St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1900-12-01
THE USES OF MONEY.
Census Office to Issue Volume on
This Subjects
Many There Are Who Consider In
debtedneaa a Source of Prosper
Atty, in Spite of Mr.. Micaw-
ber'H Eloquent Warming.
Especial washington letter.

Especial Washington Letter.1
CoH All cTer $500 in debt and that
fact worries me great deal"
~ The remark was made by gov
ernment clerk in reply to an inquiry as
to how he was getting on. Senator Pet
tigrew, of South Dakota, smiled as he
said. sThat would worry me, too. /
am never happy unless am upwards of
S50. .1a0 in debt. The man who can get
in debt $4,000 or more can't do busi-
ness. Credit is necessary in all large
business transactions, and it is also
necessary in small business enterprises
Fortunes are made only by those who
have large credit
How do you ever pay your creditors
when you borrow such large sums2 It
staggers me to think of being $4,000
tn debt
81 pay back By making the borrowed
money earn more money. There are
very few people who realize that money
will make money faster than any other
thing on earth. 1t is because money is
such money maker that money occu-
pies such a conspicuous position in the
political. commercial and international
procedures of the world. You get out
of money once; be absolutely without a
dollar, and you will find that this is a
cold, cruel and selfish world
Unfortunately, this latter statement
is known to be true by all who have ex-
perienced contact with the world un-
der adverse circumstances. It is also
unfortunately true that majority of
the young men of this country do not
know the value of money; and they
learn it's value sometimes all too late in
life.
ais there no secret place on the face of the
earth,
Where Charity dwelleth. where virtue
hath birth?
is there no place where a knock from the
poor
win bring a kind angel to open the door?
You may search the wide world wherever
you can,
But find no door open to moneyless
Senator Pettigrew is not rich man,
and never will be, because with the
money making faculty he also has the
prodigality of youth. Although he may
not be properly charged with being like
unto Daniel Webster in. every other re-
spect, he certainly is somewhat like
unto that great statesman in his ability
to accumulate Indebtedness; with this
difference: Pettigrew pays, Webster
didn't.
And, by the way, the census Office
is trying to find out why people borrow
money. The officials of that bureau ask
all sorts of questions, They want to
know whether we own property. and,
If so, if it is mortgaged. And, if so,
why the mortgage was incurred. All
sorts Of replies have been received to
these inquiries. One of them is from
William Mckinley. who states thatid
sis citizen of Ohio, residing TEMPO
rarily in Washington; and he states
that the house in which he lives .'is not
mortgaged' 2
All of the inquiries of the census of
fee supervisors are being cheerfuIly
answered, even those which pry into
the affairs of men who borrow money
Very many thousands of ladies, how
ever. decline to give their ages. In all
of these cases it is presumed that they
are more than 25 years of age, and they
are being tabulated accordingly.
People, as rue, have been perfectly
willing to tell whether they own the
houses in which they live, or whether
they are tenants, or burdened with
mortgages. This information when OBJ