The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-24

Is ''' 'N''''H WY N''''NIi '+'|"iN l''b Wv amy
work ior which they ar lhy jcally and mcH-
tally qualified.
"Nou sly women do tho same work for
smaller wages than mon, Well, they would
be willing to take higher wag,5, if they could
got it, Eut as matter Of iacJ women can
live much better and dress much better than
men ION tne same amount oimoaeN, They do
not suander their earnings in bars. They
do not smoke. They DO NOT bet or gamble
and %, q rule they lead moro hEal5hluI lives.
Another great cause ofroycuy is tine inn
prudence of people. La the day OF thcirpros-
pcrIty they pay no heed to the morrow, They
spend as ta5. as they make. 1t matJors uot
whe,noritis one thousand or ten thousand a
year they araalways behind hand or they live
upto the last penny. Such pcopIeara s,niuuy
selfish and scll-IndulgenC for the habit and
the s2ll-denial, essential to save, are in them
selves an excellent education. This large
improyident class drinks its wine or beer,
and smokes its pipe or cigars, but it has
never penny for the savings bank or for
life insurance. No matter the man, he has
some one dependent on him, and if he is not
laying by his money in savings bank, he
should carry life insurance policy commen-
surate with his means. This should be i'm
Poratiye with the man who has a family. It
is criminal, in the event Of his death, to leave
his wife and children ponniIcss paupers. If
men could be taught tomako such provision
for their families, there would be less poverty
and its attendant vices in our midst to-day.
"Then this growing gambling spirit is re-
sponsible for much Of the poverty and suffer-
ing. The speculative impulse is in the air.
Men want to get something for nothing.
They yearn to leap into wealth at bound;
and, to accomplish their purpose, they are
not over particular as to the means employed.
Cards, horse-racing, dice, policy and kindred
deyiltries count their victims by the thous-
ands. Once let man get it into his head
that money is to be made by betting on cards,
horses, or the rise and fall OF stocks, and he
is forever untitled for honorable productive
work. To secure money for his purpose, the
grocery clerk robs his employers till, the
teller robs his bank, and the book-keopcr
AIsiiles his accounts.
again, there is 4 class Of people who seem
destined to failure and poverty. Often these
are bright, intelligent men, full OF plans, that
must inevitably lead to fame and fortune,
but they never do. Meanwhile, some slow,
careful, trustworthy fellow, withouta CLEAN Of
or a spark OF genius and aided
only by his own fixed purpose, and lt may be
a second hand plan Of the most primitive con-
struction, achieves a solid success. These
people are always in the wrong place at the
wrong time. If one Of them buys goods for
a rise it is signal for the latter to fall far
under prices at once. If he sells in despair,
the article in which he is no longer Interested
rises out OF sight in volume. These men are
wanting in Judgment and the courts should
appoint guardians to watch over them, as it
does in the case Of orphaned minors. They
are always investing on vi Dorados, on the
Of some one keenor and more
than themselves, and they are
invariably disappointed.
"lf they are not in the rosy clouds Of cx-
pectancy with mine thoy are in the seventh
heaven Of hope with an invention that is GO
ing to royolutioni2o the world and incident.