The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-30
WICHITA AL. RICH /.
No Better Time or Place to Make safe Invest
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Stepbeu GirArd was asked to tell in a few
words the secret OF his finau cial success.
! Tie old man said: "W hen everybody runs
walk When everybody walks l run. F"
/ Being asked for the meaning Of the fore
/ going he replied: when everybody wants
! to buv / sell. When everybody wants to
sell l buy" He was successful real
estate SPECTATOR. y grizzly bearded old
( fellow who lad been up aud down many
/ times in many years on the Chlca 20. board
/ of trade aptly remarked "WhaJ eyeryb 1dy
| q oes Is not the thing to do" a young
man having few Thousand dollars to in-
vest asked John Sherman's advice as to
where To put Il. Put u IN real estate,
was the reply. "Where?" asked the In
I 0uirer "Oh, any where. The west Is full
of growing towns. You eau hardly miss
them. The west is great country and
/ bound TO grow. L Dny good
! property IN good towns and let 1t
alone 1t pays me better than
any other kind of investment can mud.
| men :he late Benz amin Butler began TO
earn money at his profession he invested il
! in real estate and continued that policy
until be was wealthy. Ills tavorlte III
yestment was improved property. some
thing that would bring an Income. aud
! many times did be advise his young
/ friends 10 follow in his footsteps with their
!
Senator Jones of Nevada has lately said
! that the best place to invest money Is IN
/ suburban property IN growing cities and
big towns. His argument Is that subur-
| ban property will make the owner more
money aud make II easier than any other
! class OF investment; that IN ordinary times
! yon cannot dispose OF x ana are compelled
to hold on To it. When the growth of the
town makes "a demand for suburban prop
erty YOU have the stuff 10 sell aud get big
price and handsome profit
I = Andrew Carnegie, III one OF his lee
lures delivered before young mems asso-
ciatlon in New York City stated that the
day Of quickly aniassing great fortunes IN
America had passed-except in real estate.
Following ont stephen Glrard'S policy,
with small capital, how easily wealt n
could have been acquired in recent years
in Wichita real estate. The people Of
/ Wichita acted IN opposition 10 this policy
! When eyeryb body wanted TO buy they
bought. auG now that everybody wants 10
sell they sell also. II Is useless To argue
thai there eau be further depreciation N
Wichita real estate. IL i al linposslJ.llty.
The other extreme w..i surely follow The
extremes Of depreciation anu appreciation
in values follow each other as surely and
Z nearly as regularly IS night and day.
EVERYBODY wants 10 sell. Now Is the slime
. to buy.
And now word 10 the Young men of
/ Wichita who are receiving fair salaries
and should be saving some money. Buy =
piece OF real estate. Pay all down IL you
can. II you cannot pay all down You are
justified in going in debt moderate
amount Then make your monthly or
quarterly payments and get II paid for a.
quickly a. possible, aud see how much
better you Will feel. n property owner. Il
will likely bs the N sking OF you.
Don't be afraid Of Wichits.
The writer has IN the past year seen
many western cities, aud no where has he
found one having better natural advaut-
ages OF prospects than WIGHT a. "