Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-04
PURSUITS winch Ray.
brewing and Banking Two of the Occupa-
tIons " Nhirh Pay Hest on the whole.

brewing and Banking Two of the Occupa-
tIons Which Pay Hest on the whole.
Some more comprehensive formula ought
TO be placed at the service OF the aspiring
! millionaire than the time honored injunc-
ton TO look after the pence on the under
standing that the pounds viii look after
! themselves, 1t - not out of pence, how
ever carefully hoarded up, that the great
fortunes disposed Of by Will during the last
year have been built up; nor even--to give
the practice OF anything ike personal
economy The fortunes are too big for
quantities large enough to be noticeable in
Z the record OF the year must evidently be
scooped up daily aud hourly by some vast
\ mechanism a. untaiing IN its action as u
roulette table az Monte carlo. Having de-
viscd Your mechanism. YOU adjust 1t SO that
4 upon It's output or intake. as the case
may he. then stand aside and let It grind
, remorstlessly year Ia ana out
From a study OF the bis wills Of the
/ laul's, there is no better mechanism better
brewery or banking business. Quite 4 re-.
mnrkablc--i had almost said undu---pro-
portion OF the great fortunes OF England
Z are derived from beer. 20 which wine, by
! those OF brokers aud stock brokers. IL less
numerous, run into equally impressive
/ description appears to h, good for money
making mmeasurably better. of course,
2 lDdU ART. science. literature. or the Cnnftn,
/ all of which may h. placed upon the COM.
| paraby humble lcyel OF retail dealing,
I Il Is needless to ada that no mere sal1ried
occupation per Sc enables u man to ioin tho
aticnuat ranks of the millionairfs =. though
IN certain or the professions. the church
Of inherited wealth. one hears of the
enormous gains Of leading hnrristers aud
fashionable phystciIqns, hut very few of
portant thing, II You would he wealthy
Is to become the proprietor of some good
~ Ia iro psti
working night and day. The mode, OF ac-
QUESTION | leave 20 the aspiring millionaire
would whisper in his ear as a parting rec
ommend9tion; ,ist a brewery 1t Is q
fEe IKE sGPoSs T fin 'qa5 m6, 'her that hSre L
nothing Ike bcer--at all events In this coun-
try. ....-........ -. ,......,,,,,
In the accumulation of wealth is living to
great axe. Among the wealthlest testators
tunes ranging; from fs5o,oSH up to fl,o0oO 600,
there Here score whose ages aVeraseld
heary he years yory p4 rGi9Gton r II wi
once IN posse ssion of a money making con,
cern. the longer You live the greater VIII
enct that tends to make so many yerg oId
men rich, but the mere etirxion OF time
product Of the modern conditions of nm
az maHee ana morS ] pard,Su.@rS m Oh bch }hc Is sn
curious a feature Of our Western civiliaa-
ton. Chinese mandarin, enriching MIN
self by pecuation, is Obliged to pie up ms
gold. literally in heaps. In some place of
concealment and material limits are thus
set to his acquisitions. But with our sys-
TEN Of paper credits there Is practically
nothing to be seen of the wealth of a Eu-
ropean millionaire except row of figures
In hook-a few strokes of the pen. which
would appear meaningless TO savage,
and possibly also to the most intelligent
being that any Of the planets could send
us. From being material. as In the old
times, when mans possessions neccssar-
lily took the form of land or cattle or
slaves, and rent was personal service,
wealth has become immaterial. In Its
greatest amounts now 1t is never anything
but promise to pay on somebody's part
a promise written on paper. and if not to
keep its word. the millionaire would be
penniless eNcept for the few pounds he
might happen to have in his pocket.
AS the result of this strange immaterial
of wealth. fortunes are not only more cas-
lily acquired, but more easily dissipated
than formerly, so that wealth is constantly