Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-03
DON'T Be 4 SUCKER.

DON'T BE A SUCKER.
The grafter,s axiom that a new
sucker is born every minute has been
pretty we'll established. We have seen
the get-rich-quick schemer coax the
money out OF moldy socks on assur-
ances utterly without any basis in bus
mess or commons knowledge, money
that no home business enterprise, how
ever rock ribbed in its security and
& integrity, could have charmed from its
4 seclusion. Preachers farmers, pro-
fessional men almost every class, not
excepting the sport" who assumes to
+ be a wise guy" dug up the money for
a the nervy CRATER who promised q hun
bred per cent and kept on promising.
u Dowie built a city on .galr' and prom
ises. 1t seems that any shrewd and
unscrupulous man can convince great
part of the public simply by claiming
to own the earth and promising to dis
tribute it. Notwithstanding the daily
object lesson thousands are ready to
believe that somewhere out in the
world exists benefactors Of the human
race, whose life work is to furnish
some thing for nothing, or almost Moth
ing. Given a. scheming mind, unlimited
4 NERVE" and an ad. man with a Rider
Haggard ina gination and you can "get
the money" OF course you may get
L into the penitentiary-bu that is an
other story.
Don't be sucker. Don't believe that
L someone is awaiting to pay you mag
nificent salary for what you can't do.
When you see an ad. like this cultivate
shyness:
Would you leave your present posi-
ton Of 81, $40 or SIS per week, for a
/ legitimate. easily mastered profession
paying AT LEAST $500 per month :?
2 The details of this profession may be
learned In "a hours-and after ONE
vaEK'S thorough application upon
part i will GUARANTEE that you are
4 properly equipped to go ahead. Ny
< fees for this instruction need NOT be
n paid until you are absolutely ASSUR-
> ED Of s,lccess-until you are actually
LEARNING the 5000 per month as stat-.
Z ed. Az i teach this profession to only
81 LIMITED number Of applicants your
Held Of operation will NOT be a
crowded one.
Do you believe II? Do you imagine
that any man can fit himself in a new
T profession in week to draw 5000 a
Month as his minimum salary? If you
you are one Of the suckers that a
britain portion of each minute Of the
lay is devoted to bringing into the
prld. The advertisement was meant
or you. Why. you can't imagine cir
sunis stances VI = you would be worth
tile difference tween So week and
5000 q month With weeks prepare
tion. How do you expect to fool other
sople II you can't get yourself to be-
klfeve 1T?
Possibly you have come in contact
with the company with the mouth
filling name that makes speciality of
selling 'timepieces actually worth
33.50 for $780, If so. you should know
more than before you met it. Perhaps
your faith has been shaken in the pure
altruism Of the man who offers SO much
for SO little. II not you are chronic
sucker and will go on all your life sup
porting the gentleman in the silk hat
with the pleasing address, who sells a
box Of toilet soap and twenty dollar
bill for the small consideration Of five
dollars. Oh, there's a. horde Of pleas
ant and promising gentlemen looking
for you In their vernacular you are
known as a Come on"
Don't lose chance to improve your
prospects. Don't pass up better place
{ II You believe you can make good. But |
steer clear of the idea that you can
get bigger wages and know less than
the men who are on the market with |
services to sell Look around you. If |
opportunity ever knocks twice it is on
the door OF the homestead. The men
you know WHO have made the greatest
success Made good at home Don't be
a coward, and, above all-don't be a
sucker.