The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-07-05
BUSINESS DERELIcTs.
ne Army Of aIen VINO chad HIeAeyS
but lost IT.

IN. AY.n,y q Men VINO ssI4ad REoAeys
bat lost IT.
A prominent New York lawyer OF
wide experience says that in his optn-
ion nInety-nIne out Of every hundred
Of those who make money or Inherit u
lose it sooner or later.
How many thousands OF good non
est men ana women there are In THIS
country who have worked very hard
and made nll sorts Of sacrifices OF
comfort and luxury In order to lay mp
something for the future ana YET nave
reached middle life or later without
having ANYTHING to show for 1t, many
OF them, indeed, finding themselves
without a home or any probability OF
getting one, without property or cent
Of money laid by for sickness. Tor the
inevitable emergency or for their de-
Ginning years!
For the sake of your home, for the
protection OF hard earnings, for your
neace of~nild. your self respect, your
self confidence. whatever else you do
do not neglect a good. solid business
training and get 1t as early IN Ire as
possible. 1t viii save you from many
d fall, from thousand emoarrass-
rnents5 and perhaps from the hunilla-
ton of being compelled to race your
wife and children and confess that
you have been a failure. 1t may save
YOU IRON The modification OF having
to move from "A good home to poor
one, of seeing your property slip out
of yolr hands aud OF having to ac-
knowledge your weakness and your lack
of foresight and thoughtfuIness or your
being made the dnpe of sharDers.
Many men who ouce had good stores
OF, their own are working as clerks,
doorwalkers or superintendent OF De
partments In other peoples stores Just
because they rfsked and lost every
thing in some venture. AS they now
have others depending on them, they
do not dare to take the risks whlcn
they took in young manhood, and SO
they struggle along In mediocre posi-
lions, still moclSed with ambitions
which they have no chance to crafty.
Thousands of people who We're once
in easy circumstances are living n
poverty and Indebtedness today be
cause they failed to put an understand
ing or an agreement in writing or to do
business in a business way. Families
have been turned out of house and
home penniIess beca use they trusted to
a relative or friend to do what was
right" by them without making hard
and fast, practical business arrange
ment with him.
1t does not matter how honest PEG
pie are. They forget, and it is so easy
for Misunderstanding to arise that II
Is never safe to leave anything of I'M
portance to mere oral sta .2-.l:.:-- I-e-
duce it to writing. 1t costs but little In
time or money. and wien an parties
Interested are agreed that is the best
time to formulate the agreement in eS.
act terms. This viii often save law
suits, bitterness and alterations. How
many friendships have been broken by
not putting understandings In writing:
thousands of cases are in the courts
today because agreements were not
nut in writing. \ large part OF law
ycrs' incomes is derived from the same
source.
Business talent is as rare as talent
for mathematics. We find boys ana
girls turned out OF school and college
fun of theories and Of all sorts OF
knowledge or smatterings of knowl-
edge. but without the ability to protect
themselves from human thieves who
are irving to get something for moth
Ing. No girl or boy should be allowed
to graduate. especially from any OF the
higher Institutions, without being Wen
grounded in practical business meth
DDS. Parents who send their children
ont IN life without seeing that they are
well vcrsetl in ordinary business prih-
ciples do them an incalculabie injustice
Success.