Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-07-27

arehs of the stock market. That's the
way 10 do it." To this day the evil in
| huenee of that profigate has been felt,
and within the past few weeks he has
| had conspicuous imitators.
The Way to Get Money.
| There has been an irresistible impress
| sion going abroad among young men that
| the poorest way 10 get money is 10 earn
it. The young man of Haunting cravat
says 10 the young man of humble APP
parel: What. YOU only get $500
/ year! Why. that wouldn't keep me in
pin money. | spend $4,000 year"
! Where do you get it," asks the plain
/ young man. oh. stocks. entcrprises-
! all that sort Of thing you know" The
! plain young man has hardly enough mon
/ ey 10 pay his board and has TO wear
! clothes after they are out of fashion and
/ deny himself all Injuries. After awhile
/ he gets tired of his plodding. and he goes
! to the man who has achieved suddenly
large estate. and lie says. Just show me
how il is done And he is shown. He
soon learns how, and, although he is al
most all the time idle now and has re
signed his position in the bank or the
factory or the store, he has more money
watch for a gold one with a flashing
chain. sets his hat a little farther over
on the side of his head than he ever did,
smokes better cigars and more of them
/ He has his hand in. Now, if he can es-
cape the penitentiary for three or four
years he will get into political circles,
aud he will get political jobs and will
have something 10 do with harhors and
parcments and docks. Now he has got
so far along he is safe for pcrdition.
1t is quite long road sometimes for
/ man To travel before he gets into the no,
nance of crime. Those are caught who
are only m the prosaic stage of il. If the
Sherias and constabcs would only leave
them alone little while, they wouid
steal as well as anybody They might
not be able To steal whole railroad, but
/ they could master load Of pig iron
The Temptations to Dishonesty.
! How many dishonesties in the making
/ out of invoices and in the plastering of
! false labels and in the Itching of custom.
! erS of rival houses and in the making and
/ breaking OF contracts, Young men are
! indoctrinated in the idea that the sooner
| they get money the better. and the get
ting of il on Il larger scale only proves
| to them their greater ingenuity There
| IS glitter thrown around about all these
things. Young men have got to find ont
that God looks upon sin in a very differ
ent light.
A young man stood behind a counter in
| New York selling silks to n lady, and he
said before the sale was consummated,
Il see there is a flaw in that silk The
lady recognized it. and the sale was not
consummated. The head man of the firm
saw the interview, and he wrote home to
/ the father of the young man, living in
the country, saying: Dear sir, come and
take your boy. He will never make n
merchant" The father came down from
the country home in great CONSERVATION.
as any father would, wondering what his
boy had done. He came into the store,
and the merchant said to him. why.
your son pointed out flaw in some silk
the other day and spoiled the sale, and we
will never have that lady probably again
for q customer, and your son will never
make merchant" us that allY' said
the father Il am proud of him. /
wouldn't for the world have him another
day under your influence. John, get your
hat and coat; let us start" There are
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sure, under the destinations thrown
around about commercial iniquity Thou
| sands Of young men have gone down
! under the pressure; other thousands have
! maintained their integrity. God help YOU,
| Let me say to you, my young friend. that
you never can be happy in n prosperity
which comes from i'll gotten gains. oh"
you say, II might lose my place. 1t IL
easy for You TO stand there and talk. but
it is no easy thing to get place when
! you have lost it. Besides that. have a
widowed mother depending upon my exer-
tons, and you must not be too reckless Ia
giving advice to me" All my young
! friend, it is always safe to do right. but
it Is never safe to do wrong You go
! home and tell your mother the pressure
! under which you are in that store, and /
! know what she will say TO you If she Is
| worthy Of you. She will say: my son.
come out from there. God has taken care
! of MS all these years, and he will take
| care of us now. Come out Of that"
And remember that the man who gets
| his gain by niquity will soon lose it ALL
! One moment after his departure from life
| he will not own an opera house, he will
not own certificate Of stock, he will not
| own one dollar Of government securities.
and the poorest boy that stands on the
! street with penny in his pocket. looking
at the funeral procession of the dead
| cheat as il goes by. will have more money
| than that man who one week previous
| boasted that he controlled the money
| market
Misuse of Trust Funds.
Oh, there is such fearful fascination
! in this day about the use Of trust funds
/ 1t has got to be popular to take the funds
Of others and speculate with them, There
are many who are practicing that in
iquity. Almost every man in the course
Of his life has the property Of others put
In his care. He has administered, per
haps for a dead friend; he is an attorney,
and money passes from debtor 10 creditor
through his hands; or he is in CONNER
cial establishment and gets salary for
the discharge Of his responsibilities or he
is treasurer Of philanthropic institution.
and money for the suffering goes through
his hands. or no has some office ia fif =