Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-04-07
ARE WOMEN TO BLAME
DISHONESTY CONES rHRouoH
MANS LOVE FOR his FAMILY.

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Dssresa ssts Di~hsaar ss<rasss ~ Hss
Great lave for Those ~ Home
II Is the habit Of the minimizing many
who never care 70 look below the sur
face of things TO argue learnedly. when
defalrations. emi,ezzleinents and the
like occur. about epidemic financial
dishonesty -.the morbid craze for spec.
ulating.- ..the insane desire for wealth
and so on. rs il these passions. and those
only, were the real canses Of the evils
which they deplore. But 90 The
thoughtful few another reason presents
itself. which will, in the majority Of
cases. account for those breaches OF
trust, and that IL found In the immedi
ate bosom OF mans family.
| There are not many men who. tor the
sake of gratifying their own selfish de
aires. simply will run the risk of state
prison and life long dishonor- Man
taken by himself alene. IL usually Ia
clined to be rather an honest uort OF an
imai--if not by instinct. at least by
fear OF the possible consequences III his
being otherwise When he has no ons
| but himself To consider, his second sober
| Judgment shows him that In the long
run II pays him to he upright In his
| dealings with his neighbors. and bcins
| a very selfish creature he does what u is
easiest for him to do. II Is only. then
when some great appeal Ii made 10 his
nature, when his natural caution and
common sense are overruled by the Mt
fections, that he Is false to himself and
false to those who have put their trusi
In him
Every properly constructed man hold
his wife and children In the hottest pos
sible affection. There Is no sacrifice
that he would not make for them. nn
luxury that he would not deny himself
to make them happy But In this yer,
forgetfulness Of self and love for his
own h a terrible temptation. unless hi-
own help him to be true to himself
Let us take case in point:
| A. is the cashier Of bank. he come
VI good. clean. unpolluted stock: he H.
naturally an upright and honest man
and the position that he holds he has
held with honor for many years; he b
married. and his wife and two dangh
ters. the latter just entering ssciety. and
son half way through Harvard. repre-
sent all that makes life worth living
His salary and the income that he de
rives from little property of his owr
would. with economy, have enabled him
to properly educate his son aud give ts
his daughters such an introduction I,
the social world as they desired
. But Mrs. A Is what IL called socially
ambitious woman: she loves her hus
: band. but she knows nothing 81 tn,
value OF money aud MIR. A. does not be
lieve In troubling his family about such
things. As natural result. Mrs A.
although she Ii fully aware that the,
have but $4,000 year, does not SCI
why they cannot live like the 3 :. VIII,
: have 5000
Elinor aud Helen must he brought al
rs Mrs. BIS daughters are brought up
and are. In fact. treated and indulge,
by their mother as II they were heir
expectant to a large fortune. Tom mus
Join the PORCELAIN at Harvard. an,
when MIR. A. demonstrates little Mt thi
. extravaganza he Is effectually sqnelche,
by his better half by the remark that b
! surely must want to make the colleg
life Of his only son happy And so 70
while poor A. manages to get alonI
; after fashion. gradually encroaehinl
r all the time ON mis- little principal. unit
: one fine day panic In the money worl
! comes along. as panics have very nm
= comfortable way OF doing. and tn
remains of As property are swept away
and he has nothing left but his salar
e to depend upon.
Q Now comes the crisis Of this man
i life II he were alone In the world h
d would simply cut his garments accord
!. ing 10 his cloth and reduce expenses
but can he bear to make those whom h
loves unhappy? Tan he ask them I
!. give up all the Injuries which now seer
= 70 them like necessities. while chanc
!. remains to him to retrieve himself? N,
he cannot do that lie, who has Away
held speculation In holy horror. puts
!. mortgage on his house and rushes int
I, Wall street. The market Is agains
+ him: every step that he takes drags hin
deeper and deeper In bis own ruin. A
last he In irretrievably involved; ther
v seems no hops Of escape open TO him
+ and then II Is that the love for his famil
y becomes the temptation that ends In hi
disgrace
The bank has certain funds that b
b could have the use OF without detection
9 II he only could have the use Of tn
q money for short time and make on
final plunge In the stock market all ma
set be well with him. He tells himse
that he has gone too far TO retrace nov
and he yields and becomes defaalte
Once again he tries his luck In specull
ton. and again he loses; and still agai
he uscs the banks funds for his ow
purposes. with the same result The
comes the usual sequence In such Gas,
discovery. dishonor. suicidei
An exceptional case. you say Not
bit Of It; II is the history Of hundreds
unhappy men who have been driven
crime through no other cause than ii
4 sinful extravaganza OF their own fam
lea They were honest for themselye
they were dishonest only for other
But such case rs have outlined SUI
gests its own remedy. which il perfc,
confidence between man and wife Q
all money matters. A wife has mora
II not legal right to know her husband
financial condition. II Is not necessaI
for him TO continually talk shop" I