The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-14

said such eilools that make
men, 45f rs
G..Tiia t may be true, was the eply.
""There are greater dlsa dyantage than
having tic work one wa y throug n. III e.:
Such work Drin out the . man e nds mar
things in the world to- day, are largely
men schooled as 70 was. 81 They come from
the middle wa ks or life. They sha We had
to fight their way upwa I'd and y hrough
fighting they grew. ISs learntd N UGH IN
that country score. It Il tau ght me exa cli-
itude Industry and the value of the nickel.
Only the fewests pc ple ever learn that
twenty 81 ckels make a dollar. In that
store the accounts had to be exac t.s31{l
re1nefi, Der NE sold a 4 calico dress for a
dollar and 8ite then&to just eigh t yarus
to make a III dress. We measured 1t on
with a. yard ST ckjnst 81 Oh yald moi
a quarter Of an Inch more, Z not a8q uarter
Of inch less. Ei ght, pounds OF conee
were sold for a d lar and ~ II ned 70
measure out Just els ht pounds. I Z l Ink
we put the paper on the scales first. An.
other common art icle we sold was to bacco
which cost forty cents a plug, bu t which
was usually sold In We cen cuts. 5a1
learned to cut a. plug IN eig hths ana 70
put the other seven Oh his away In g, q
glass lar for future customers All e-..ls
laugh t me q to DO exa ct.
Cannon's First Five Hundred
D ollars. BE,
81 t must have taught you to be econonl--ss
ical as well Ell ffi3
.EconomicaI rs exc claimed Mr.. Cannon!
eye gods L how economic cal II was then. "a
nickel looked bigger han "a. double gold
eagle does now, and r. am not extrava-
gan t to-day. Ia wanted to stud y law and
get ahead h and i saved every cent, HOW
closely saved you may KIN oW w hen Y
tell t,you that for that five Years + re-
sceiyed s., 900 In wa ges, Il a q sc OF =
a week.. and III saved just half d that
The result was that ID 8had $500 when 4
stopped cierklng. 7 lived upon that while
- studied law. III IS II ,is
'.'.rhat saving taught me the uses and
value OF money, continued Mr.. Cannon
81 t. gave m 8 abits which enabled me TO
pay the debts incurred IN the dull season
of my law stud y and earl " pract lce. II X
caused me to invest my surplus ithereaft er,i
with the result tia when i WENT Con-
Igr ess i had what Was Il en- cons ldel red q
good Income outs my salary. ., y q
Could you not live upon you = salary
while In Congress r. Il asked III
III have not done SO, = was the reply =
layesllved well, although not extrava ga t-
5ly.s MY expenses have been a bout twice as
much as the amount received from the
government. Nevertheless those 4 in Yest-,
3ments mad 8 in the days OF; my Law prap-
itice,S owing to the rise in farm lands and;
other things, have made n t SO that could
now leave public life and be comfortably.
of. I don't mean tina Il 4 would be q
rich man sin the present sense OF he
word. but il would have enough for az
my needs,ns 81 X, & Il y K 81
The Prime Of Life at Sixty-Eight.
4 gu are too young a man, Mr. 4 Sneak
Ell. TO think o. retiring, You seem to be
lin Your prime : 81 Z, 81, I,
b. man Is as old 5as he feels, SAID
Mr.. Cannon, Y 4 am at u In my prln
am siXty-eight, but ! have never felt
better. physica " or mentally, work,
more easily and can handle men 4 bet ter
than I'M the gpast. How long this WILL
last I do not know, but there are many
men In publ liz 4 ite older than 1I Wl,o are
still doing good work. Senator'S Frye and
Proctor are seYenty-t three; cullom, the
chai Of the s foreign relat ions coln-
mittee Of the Senate. IL seyenty four
while "a lisorl and II oar ire Gao seventy
Ave. these men are more In,. efhelen n,
sllan hey have ever beer, NE length
yof ID mans working life lis Target n a
mat OF individual const !tutioh, Some!
are older at thirty than otllers a re- at
sixty, . IL the Lord shoAld gtye me three
score or even 10 urs core ye airs of Working
life j sha be 81 should n Ike to zee
Il, ain npon this ca IN as long as 4 can
he useful Il ID myself and my flows, q nd
p ~ longer Nv When IA begin Ia IA II Wal nj