The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-07
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RE Ally OF Men Who elad lIoaeI
hut Lest If.s

but Lost nES
A prominent New York hWYer ot
wide experience says that n his Opln-
Ion nlpety=nine out OF every hundred
OF those who make money or Inherit 4
lose It sooner OF later
How many thousands Of good o
est men and women there are In thig
country who ave worked very hard
and made all sorts Of sacrifices Of
comfort and luxury In order TO lay up
something for the future and yet have
reached middle lie or lateT without
having anything to show for It. many
Of. them, Indeed, finding themselves
without a home or any probability o.
getting one. without property or a cent
Of money laid by for sickness. for the
inevitable emergency or for their de
Ginning yearsl
For the sake Of your home, for tie
protection OF hard earnings, for YOU
peace of mind, you self respect, yo1r
self cendC- ace, whatever else you do
do not neglect n good, solid business
training and get 1t MS early~tn life rs
possible. It will save you from many
a fall, from a thousand embarTass-
nents and perhaps iron the hOmslia-
ton of being compelled to Tace your
wife and children and confess that
you have been n failure. 1t may save
you from the modification Of having
to move from n good home TO q 1901.
one, of seeing your property slip out
OF yorr hands and of having to &C
knowledge your weakness int your IacF
Of foresight and thoughtfulness or your
being made the dupe of sharpcrs.
Many men who once had good stores
Of their own are working as clerks.
Hoorwalkers or Euperintendents of de-
partments In other peoples stores just
because they risked and lost every
thing in some venture. As they nov
ASfEe others depending on them, they
do not dare to take the risks which
they took In young manhood, and so
they struggle along In mediocre posi-
tons, still Knocked with ambitions
which they have no chance to crafty.
Thousands OF people who were once
In easy circumstances are living N
poverty and w-retchedness today be-
cause they failed to put an understand
Ing or IN agreement In writing or to do
business in a business way. Families
have been turned out OF house and
home pennIless because they trusted to
a relative or u friend to d what was
right" by them without making a hard
and fast, practical business arrange
ment with him.
1t docs not matter how honest peo-
BE are. They forget, and 1t is so easy
for misunderstanding to arise that 1t
Is never safe to leave anything OF i'm
portance to a mere oral statement Re
duce it 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
act terms. This VIII otter save law
suits, bitterness aud alterations. How
many friendships have been broken hy
not putting understandings In writing.
Thousands OF cases are In the courts
today because agreements We're not
put IN writing. A large part of law
yers' incomes fs-derivod from Che same
source.
Business talent Is rs rare as a talent
mathematics. we End boys and
girls turned out Of school and college
fun of hecrIes and of all sorts of
knowledge & smatterings OF knowl-
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
to graduate, especially from any Of the
higher institutions, without being well
grounded in practical business meth
DDS. Parents wi send their children
out in life without seeing that t;ey are
versed IN ordinary business prin-
do them an Incalculable injustice.
Success.