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manner that your father or mother may look
over your book and see Just what you did
with your money 1t will help you TO have
money. and that you ought TO do. When l
spoke of the poor man with money / spoke
against the poverty of that man who has no
affection for anything else, or thought for
anything else but money. That kind of man
does not help his own character, nor does he
build up the character of another.
Before ! leave you | viii read few items
from my ledger. l find IN looking over 1t
that | was saving money all this time, and
in the course of few years l had saved
$1,000. Now, as 10 some Of my expenses. l
seee that from Nov. q, 1856, to April, 1886,
/ paid for clothing 500. l see also here an
other item which / am inclined to think Is eX-
travagant because ! remember l used TO
wear mittens. The item Is a pair of fur
gloves for which ! paid $3.50. In the same
period l find l gave away S5.5S In one
month ] gave 10 foreign missions, 10 cents;
TO the Mite society. 30 cents, and there Is
also a contribution to the Five Points mis-
sion. ] was not living then IN New Nork, but
l suppose / felt that it was IN need of help,
so / sent up l. cents to the mission. Then
to the venerable teacher of my class l gave
80 cents, to make him present. To the poor
people of the church | gave 10 cents at this
time, and IN January and February follow
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dollar a head on all cattle the stock
men sell, and fifty cents per head on
all the sheep he brings to market.
Taxation is the great evil of Argentine.
1t is practiced in every conceivable
form The city of Buenos Ayres is
crowded with poor people who could
not make a living in the country be
cause of the taxes. If they had d good
year they We're assessed in different
ways until there was no profit left
from their crops. il they had bad
year the government would not help
them in any way, and they drifted
from one province to another, accord
ing to reports where taxes were cheap.
and finally came into the city, where
they would at least have an OppOrtun-
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nothing to what it will be in time.
The retail business in Argentine Is
heavily taxed. If a poultry dealer
takes out license to sell chickens. and
ia caught trading in ducks. he is
promptly arrested as a violator of the
law His license to sell fowls does not
permit him to handle their eggs, and
he must have a separate license for
that privilege. a dealer in meats must
have Il separate license for every kipl
of meat he keeps in stock. If a man
with a permit to trade in beef should
be caught handling mutton, he would
be marched off to the police station at
once.
The government not only taxes the
retailer, but lays a special tax of a
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Buenos Ayres, April 8.
A RGENTINE buys more goods from
a the United States than any other
South American country. Yankee
urummers are on every steamer. every
train and in every hotel. one young
man representing a big American plow
company told me ne had been here five
years. The first year he sold only
forty plows. but last year his sales
amounted to 1000 implements No
country in 'he world can produce the
equal Of the American pillow. Argeu-
tine is a great market for wind-n1iIls.
ana the Yankee machines lead in the
felllng because they are the best made.
buenos AyreS has the largest whole
fale implement and hardware house in
south America, and one Of the largest
in the world. on the floors of this
great establishment there are over
S4oOO.O0O worth of gOods-mostly Amer
lean goods.
When I was taken through the
place / saw more American sewing
machines than I had ever seen at one
place IN the United States. There were
thousands of them piled from floor to
ceiling. / remarked that they had
evidently laid in supply of sewing
machines. and was surprised when the
manager told me that the stock was
really very low. and would disappear
entirely in a few weeks If they were
not constantly receiving more. No
other country can compete with Amer
lea in manufacturing all kinds OF
mowers and harvesting machinery. Up
10 this time the English threshing ma
chimes have had the lead in Argentine.
The American machine viii do twice
as much work as the British thresher
but il is too light to stand the rough
handling necessary in getting 1t over a
country whore there are no roads. or
If any, very bad ones. The Americans
are now putting up an especially
strong machine for this trade. and are
winning out 1t will not be long until
Hhey viii be as supreme in the market
Jas the Yankee makers of wind-mills,
'plows and harvesters.
American Machinery Leads.
The prestige Of American machinery
IS indeed worldwide on one steamer
] Travelled upon there were three eX-
pert maChinists coming south to in
stall plants Of different kinds. one OF
them bad an entire electric light plant
which he was taking to an inland city.
Another was going 10 put a steam
laundry plant in operation, another was
going 10 install a lot of new printing
machinery. No matter where | go
American machinists have been ahea Il
of me. ] went over a sugar plantation
in Peru and the owner showed me a
pair Of immense boilers marked made
in L. :. A" While travelling in Chile
an Englishman told me he had just
given an order for S5OO,OOO worth Of
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EVIDENCES OF EXTREME ECONOMY.

