The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-16

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a prominent Kew York InNYer q
Rfde experience says Hdt 81 his ortn-
ION ninety-alne one OF every hundred
Of those who Ailke moneysOr Inherit 4
lose it sooner or Iater.
How many thousands OF good son
est men and rone there are In this
eoIntry who lave worked very hard
and made all sorts of SACRIFICES OK
comfort and luxury IN order to lay up
Eomctlfing for hie future and yet have
rcucled middle life &c later without
of theEl, Indeed, finding themselves.
without a home or any probability OF
getting one, without property or a cent
Of money laid by for sickness. foS the
inevitable emergency or for their &c
elining yearsl
For the sake OF your home, Ter the
protection OF hard earnings, for yeur
peace 81 mind, your self respect, your
self confidence. Whatever else yon do
DO not neglect a good, solid BUSINESS
training and get It as early IN life US.
possible. It viii save you from many
fall, from q thousand embnrrass-
nents and perhaps from the humslla=
tion Of being compelled to face your
wife and children and confess That
yoU have been a failure. It may save
-you from tile modification OF having
to move from a good home to q poor
one. Of seeing your property slip out
OF your binds and of having to &C
knowledge your weakness and your IacS
Of foresight and tboughtfulness n your
being made the dupe OF ~shurpers.
Many men who once had good stores
Of their own IN working as clerks.
ao~or4valkers or superintendent Of de-
partments In other peoples stores Just
because they risked and lost every
thing In some venture. As they now
hfTe others depending on them, they
do not dare to AXE the risks which
they took In young manhood, and SO
they struggle along In mediocre posi-
tons, stiI Knocked with ambitions
which they have no chance to crafty
Thousands. of people who were once
In easy circumstances are living n
poverty and wretchedness today be
cause they failed to put an understands
ing or an agreement In writing or to do
business IN a business way. Families
have been turned out OF house and
home pcnniless because they trusted to
4 relative or u friend to "do what was
right" by them without making a hard
ANA lust EA3GE4(0 61AAS
ment with him.
It does not matter how honest PEG
PIE are. They forget, and 1t is 50 easy
for Misunderstanding to arise that tt
3 never safe to leave anything of I'M
R~ortance TO a mere oral statement. BE
duce 1t to writing. It costs but little in
time or money, and when all parties
Interested are agreed that is the best
time to formulate the agreement IN ex
net terms. This VIII often save law
ufts, bitterness and attentions. How
many friendships have been broken by
not putting understandings In writing.
Thousands Of cases are In the courts
today because agreements were not
put In writing. a large part OF law
yers' incomes is derived from the same
source.
Business talent IS as rare as a talent
fer mathematics. We find boys and
girls turned out OF school and college
full of theories and of all socs of
knowledge or smatterings OF knowl-
edge, but without the ability to protect
themselves from human thieves who
are trying to get something for Moth
Ing. No girl or boy should be allowed
10 graduate. especially from any of the
higher institutions, without being we!
grounded in practical business meth
DDS. Parents who send their children
out In life without seeing that they are
well versed in ordinary business prin-
cIples do them an incalculable Injustice
Success.