Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-15
MONEY By THEPECK
a Valuable Idea and Who Got
the Cash.
SOME ODD MlsADyESTuREs
Howard Fielding Tells Story Which
IL Pointed AZ People Who would
Llks 70 Co 10 Work.

This story II addressed 70 tnat man
(if any sach there bel who would ike
~ Quit working for somebody else and
teain 10 make little money for him
seif. by way Of variety. do not mean
u iuainuate that he cares more for his
interests than for those of his enl-
ployer. for that were treason. bat only
that his poor. weak human heart viii
sometimes long for change. especially
on those DAYS when he Is locked for
getting % the shop ave minutes late by
. clock that is ten minutes fast and
thea asked 20 work four hours over
time without extra pay.
Il Is not my story oh. dear, no. IL IS
the story Of an unsuccessful man who
cannot pay his rent promptly by check
or the first of the month; who has 10
get along with the aid of all the mod
ern convenienees; who buys furniture
and PIE and Chinese laundry tickets on
the installment plan lie opened his
heart 10 me with these words.
Il WAS bora poor and honest. but
have succeeded w eliminating one Of
these microbes from my system. and
understand that people do not have 1t
twice Poverty. however, Is like mala-
ria. You may have il as many times as
you want tO. l am slow To make up
ms mind. but one day decided that I
would like u be rich 1 did not ask TO
Be too confounded rich. you know. but
20 have lust so much that my friends
would attribute IL 70 treason and pira-
ev. and enemies 10 bull luck and stu
pidity-
Just about that time an idea came
- me. was at dinner in a place
where the bill OF fare cries beans. beans,
and the customer is never satisfied. I
had ordered coffee, and was about 10
partal<e Of something which looked like
a piece Of the Missouri river on the
breaking up Of hard winter. Then
the Inspiration hit me. do not know
whether il came ont of the coffee, bnt
the stuff looked rs If it might contain
slnoss anything. paused with the
cup half way between a cracked SANGER
AMI broken spirit. and gazed at that
ioea for about fifteen minutes
1T was the mental picture of an arti-
Gle the like of which could be sold to
forty thousand people in New York city
alone, in single year, for three times
the cost Of manufacture. I set down
tho cup. and drew from my pocket a
number OF envelopes containing bills.
On the venerable back of the oldest of
these I figured my income as it would
be year from that day, when the idea
should be fairly in operation. went
over the process several times, because
j did no. wish to lose dollar by care
less arithmetic. The sight of the great
and glorious total filed my heart
50 fun Of Joy and peace that when, an
hour later, the bounecr threw me out
OF the place, in the avowed belief that
i was blind drunk, l gave him a quar-
ter for his courtesy. and readily prom
fsed not 20 come back any more"
what was il. Johnny" said 1; "a
patent lightning rod?-
NO." he replied, nor il wasn't some
thing which win be indispensable TO
every travelling man when we all learn
Go ~. Il was good stuff. ard forty
thousand were sold right here. But
wait till tell you about il. | needed
capital To begin with. My own savings
wouldn't start the business. and my
credit wouldn't start water down hill.
7 DO sum required was not large. In adj
dition TO what had, about one thou
sand nine hundred and ninety-nine
dollars and fifty cents. making two
thousand in all. would do az a pinch
II looked easy 20 raise that amount.
Although you would never suspect IL.
have a considerable acquaintance among
really wealthy men. There's old Israel
Hopkins once did him considerable
service in a political way. 1t was when
he lived in Rutland. VT. and be told me
1 eouid have anything I wanted when
Tho democrats carried the state. | went
90 see him at his Office in this city. He