Mr.. Rockefeller then produced from his
pocket carefully enveloped in paper wrap
ping, the ledger to which reference has been
mad. Proceeding, he said
when ! found this book recently I
thought It had no cover, because / saw that
it had writing upon its back But l had uti-
lied the cover to write upon. In those days
! was economical. even with paper. When
] read it through 1t brought to my mind re
membranes of the care with which / used
TO record my little items of receipts and dis
Observation-Disclosures, think. which many of
you young men are rather careless about. l
believe IT Is a religious duty 10 get all the
money you can. fairly and honestly; 70 keep
all YOU can, and TO giVe away all YOU can.
think that Is a problem that you are all IA
milar with | have told you before what
pleasure this little book gives me. | dareinot
let you read it through, because my children,
who have read il. say that | did not spell
toothbrush correctly. But then, You know,
we have made great progress IN our spelling,
and ! suppose some changes have taken place
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quire fairly large fortune TO purchase it.
The Rev. DR.. w. III. p. Faunce introduced
Mr.. Rockefeller, who spoke in an informal
conversational manner as follows
1T Is not an address at all that have to
give YOU. l supposed AT first that / was to
meet here company of medical students
and young mon, and l had prepared q little
address for them. Then, when | came IN here
and saw many gentlemen of mature cx-
perience. l said to myself: What sort If
students are they Let me say that it gives
me great deal of pleasure TO be mere to-
night Although | cannot make you a speech
] have brought with me to show you young
men little book-a book, think which may
interest You. 1t Is The first ledger | kept. l
was trained IN business affairs, and | was
taught how to keep a ledger. The practice
of keeping a little personal ledger by young
men just starting IN business and earning
money and requiring TO learn its value Is, I
think, good one. in the first struggle 10 get
a footing-aud if you feel a. | did ] am
sorry for you. although ] would not be with
out the memory Of that struggle kept my
accounts in this book, and also some memo
randa of little incidents that seemed 10 me
important. In after years ! found that book
and brought IT to New York. It * more than
forty-tw0 years since | wrote what IL con
tains | call it Ledger \, ard now ] place
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We'll. that means business for some
Of us. I'll be going out and see that
shop in a day or So" On the way 10
the club for their breakfast. the Eng
lishman and his friend met the resi-
dent representative Of an American
firm. He was all beSpattered with mud
and in "A great hurry to get to the ca
bic Office. Big Ere last night. Got a
cracking order for new maChineS-Got
To- get en- here by next steamer and
off he went. red in the face and out Cf
breath. The Englishman grunted his
disgust and said: The haste Of these
Yankees is positively indecent" These
hurrying Yankees have started on a
commercial march around the world.
and the pace they are setting now is
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try's history-at least it never bought
so much stuff in a single year before
Argentine is a country of wonderful
possibilities if it ever gets the sort OF
administration that Will attract and
hold immigration \ few years ago en-
grants were arriving here at the rate
OF 1000 per day. but they have been
treated so badly that the movement
has about ceased. The republic now
has about 100000 inhabitants. and it
is estimated that il could support 10
900, O0O Some day when it gets better
laws. II will develop into one of the
principal buying countries Of the world.
The two things necessary for the in
crease Of American sales in Argentine
are an American bank in BuenOs Ayres
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ferent countries and the ones made in
America were the best. The trucks
were very superior and the cars had
some give to them. The English car
is made true. but it IS SO stiff that
the occupant gets the full benefit Of
every jolt.
l heard good story about a ma
chinery deal which is characteristic Of
Yankee hustle aud get there. \ big
mill located a few miles from a certain
city burned down during the night Of
course the fire meant business for the
machinery men. TIE resident repre-
sentative OF the only English concern
which could supply the goods was told
about the fire by a caller early the
next morning. The Englishman said:
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The Young Mems Bible Glass of the Fifth
Avenue Baptist church, West Forty-sixth
street, of which Rev. Il. p. Johnston is pas
tor, desires to be helpful to as many young
men in New York City as possible 1t in
yites pastors and friends in other cities and
