tu.5s o., u fortune.
know Of 40 better way for q Young man
in., Starting III life TO become rich than
t. Boz Always sober, honest, industrious
Gul economical, 20 be true 10 hi. en-
4.
without being parsimoHiOuS, and TO in
vest hIs savings judjciously in the way /
have iulicuJUd. Verv truly yours,
ROSWELL Z. FLOWER.
Hon BENJAMIN +. Butler, the Million
Eiry manufacturer, luwver, soldier and
statesman. comedies with Nr. Flowers
h.h r,umu;p of real estate us au invest
Drut, u Will be seen below:
LOWELL. MASS, March 30, 1890.
DEAR SlE-All the improved real estate
IN Boston, as Ii rule, has paid its interest
sul taxes md quedrupled in value dur
In the past fifty years, while dur
irg the same period 80 per cent.
a. all the merchants and traders in
Tue city have failed, and 80 per cent. of
al. the business corporations have either
done likewise or gone out of business. so
taGl Their stock has been wiped out. In
view u these farts thiu< II may be I'M
hes''nliugiv asserted that nothing else is
g. sgt' an Investment for small savings
4. improved rea! estate. Nothing is
lhev 20 grow IN value inster.
You hai therefore better buy O piece
Of Improve real estate, however small,
thai j. Ugylnr rent. Pay in cash what
little money you have ana give your
Roles. secured by a mortgage on the
ts.&nce In small sums falling due at
short intervals. aud then use all
Your extra Income from the rent
O. your property IN paying them
oil. You never incur any risk
III lsoouu'.EE your own notes, and when
your friends ind That you are piucing your
money where II is perfectly secure, they
VIII gIua 10 assist you if those notes
Should come due little too rapidly.
mus 10 short time, and almost before
!"- 0ow il. you will have u considera-
tls nni safe investment.
" Won hal rich father who would
llTulsl the cash 10 start you in business,
you wau.i probably do better in the long
run y you Invested il in the way | have
ponies ont rather Than 10 risk it in
Nhlr. meanwhile earning your living by
WORKING .o' a. salary.
Fog 50 roGng man just starting out in
lir, whose amhit on il is TO become rich,
I"ou.t soy never do mean thing for
uoaes. Yours truly,
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER.
l.a great Bnrnum writes:
.".l-E''EsE. " NEAR BRIDGEPORT, Coxv.,l !
April :, 1870. |
l's'H >IH-The safest plan and the one
Nos -"re of success for the young man
'..-t'- 100 life is TO select the vocation |
n..s- is most congenial 10 his tastes.
should then be careful to
hs'T himself in good heslth, |
i.a- Is the foundation OF sue
'.' lfe-tne substratum of for
.~as. sum rum and tobacco. You |
''. .ass clear brain TO make money. |
arat curry on business sussss9x
..' .i suur brain is nudsstsaske6fB |
;;.-'-a.... warped .ks hEs9z R${{se dfiiik.
A. sfgssitlss S'i'pbt drngs II man
sssssssts more than anything else. 1t de- |
i.Nr MS srli-respect and makes HIM l