Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-06-08
FORTUNES EASILY MADE.
sone Men Acquire Riches Without Any
Serious Struggle.

sone Men Acquire Riches Without Any
Serious Struggle.
The three principal mat! ers which
have all to do with the increase of
wealth in society as ut present consti-
: tutcd are the natural bountics upon
which man constantly exercises his fac.
ultics, and everything which enables
him to use them to better advantage;
the means of transporting the products
of his labor to all parts of the Garth
with case and cEeapncss, and the me-
dunn which facilitates exchange of
commodities between r1cn = money.
The study of these three principal
sources of wealth to community will
reveal two facts-that the people have
been as Indifferent to thcrl as the
moncy-mal1crs have bccu attentive; and
that while the Indifference of the one
accounts for their merchandising
wages, the attention of the ether ac-
counts for their immense fortunes.
1t is from the natural bountics that
all the wealth of any community
springs, writes Edward McGlynn, d.
d., in Donahoes Magazine. The land
and its resources, the forest and it's
riches, the rivers, seas and oceans with
their teeming life are the FIRST and only
sources of real wealth. and upon them
depend the artificial values which so,
ciety gives to the bcginriug of I'll so
cial wealth. lie is the unit of value
1t is his cxcrtion which creates all val
ues, and the object of his cxcrtions is.
the support of his own life, the accom-.
plishmcnt Of his own destiny, here and
hereafter. as his Creator ordained The
natural bountics must always, there
fore, be open to him in cvcrv society,
no matter how complex its orCaniza-
ton. The necessity implies right
the right of getting ut the natural
bounties with case and without serious
hindrancc; the right of using these
bountics without tax to any power save
society, directly o1"to its agents. Now,
at this point we get our first glimpse OF
the manner in which enormous fortunes
are made.
We take possession of these natural
bounties, to monopolizc them under
cover OF law and custom, and to make
all men who would use t,tcr, pay be-
forchand for the privilege, have been
the aim of the moncy-mal1crs since time
began; by getting hold of the natural
bounties, which really belong to the
community, and should never leave it's
jurisdiction except in the most prudent
fashion, and then only to revert reg
ularly to the same community, the
builders Of great fortunes have been
able to enrich themselves at pleasure
without any labor worthy of the i'm
mense prizes they win.
New Uses for Electricity.
A well-known New York caterer who
owns large restaurant gives to the
electric fan the credit of saving him
from bankruptcy. The smell of his
kitchen became so pervasive that it
was driving all his customers away.
After vainly trying different remedies
he had large fan SO fixed that all the
fumes of the cooking were drawn
up shaft and passed into the
outer air. The difference of the at
mosphere of the restaurant was not
lost on the public; the business re-
turned and soon went beyond all form
er records A writer in an electric jour
nal tells of an experience in factory
gallery were huge vats were sirnmcring.
The coolest man in the factory was the
attendant standing over the watts, who
was briskly blown upon by little fan
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