Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-12-24
william Curg Tells o. u;iness
S;tuat;on There.
RETIREON COMPETENCE
LIi!waukeean Says His Couatrynen Re.
tire Early with Modest Fortune
to Enjoy Life Quietly.

liam s'urTie, who returned home recently,
accompanied by his wife, from a pleas
are visit to his native land. and, although,
as he says, he was delighted to get back
home again, as there is no place to him
like America. he was greatly benefited by
his sojourn abroad.
A Good Place to Rest.
You see. il Scotland Il man ca find
companions of about his own az who
are always ready and willing to enjoy
themselves suggested Mr.. Currle. Now
in this country "A man can't rest-tney
won't let him. and he doesn't care to,
because every one of his age and means
is busy daily. lin my natn e country 1t
is entirely different. They are not 50
determined there to get ho.d Of the dol
lar as we are in America. In fact, the
peopie OF Scotland do not care about
immense wealth. and they do not work
for wealth until they drop down and are
out OF the race. The business men OF
Scotland are satisfied to make a good
living during their lives. up to the age
of 80 - or 60, ut the oldest, and then
they are likely TO retire from business
perfectly c0ntented.
Sports Are Less Costly.
'When maA over there has accumu-
lated $lG0 900 to 100000, he quits and
gives someone else a chance Vast for
tunes are not what they are after Bust
ntsS men enjoy themselves, too, and in
every city, village and hamlet they have
their curling clubs, their golf clubs and
other sports and they all turn out and
enjoy them. They do not put so much
money into tacm rs we do here, either.
Where it costs man in this country $I2
10 so year for curling club dues, there
they pay about IS for dues They pay
= fug tt.hi -,
500 year, and SO on. Yet they have
just as much sport as we do When the
ice is in condition for curling, they start
IA right after breakfast, in Scotland, and
play until dark. Farmers and all indulge
n the sp@"t,
Country Is Prosperous.
Il do not mean by this that there is
not much business done in Scotland On
the contrary. everything is prosperous
and busy. The manufacturing towns are
always busy; the merchants are doing
well everywhere, and there is Il general
ain of activity and prosperity. But they
10 not work all the time to the eXclu-
sion Of recreation and fun, and they en-
JOY life there much more, | think, than
We can claim 20 be doing here where VIC
are always at work Agriculture too,
mas been very prosperous in Scotland.
AflceS ore, as Il rule, lower for the neees-
"A
can apples sold there ut auction for and
Shllings a barrel They buy American
d0ur as Cheapy as we do ut home.
Whiie foodstuffs generally are about as
cheap Meats and the like are slightly
higher.
Some Scottish Industries.
"Ihe manufacturing centerS were all
busy when | was there. At Maybole
&Rere is great shoe manufacturing in
IL ttt.,r lNt,t.. 81,
town of Ayr is found a carpet making
factory. and Turkish rug and Lace fac
tories are running. Aberdeen is. Of
course celebrated for its great granite
quarries, which are never idle. Kt,mar-
Lock is also Il carpet making town. and
Las the railway shops of the Glasgow a.
southwestern railroad, where they make
locomotives, cOacneS, freight cars, etc.
Glasgow is, of course. famed for her
shlpbullding institutions and also for the
bridge manufacturing works Of Sir Vii
liam ArOll, who rebuilt the bridge of Hay
and Forth bridge. The works employ n
great number of skilled workmen. And
near Glasgow the Singer Sewing Ma
chine company has factory employing
more than 5000 people. The agricultural
sections are prosperous, and near Glas-
gov is the section where the early pota-
toes for the Glasgow and London mar
kets are raised. Wheat is also raised in
y
Ia 80 bushels to the acre.
Retire from Business Early.
Il found number of the men who
were boys with me, and who are now
among those who have retired from bust
ness to enjoy the fruits of their iahors
They are among those who do not be
lieye in working TO the end as we do il
this country. Instead, they are satisfied
with what they have made and mean 1,
enjoy il as long as they can.
AS to the tariff policy urged by Cham
herlain; He presented the idea in Scot
land. but the people thee are not il
favor of Il, not yet al lea It. They thinl
they do not need a tarIh system; but, in
stead still strongly favor free trade
They would like to have more trade will
America, but they are we'll pleased Will
conditions here, end are especially graft
fled over the national election in thu
United States. The people of Scotland
regard Roosevelt as the greatest mal
who has occupied the presidential chai
ia this country since Lincoln.
Whisky by the Carload.
Speaking OF the business progress o
Scotland. At the town of AYR Is to b.
seen the great warehouse for the >totag
of the celebrated Highland whisky whjcl
took the media! and grand prize at III
81. Louis exposition. Iii Is kept Their
hy the carload Ayr is. by the way, ON
OF the historic places OF the country.
is one of the oldest horoughS in scotland
and still has a fort in good preservation
that was buiit by Cromwell Near bN /
is the old castle of Robert the Bruce
known as Turnberry castle And. great
er perhaps than All relies two and one
half miles from Ayr is the place wher
Burns was born and spent his hoyhoo,
days. and his home is located in one q
the most beautiful spots of country tina
| have ever seen. From Calrcl hin
close by his birthplace, as magnificent .
scene as can be imagined is a. be viewed
aud upon a clear day the visitor can be
hold Ben L0mond, sixty miles away
also the island of Arrau and the Firth a
Clyde forming the most wonderful pgno
ramic view | think possible to see in tn,
world
Trade in Curling Stones.
found that my own native town
tiirban. has become q famous health re-
sort and watering plaCp and II il mo-,