towns to send TO the corresponding secre-
tary, Robert \. Shaw, West Forty-sixth
street. the names and addresses of any young
men whom they know TO be in the city, especi-
ally those who have recently come from the
country Members Of the class are glad to
look up such young men and invite them to
the class and church. The class meets Sun
day mornings, at 9:45, under the leader
shin of John ID. Rockefeller II.
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ing I gave 10 cents more. and a further 10
cents to the foreign mission. Those contri-
buttons. small as they were, brought me into
direct contact with philanthropic work and
with the beneficial work and aims of religious
institutions, and ! have been helped thereby
greatly all my life. 1t Is a mistake for a
man who wishes for happiness and TO help
others to think that he viii wait until he
has made fortune before giving away mon
ey to deserving Objects
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mining machinery American firm. He said pro-
gressive operator nowadays could afford 10
his chnery anywhere except in the United States
When | arrived in Buenos Ayres the manager of the
railway in his private
He stopped shops company. and showed
of floor covered with American
machinery. He said he loyal Britisher and was
manager a loyal British company but that he had
m America if he would
that English machinery took up about twice
much space that made by the Yankees.
they had tried made in the diff
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had the struggles In the city that we have
had who were reared I'm The country Don't
YOU notice how the men from the country
keep crOwding you out hcre-you who have
wealthy fathers These young men from the
country are turning things around and are
taking your city. We men from the country
are willing 10 do more work. We are pre-
pared by our experience to do hard work. |
remember a little time ago | was in the coun-
fry, and | a carpenter placing mineral
wool under the roof of a city servants bed
room, 50 that the man should not feel the
heat Of summer or hear the patter of the
raindrops OH the roof. could not at the
time help recalling the experience Of my boy
hood when ] slept under a roof. could see
the shingles, and | remember | could peep
through the cracks IN them. II was pretty
hot in the summer UP there, too, / can tell
YOU. But | think / was better for all that
sort Of experience. for having been reared in
the country in that sturdy, practical way,
and my heart is sometimes full of sadness as
/ contemplate the condition Of number of
young fellows in this city whom 1 happen to
know well.
THE EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES
"They are in the embarrassing position
that their fathers have great sums of money,
and those boys have not ghost of chance
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since those days. l have not seen this book
for twenty-five years. 1t does not look like
q modern ledger, does 1t! But YOU could not
get that book from me for al the modern
ledgers I'm New York, nor for all that they
would bring, 1t almost brings tears 70 my
eyes when ! read over this little book, and
it fills me with sense of gratitude that I
cannot express 1t shows largely what I re-
ceived and what I paid out during my first
years Of business. It shows that from Sept,
20. 1850, until Jan. ]. 1S56, l received $50.
Out of this ] paid my washervoman and the
lady | boarded with, and ] saved LITTLE
money to put away. l am not ashamed 10
read II over 10 YOU.
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inal because had so much money. But we
had no trusts or monopolics then. | paid my
own bills and always had little something
10 give away, and the happiness of saving
some. In fact. | am not SO independent now
as l was then. 1t Is true | could not secure
the most fashionable cut Of clothing | re-
member | bought mine Of a cheap clothicI
He sold me clothing cheap, clothing such as
/ could pay for. and It was great deal bet
ter than buying clothing that ! could not
pay for. / did not make any obligations |
could not meet / lived within my means,
and my advice to you young men Is 10 DO
just the same.
Or. Faunce has just told you that all
young men who come to this church are wei
come. and are never asked to whom they be-
long or where they came from. But there il
Just one question l would like to ask [ would
like to know how many of YOU come from
the city. and how many came from the cOun-
try tNr. Rockefeller asked. rs a personal
favor, If all those present in the room who
came from the country would raise their
right hands Fully threc-quarters Of the
number did SOL Now, what a story that
tells
STRUGGLES OF COUNTRY BOYS.
"To my mind there Is something unfortu-
nate in being born in the city. You have not
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Sometimes.

