The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1900-04-18
AN HONEST MILLION.

i nave never been so impressed
by place where there was 81
little to see as by, Nazareth, one,
the home Of the one whose gentl,
, life and wise teachings have so re
markably Influenced the civilized
| world. The place is not particu
larly impressive, but ones thoughts
are thronged with memories
of teachings which began al
mothers knee, then continued il
the Sunday school. church, etc.
and connected with every sacred
relation, as christenings, weddings
and funerals. And here was His
home! We are treading the very
streets that He trod. The views
that meet our eyes in every direc-
ton are scenes once familiar to
Him. Yonder plain of Esdraelon,
which we crossed in coming here,
was we'll known to Him. Yohder
mountain is practically the same
now as it was when it was fam
liar figure in His daily landscape.
| went to bed that night with an
impressive realization that / was
to sleep in the town which was
once His home. And when leav-
ing next day / often turned my
horse about to look again and
again at the little town and it's
surrounding hills and valleys
scenes Of His daily life.
In the last few years, during
which the industrial question has
assumed such great Importance in
country, my mind has often gone
back to those scenes in Galilee.
l have thought Of the principal
actor, not as q teacher, but as a
workingman-the Carpenter of
GaIiIee. Mlllionaires and multi
millionaires have become numer
Gus in our country, bringing in
their wake an army of unemploy-
ed, many Of whom, by force of
conditions, degenerate into
tramps and vagabonds. Both these
classes, the millionaires and
tramps, are detriment to the best
interests Of our country. | have
made calculation bearing upon
the honesty of these millions in
private Golfers, and to help us to-
realize what sum a million dol
lars is, what it is to actually earn
a million dollars. All will agree
that when a workingman can save
81 every working day in the year
he doing well.
Our era begins with the birth of
this Carpenter Of Galilee. Let us
suppose that he was able to begin
work on the day of his birth, and
that each working day he was able
to save "a above his living ex-
penses. Let us suppose that he
never loses a day by sickness or
bad weather, and that his life and
health and strength are miracu-
lously prolonged until he shall
earn one million dollars by saving
81 for every working day. Then
we will be able to realize what an
honest million is.
We will trace our workman
who began work OH the day of his
birth. At his historic time OF his
d cath, at the age OF 33. what
would he be worth! The calcuss
Iation is easy; 365 days minus 81
Sundays. equals 313 working days
in each year. Multiply that by 50
years and we have 1O,329 days
but we must add eight days for
eight leap years. This would make
lO,337-and 81 per day saved
would equal as many dollars S1O,-
337. Far from a million, yet labor
began at birth and never holiday
nor a day lost by sickness. Let us
suppose that he had lived the
allotted 10 years, then how would
the account stand? Only S21, 1927!
Our workman has a long and
weary task before him to earn SO
large an amount as million dol
lars. Our hero must trudge along
through summers heat and
winters storms. Years and de-
cades come and go, until they
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