The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-03

Earning Poverty.
! EIkhsr Rsvsv.
The average man In this country get
what he lsbors for with steady and de-
fined purpose. Very few arc debarred
by accident or fate, or any other outside
circumstances, not OF their own making
II . man sets out In lie 10 attain fame hs
will get Il II be persistently aud Judi.
ciously strive for IL. Ifhis purpose 10 to
secure wealth, he can attain his end BY
the Same means that brings II TO other
men. II no strive after learning, and
dev0tes bis energies to that attainment,
be will reap his fruitage. Ii he seek
pleasure. high or low, be can secure II II
he stesdiIy pursue Il.
), The great trouble with the majority
OF young men, when they set out in life,
10 that they put before themselves no
definite end 10 be worked for. They
have On indefinite purpose to have .
competence, sometimes to attain knowl-
edge Of some sort before age creeps
upon them, TO climb part way up the
ladder Of fame before death comes, yet
do not define their objects In life, but
mix with the desire for attainment Of
something worth having. . purpose TO
get ont Of life oil the feeting pleasure
there is, without regard to its effect
upon the future attainments Of . high
purpose.
| The young student fritters away his
energies 10 misdirected labor. The
young business man sees his older COM
petitor enjoying certain pleasures that
be has earned, and thinks be must have
the same before he has earned them.
The laborer sees the man Of capital en-
joying the results OF years Of work, aud
seeks the same enjoyment before be has
piled up the wages Of labor.
The results OF this scattering energy In
widely differing fields are failure In al.
The student attains no proficiency inI
any line because he exerts no directive
force that IL not diesipsted BY scattered
purposes. The business man divides
his forces aud loses bic attainment. The
laborer lessens the value Of his labor by
lstriving to reap its rewards before they
have been earned.
Most unsuccessful men earn their fall
Iures By the working Of that in1exiblel
law that energy unapplied or misapplied
will be dissipsted. Labor, mental or
lmusculsr, must have . specific end to-
wards which Il directs itselG IdIeness
and misdirection OF energy are just %
|sure TO earn the results ~ are energy
and defined purpose The wages are,
sure 10 both cases.
The poor man Of to-day generally
earns bis poverty either by : lack Of
Judgment ID apply ing energy, or dio.|
IpoettI0n 70 get much for litlIes % hovo|
The double pay u dolIase and pIeaspro'
Tor every effort b ,pu1p forth. Nature
|peys man bot ono6 lfho lakoo ploeo-'
|uro - his reward 10 will not eot The oub-
|slantial relnrns. II Ne takes The subttsn-.
tisI be must torego the pleasure tor the
time At least. The man who divides bic
time between work snd play to-day gets
HE leisure % he goes along, aud when
back 10 bent BY toll he can not sit down
to comfort because he had IL O. be went.
Men earn their poverty by impru-I
dence. by uHress0ning complaint at thel
"tstes." BY jcsIousy or ihose more In
dustrious, BY wasting the results oflabor
on needless things. The v orknan who,
spends his toll for folly ears his pow
erty. The business man Who ignores
the laws OF business and Nm wisely or ig-
norantIy dissipates his capital earns bis
poverty and his failure. The farmer
who lets his machinery 20 unhoused, hisI
crops ungarnered, his stock uncared for.
earns his poverty. The email msnuisc-
turer, who lets his tools rust while be-
seeks PLEASURE, earns his poverty. There
10 far more earned poverty In this world
than poverty that 10 the result Of circum-
stances over which the victim has mol
control. The effort TO secure something
for nothing always results In poverty.
The lazy man earns HE poverty. The
malc0ntent and the socialist earn theirs
The wages Of idIeness and discontentl
sre - sure % tboae Of toll and frugality
IL is one case out the thousand where
poverty is not the legitimate wages Of
these causes mentioned, as legitimately
earned % the competence Of the frugal
man.