Chicago TribUne-)
TpgardSon-Do YOU share the super
ST 5tiOn that ouals are unlucky:
Atom-The fine opal you're wearing
on that soiIed neCktie certainly seems
To he in hard luck.
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As to the Star.

(PittSburg PCstl
The SOubrette-DOes she make up
quickly?
The Understudy-WeI, everything
but her mind.
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>2aeSzazeD

0AE Of those rare occasions upon which
~ John D. Rockefeller Is prevailed upon
TO address an audience came recently in The
parlors of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church,
says the New York Tribune. Mr.. Rockefeller
was one Of the speakers at a social gathering
of the Young Mems Bible class Of the church.
Much that NJ. Rockefeller had 10 say was
extremely interesting. In laying many OK
ccllent prccepts before his hearers nc brought
forth several lessons from the experiences Of
his carl" life. BY references to his first
ledger, as he called it, but which was nothing
more than a small paper-covcred memoran-
dun book. Mr.. Rockefeller explained how he
managed t. save money even on a small sal
arr. The little book contained the first items
Of his receipts and expenditures when he
hIst began to earn money. and, TO nudge from
the care With which he handled this reminder
Of his carly struggles, Mr.. Rockefeller was in
earnest when Inc iutmatcd that it would re-
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the greatest value upon il. | have thought
it would be a little help TO some of you young
men if l read one-or two extracts from this
ledger
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EARLY CHARITY.

Among other things, ] find that gave a
cent to the Sunday school every Sunday.
That Is not a very large sum, Is 1t! But that
was all the money I had TO give for that par
ticular object l was also giving to several
other religious objects and what / could al
ford to give regularly, as / was taught to do,
and it has been pleasure TO me all my life
to do So
Il had a large increase in my revenue the
next year. 1t went up to So month. l be-
gan TO be a capitalist, and had / regarded
myself then the same way as we regard cap
italists now, I ought to have felt like Grim
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TO compete with you who come from the
country and who want to do something in
the world. You are in training now to short
~ take the places of those young men. ] sup
pose YOU cannot realize how many eyes are
upon you and how great is the increasing in
tcrcst that is taken in you. You may not
think that, when YOU are lonely and find it
difficult to get a footing. But it Is true that
IN place like this true interest Is taken in
YOU. When ! left the schoolhouse ] came
into Il place similar to this where / assOci-
ated with people whom it was good 10 know.
Nothing better could have happened 10 me-
THE MAN WHO rs REALLY POOR
Il spoke just now of the struggle for sue
cess. What is success. Is it money! Some
of YOU have all the money YOU need to pro-
vide for your wants. Who Is the poorest man
in the world l tell you, the poorest man |
know of is the man who has nothing but
money, nothing else in the world upon which
to devote his ambition and thought. This is
the sort of man | consider to be the poorest
in the world. Money is good if you know how
TO use IT.
Nov, let me leave this little word of eoun-
sci for you. Keep little ledger, as / did.
Write down in 1t what you receive, and do
not be ashamed to write down what you pay
away See that you pay it away in such
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YANKEE HUSTLE A FACTOR I'M ARGENTINE

itv to their living by day Thousands OF these
people pedde through the of
and cOnveyances of all kinds many carry their
upon their backs them does care O
travel regular pay license
place he stands in If peddler of vegetables
license for feet of he be careful
that his stock does occupy room that
will be arrested.
In years American Argentine has had
great increase Last sales
L. cent the previous while fell
off 20 The year one in the coun
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Lessons for Young Men from its Items
ADDRESS

ISSUED 81 THE CLASS
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THE FIRST He KEPT AND WHAT WAS IN IT
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-04
DEAF PUPILS ENTERTAIN.
Children Once Considered Speechless
Show Successful Result OF Training.

