Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-04-05

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John +. SmuIski would make great |
Congressman.
Mr.. Gustavus !. Tatge would pull the
whole ticket to victory II named by
the Democrats for Judge.
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The solid business men want Joseph
rhcurcr nominated for County Treas.
urcr OH the Democratic ticket.
The public has had Its attention called
lately to two questions which are both
| concerned with the end of mans
working life. but which bring into
strong contrast the variety of charnc-
ter that end may have. In the first
place. the trades unions have been ask.
ing: what shall be done with the
man over 45?" Employers no longer
allow him. they say, to compete with
younger men AMI take him from the
bench ana put him ON the shelf. In
his case retirement, while 1t means
leisure. also means possible destitu-
ton. Here we have. therefore, Il some
what serious economic difficulty. But
It IL not only the workingman who IL
meditating upon old age. 1t Is also
the millionaire. Not long ago the mem.
bcrs Of the Chicago Board OF Trade
had an animated newspaper discussion
on the propriety Of early withdrawal
from the pit. Some men thought one
7 way and some another. The same d.
/, versity of opinion now appears In
B, New York. Mr.. Whitney thinks that
ut 90 a man should cease to chase
money and give himself up to better
things. So. apparently. does Mr. Car.
negie. John ID. Rockefeller. on the con.
!, trary, does not see how lie can ever let
go, aid Mr.. Hewitt remarks cautious.
!, man must use his own Judgment. Mr..
I, Hewitt hits the nail precisely on the
head. TO begin with, some men arc
fitted for leisure and some men are
not. A man like Mr.. Whitney enjoys
building a large country house, scoop
Ing away hills In the course of the ell
terprise. planting whole forests and
stocking them with game, directing the
course of streams and filling them with
;. strange fish, maintaining troops of ser.
wants, and getting finally residence
like Kubla Khan's In Kanadu. Other
= men might lind all this n deadly bore
Mr.. Carnegie, again, enjoys reading
:, ana writing ana encouraging scholar
ship. He IL fortunate. He does moi
prove, however, that every other man
ufacturcr could lead the same kind OF
life with the same kind of satisfaction
II Il man has hobbies and avOcatlons
well ana good. Let him give himself
= up to them. His neighbor, however
. may prefer his business to everything
y else. He may be happier there than
= anywhere else. He may be doing NOR,
> good there than anywhere else. i
| would be foolish. then, for him to sa!
to himself The minute am such ant
u such an age | will give up my presen
a.! employment and pass the residue o
u my time In rest ana quietness." 1t Il
:! better for him to continue to catch tn
d 1888 and to keep his stenOgrapher
busy. There IL no general rule TO
IL these things. Interest and duty ma.
q lead a man to retire. Interest AM
duty may lead another man not TO re
tire. One mans meat Is another man
poison. All that can be said Is wha
Mr.. Hewitt said. Let each man Pre-
10 nounce either" as he pleases and T..
a. tire when he wants to.
III
,o| In view of the wrecking of the Cit
Savings Bank of Detroit by Its vic
,o president, II. @. Andrews, who, b
-, means of falsified statements, appr'
90, priated about Sl,OOO.OO0 of the bank
of funds to his own use, the advice give
h., to young men by William j. Onaha!
president of the Home Savings Ban
Of Chicago, as to the best means OF a.
~. qulring n competency or wealth b.
70 comes both interesting and timely. On
n of Andrews frequently expressed ma!
Nv inns was that 1t was idle to expect
" get rich merely by saving portion {
ones salary, and that 1t was Onl
through daring speculative venture
that large fortunes We're amassed. NJ
Onahan holds, on the contrary, thu
ID thrift, honesty and steadfastness {
e. purpose are now, as they always ha,
o. been and always will be, the only sal
w ana absolutely sound fOundation-ston'
- upon which to build a bank accoun
hd and that while riches may sometime
re be acquired by other means, Il
he chances that departure from corre
IN principles will be followed by disast'
r. rather than success are so overwhelr
or ingly great that the few exception
~ serve only to emphasize the gener
rule, The fate of Andrews himself
lis Illustrates the truth Of this clearly. NJ