The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-20
REMEDY FOR HARD TIMES.
Fresh Ideas Advanced-Ben Frapklin's
HoardinE Attacked.

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Hoarding Attacked.
Never keep money which is due Il
another. Simple as is this rule, ther,
is none so generally disregarded. W,
have a large class in this community
whose bank accounts would allow them
TO owe no man anything save charity
and good will, yet who make it o maj L
ter of pride to pay no small debts save
by lordlv courtesy or at such times as
it may please them to mail a check 20
the marketman or the mechanic. To
them it appears as though the good
name they have always borne puts
them above suspicion. They would
pay instantly on being dunned by the
hum BILE creditor, and the latter would
await their pleasure months, and
borrow money rather than asl:
for his due, since to demand
his own would be to lose their custom
in future. If you can not pay what you
owe, or owe nothing, you have no duty
In this respect: but if there is the least
sum due for work or purchases see TO
it that the sun does not set tonight un-
2. Spend all you can possibly afford
to disburse. ] give this advice boldly,
although il is just the contrary to that
usually offered. But one does not have
TO be political economist to see that
the relief would be instantaneous.
Debt is always to be avoided, but the
proper disbursement of ones income to
"a L. l. / Ii
the community. What possible good
does money do whieh.,A boarded in
stead of being put iufo circulation?
Suppose man in the possession of an
income Of ten thousand dollars a year
were to enter one OF our suburban viii
lagos and daily spend amongst his
neigh bors that proportion which he
would receive each dav? ! do not mean
giving it right and left for the support
of the poor or shiftless. but buy
ing the labor or products of his
poorer brethren. Does il require any
instruction in political science 20 see
that he would at once turn that town
into a very paradise of prosperity? And
If all those in comfortable circum-
stances would scrupulously do this. ths
dissemination of comforts would in
crease in proportion TO the money
spent. The philosophy Of Benjamin
Franklin mas cursed this country with
mania for boarding, s.e fail 20 realize
that the identical economy which may
be conmenda bic in the young mechanic
may be positive wrong IN the retired
merchant
Did you ever calcuIate the amount o;
good done by Oct us call il in the
Franklin phraseology) the useless ex-
travagance Of inviting a lady TO the
theater2 In the first place. ia accept
ing. she will probably djsburse for
gloves. millinery or seamstress work
quite = pretty sum, each payment being
i blessing TO the one who receives IL,
sometimes representing 20 the en-
ploye the very means OF life Then
your own disbursement will help
support the hack-dri~er. the florist.
the hotel where you dine together.
while il would be impossible for the
large and worthy corps o. the en-
ployes IF the thester % get their daily
bread were il not for jus. such ex-
trzTaganes as that of which you are
guilty
To rigidlv ecoroniz. az srch times
as the present 80 tina; yoE Eszy awe
the mean. 10 give for oener olens pur.
poses, is SIMPLY 70 withhold With the
one hand thst yos nay Gisburse with
the other. II the Two rnles herein
recommended were o1serses b. e.erv