The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-10
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me AHyof Men WHO sHad Moasy.
bat Lost IL"

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bat Lost t."
A prominent Rev York lawyer Of
wide experience snys that In his optnr
lon n~inety-niue our Of every hundred
nf those who make money OF Inherit h
lose It n or later.
How many thousands OF good hon
est men and women there are IN this
country who have worked very hard
and mada MI sorts OF sacrifices q
! comfort ahd luxury In order TO lay up
6omethmg fpr the future and yet have
reached Middle life or later without
having anything to show for It. many
Of them. indeed, finding thenselVeg
without a home or ny probability Of
getting one, without property or 4 cent
OF money laid by for sickness, for the
inevitable emergency or for their de
cIining yearst
For the sake Of your home. for the
protection OF ard earnings, for your
peace of mind, your self respect, your
Relf confidence. whatever else you do
do not neglect II good, solid business
training and get IC as early In life as
possible. It VIII save you from many
a fall, from a thousand embarrnss-
ments and perhaps from the humNia-
ton OF being compelled to face your
wife and children and confess that
you have been a failure. 1t may save
you from the modification of having
to move from a good home to a poor
one, Of seeing your property slip ont
OF your hands and Of having to &C
knowledge yourweakneSs and your lack
of foresight and thoughtfulness or your
being made the dupe OF ~sharpers.
Many men who once had good stores
Of their own T working as clerks,
aoorwaIkers or superfntendents Of de-
pnrtments [ other peoples stores just
because they risked and lost every
1nR In some venture. AS they now
ME others depending on them, they
do not dare to take b 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 ~
poverty and wretcheduess today be-
cause they failed toput 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 penniless because they trusted to
a relative or n friend to "do what was
right by them without making a hard
and fast, practical business arrange
ment with him.
It does not matter now honest PEG
lie are. They forget, and 1t Is sc easy
for misunderstanding to arise that 1t
b never safe to leave anything Of Inn
p~ortance to u mere oral statement. Re
duce it to writing. It costs but little in
time or money, and when all parties
Interested are agreed TINT is the best
time to formulate the agreement n ex
act terms. This viii often save law
sutts. bitterness aud alterations. How
many friendships have been broker 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 samo
GOurce.
Business talent Is es rare as a talent
fer mathematics. We find boys and
girls turned out OF school and college
fun of theories and OF all Bort OF
knowledge e. s-matterinEs OF knowl-
edge, but wRhout 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 who send their children
out In life without seeing that they nre
well versed in ordinary business prin-
ciples do them an ~incalculable injustice
Success.