The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-08-14
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prominent New York lawyer Of
vide experience says that in his oDtm
Ion n~inetysnine out OF every hundred
Of those who mike money or inherit =
lose It sooner or later.
How mnuy thousands OF good hon
est men and women there ar In his
eountry VIC have worked ver hard
ana made all sorts Of sacrifices o.
comfort and luxury In order to lay up
something for die future and yet have
cached middle life or later wtthous
having anything to show for It. many
OF them, indeed. finding themselves
without a home or any probability Of
getting one, without properly or q cent
Of money laid by for sickness, for tho
inevitable emergency Of for their de-
Ginning years!
For the sake Of your home. Tor the
protection Of hard earnings. for your
peace OF mind, your self respect your
self confidence. whatever else you DO
do not neglect u good, solid business
trnlnfng and get It as curly in life as
possible. It will save you from many
a fan. from a thousand embarrass-
Inents and perhaps from the hun'lia-
don Of being compelled to a your
wife and children and confess that
Won hive been a failure. It may n
you from the modification of having
to move from a good home to a poor
one, of seeing your property slip out
Of your hands and OF having to ac-
knowledge your weakness and your lacs
Of foresight and thoughtfuIness or your
being made the dupe Of shnrDers.
Many men who once had good stores
Of their own are working as clerks,
aoOrwalkers or guperintendents OF de-
partments In other peoples stores JUST
because they riskOd and lost every
tFdnR in some venture. As they nov
Me- 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-
lions. stil Knocked with ambitions
which they huve no chance to crafty.
Thousands Of people who were c
In easy circumstances are living sn
poverty and wretchedness today be
cause they failed to put IN understands
ing or an agreement in writing or to do
business in n business way. Families
have been turned out of house n
home penniless because they trusted to
a relative or n friend to d what was
right by them without making a hard
and fast, practical business range
ment with him
It docs not matter how honest PEG
Re are. They forget, and it is SO easy
for MISUNDERSTANDING to arise that II
h never safe to leave anything of Inn
Dortance to u mere oral statement Re
0uce It to writing. 1t costs but little In
time or money, and when all parties
Interested are agreed hat Is the best
dme to formulate the agreement In ex-
act terms. This will often save law
nuits, bitterness and alterations. How
many friendships have been o by
not putting understandings IN writing.
Thousands OF cases are in the courts
today because agreements were not
Dut IN writing. A large part Of law
Eers' incomes Is derived from the same
source.
pusIness talent is as are as a talent
c1 mathematics. we find boys and
girls turned out OF school and college
fun of theories and OF all sorts OF
knowledge e. smatterings of knowl'
edge, but without the ability to protect
themselves from human thieves who
are trying to get somot6aG for moth.
ing. No girl or boy should be allowed
70 graduate, especially from any OF the
higher institutions, without being well
grounded in practical business meth
DDS. Parents who send their children
out In lrfe without seeing that they nre
well yersed In ordinary business prin-
cIples do them an incalculable injustice,
Success.