Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-14
"TF | HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE
OVER AGAlN."-RUSSELL SAGE

In my Younger days i devoted much !
of my time TO affairs in Washington
and Albany. and l am glad of it. I
would do ii over again. IL those days
every young man thought for himself.
took an early interest in politics.
If the young men of today would do
likewise. existing conditions would be
avoided. All the evil in politics can be
traced back to the primaries.
If the caliber of the man whom you
choose for your mouthpiece be low. YOU
cannot expect his works TO be other
wise. Honesty in politics. as in ev-
orything else, should be the password.
The state and the nation would be far
better today ii every Il man would
give part OF his time to the intelligent
study of politics, rs u men did
when l was 21.
II i had my life TO live over again l
am sure l should not attempt TO move
in what is termed society" 1 would
rather be one of n few gathered to-
gether by IL bond of friendship than to
partakc of all the glitter and ~hollowness
of what is called the -Four Hundred"
The friendship of a few outliveS life
itself. Friendship remembers; society
forgets. In the home only is there true
happiness. Happiness abides in the
home where comfort, moderation and
industry are the foundations. 1t is
there that a mans best ideas get their
birth and grow.
If l had my life to live over again i
would marry ever earlier than l did.
The tender care of q good wife is the
finest thing in the world. l am hank
full indeed tina l have had this in the
fullest measure.
But society is to blame for many
wasted lives. 1t is a fact. Il surprising
fact. hat mel endure unwarranted eN-
! penses for nc other purposes than to eX-
cite the jealousies of their ~neiShbors.
| How wicked that is. l do not say that
n man is to be so much lame for
spending money largely to crafty the
honest tastes of himself and his am
lily for expensive Observation-Disclosures, pic
lures, yachts. travel. music and the
like. These are not the wrecking eX-
travagances. There are other things.
To excite MY is to make enemies.
Nor is this its worst consequence
Men who have say. from $50, 900 to $780,
900 IL year and are able to live in great
comfort are not satisfied. They prompt
ly proceed to live in a manner which
eXcites criticism, and they establish Il
standard of living which their incomes
do not warrant. They begin to maxi
inroads on their capital. When n man
begins to make inroads on his capital
he is taking the fatal step.
/ do not mean that u gentleman
should not live in n gentlemanly man
ner-within his income. What l de-
plore is the spending of money to
arouse the jealousy of Others. waether
it be for a miilion-dollar steam Sacnt
or the wearing of a l0-cent neck ribbon
where the wearer could honestly afford
only a scent one.
! hate to think what effect this latter
day pandering to Haunting display VIII
have upon the poorer classes. These eN-
t%ravagant persons excuse themselves
by saying that, after all, the money is
spent here in New York. that ii gives
employment to a large lumber of peo-
ple and that it ~circulates among the
workers. Circulatcs among whom?
Among the limited class whose only
business is to cater to the butterflies
of society. Not a dollar of it is pro-
ductive. Not an honest trades person
or laboring man is benefited in the
least.
Insolent excess n impatient extrav-
agance brought about the French rev.
olution. Discomfort. which begins
among the iGlers and the loafers, is
tisans, ana unless something can be
lone to stop it, popular Indignation will
break loose in ;ln avalanche nat may
destroy the very bulwarks of u so
cial and political system. Those who
live for pleasure alone do no good to
~ w. s"iy WIN Sl'N AISt iAS
heed the warning.
Look Out for Clothing Bargains"
Thrift is the first clement of success
ful manhood. When YOU have made
your fortune, it is time enough to thinll
about spending it. TWO suits of clothes
are enough Tor any u man. The
only thought that Il young MAJ need
spend about his clothes is To look out
for bargains at the owest price. l very
much fear that a goodly part of our
young men spend much OF their time
in thinking how expensive they can
make their ward-obes.
our boys need some II to keep them
in check. | DO not douht that some of
them spend three months salary upon
their clothes. Some run into debt for
the sake of red neckties. fancy shirts,
silk socks. silk undertaking. and all
that. 1t is positively criminal.
Every Ii man should watch the
clothing. market as closely as u Wall