Children Once Considered Speechless
Show Successful Result OF Training.
The deaf children Of the Harrison
School, Grove street. near LarK'.i'
gave an entertainment yesterday az
ternoon, which was extremely cIeVer
and also gave those who attended the
privilege of noting the remarkable re-
suits of great system OF teachins
"how to speak,
Children who had been CONSIDERED
dumb proved by their ability 10 talK
that the patient labor of Mrs ). %.
Holden, Miss NJ 1. Smith, Miss N. M.
Applegarth and A. N. Holden mas
been well and wonderfully rewarded.
Those who as yet are unable TO speak
have been given the power OF follow-
ing and interpreting a conversation
by the movement of the lips
The children appeared in sketches
called Mother Goose Party ana
May Day Festival and the excellent
training was made evident by the
quick perception and keen intelii-
gence and alertness of each child.
Mrs. Holden said yesterday that the
school during it's three years exist
ence had done useful work among the
deaf She paid a high compliment to
the parents of the children for their
cooperation in the work. She par
ticularly impressed upon the parents
present the necessity to talk to their
deaf children in complete sentences
during the vacation.
There is no need for a child to be
speechless, said Mrs. Holden, only
when the organ of speech is paralyzed
or diseased Otherwise deaf children
can be taught to speak.
The principal and her assistants
were congratulated by many a thank
full mother at the close of the enter
tainmept.
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equipage. A May pole on pony back
will also be a feature. Those who will
take part in the May pole event and
the ponies they will ride are: Frances
Skinner on Frolic, Marian Christensen
on Reno, Harry Rennebome on Beauty,
George Pinckard on Dewey, Philip Vim
son on Fairy, Clara Cochrane on Molly,
Margaret Graham on Chlquita, Lee
Gervin on Frank, Kent Weaver on
Lady, Dorothy Page on Molly, Margaret
Sullivan on Peanut, Katharine Hooper
on Skeezics and Joe Hooper on Mug
gins.
During the intermission the ladies of
the club will serve refreshments under
the spreading oaks. The tea table will
be in charge Of Mrs. ]. A. Buck. Mrs.
William Babcock and Mrs. George
Pinckard. Mrs. Du Bois and Miss Litch-
enburg will have charge of the candy
booth, Mrs. Hoover the ice cream and
Mrs. James w. Cochrane the household
table.
The programme is as follows: Pa
rade May pole. jumping, pony drill,
mosquito men, prisoners base, clowns,
tandems. trick ponies and donkey, jeu
de barre, carts. '49 pony express and
final parade.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-04
BRITISH AND AMERICAN
UNION HEARS ADDRESSES
Speeches Made by Andrea Sbar-
boro, Miss Agnes Murphy and

j. A. Emery

j. A. Emery.
Academy of Sciences Hall was filed
last night at the meeting of the British
and American Union. DR.. D'Evelyn
presided.
Andrea Sbarboro gave an entertain
ing account Of his visit to England
and praised British institutions and
characteristics. He said that England
is now the greatest foreign buyer of
California wines. Miss Agnes G..
Murphy, member of the Council of the
Society of Women Journalists, London,
read paper dealing with the labor and
social problems Of Australia and New
Zealand. She declared that conditions
in the colonies had been grossly mis-
represented in England and America.
Herbert George Of the Citizens AL
lance was carded to speak upon In
dustrial Equilibrium but was unable
to attend and his place was filled by
J. A. Emery, who discussed the dangers
Of the principles of modern labor union
ism.
c. w. Bennett, British Consul, made
a few informal remarks on the friend
ship Of England and America