The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-10-30

privileges TO offer. We entered tho
new building with floating bills
amounting 10 So 900 and an additional
Indebtedness OF $4,000 was AT oncs In
cured IN the purchase OF equipment
During the next two years the work
was conducted on a scale commensur-
Etc with the pant. Owing To the
hard times the membership was not "a
large al expected and there was a def
.olt IN two years Of an additional 81
500. Every year since then we have
paid all bills. Including the interest on
this indebtedness. which we are now
undertaking To remove. Your under
standing that the payments were due
whom all had been secured must have
resulted from a lack OF sufficient ca
PLANTATION. which | very much regret
Tho agreement In the subscription
book which you signed is certainly
very clear on this point Tho wording
OF this agreement Va as follows: We.
tho undersigned. hereby agree 20 give
or raise the sums Sc. opposite our 70
spectiye names toward q fund OF SlT.-
500 for llquidatlng the entire noatipg
indie btedness OF - and we guaran-
tee tbs payment OF the sums IL equal
instaIlmeuts on the following dates;
. -, -, - While
this Ia practically tho same as a non
interest bearing no,n very few regard
Il IN the same way and as a matter OF
fact we would not undertake 90 collect
by legal means In a case like this. But
va need not talk about the negative
sid3 OK this question you arc going TO
get that money and II We can help you
as we'll as We would like 20 you are
going to make your original plans
work successfully. II is easier 70 get
money for some things than for an old
dobt. which Is like burying an old
horse. Nevertheless II "a something
which ought 20 be done and we can
never be truly successful as long as
this indebtedness hangs as q milestone
around our neck. There are men who
lilo tachling dill cult Jobs and con.
guering them. Regarding the reA-
sons why business men should sub
scribe 20 our work the following seem
% me among the best: First. next TO
tho church md tho homo II II n great
moral force In tho community. the
value Of whose restraining and mp
building l. is impossible 20 overesti.
mate.
Commercial Value.
Every businoss man should have a
part In maintaining such a work sec-
cHd Il Ia n work Of prevention. an
ounces OF which We arc told is worth
a round OF cure. Most business men
prefer 10 give ten dollars 10 keep q
Young man from going wrong than
20 be taxed a hundred dollars for
tahas care % him after he has gone
wrong. That kind OF a proposition
appeals 90 a business man. Third. II
provides a suitable place for young
men 90 epcnd their leisure hours An
cmplo-cr Of young mea IL not wor.
ric1 about the honesty. sobrlety and
fsitafulnoss OF those employees who
he knows are members Of our work,
and spend their leiruro time at our
building. They are anxious about
the young men who patronize cues.
t.orable resorts and lead a life whore
the temptation 10 live beyond ones
mcfns - often responsible for loss by
theft and dcfalcktion. These men
know this and spend much money for
priyuta detectives 10 study the habits
Of their trusted employees 20 hnd ont
Just how they spend their time and
money. Finally, as to the methods OF
soliciting. I would cay II Is best 10 ask
FOR what you would like and take what
you can get Most collectors make a
mistake by not asking for n large
enough sum and In n way that sug.
Gests that they are extending a priv.
lego rather than asking n favor. or
perpetreting n hoidu Try 10 hne
men who have money and who ars not
common marks for every one with
subscription paper. II is better and
moro economical TO cultivate a few in
teiliroHt rivGrs for large amounts
than great number OF givers for
smaller Guns. The whole question Of
getting a man 10 give money IA Az ex-
troDoiy dimcult one. Some mon scenl
IL Ne naturally cnl0ved Tor this wo.k.
but u 81 also clear that others Gun
acquire II. ! an confident that II you
do rot consider yourself In the hrst
olors ynu win soon be numbered
among The Gccond. Very truly yours.
Secrctasy.' What might have cauS9c
us " t.rever 6isrespect each other
may on ,his plan OF exchanging let.
ter pT0se mutually helpful ard en-
a