The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-07-06
NO TIME FOR STUDY.
People Who Are either Too Busy or
Too INDECENT for sslf-improvement

PEOPLE Who Are Either Too Busy or
Too INDECENT for sslf-improvenent
That person who takes no interest
In affairs OF his fellow men. who fails
20 keep himself informed as to what
Is transpiring around him, IL far from
being either progressive or well-in-
formed. These days when papers and
magazines are 30 plentiful and 90
cheap. there Is little excuse for the
average person not keeping closely In
touch with events. and particularly
keeping enlightened as 70 what 10
transpiFing that may affect his own
individual interests.
One OF the great beauties. and an
extraordinary privilege OF our Amer
lean form OF government, 10 the right
OF ever citizen To take Q part in pub
lie affairs and particularly in gov
ernmentai transactions. How many
follow party leaders. perhaps blindiy.
and too late ind that they made err
rors through not having understood
the situation How many who are
negligent In the study Of measures
that are brought up for consideration
both by state and national legislative
bodies, and too late nnd that unw<se
laws were enacted that directly OBJ
pressed certain classes 10 the ad-
vantage OF othersy How many people
are gathered In by alluring promises
made In the finely printed literature
sent broadcast through the country
for the purpose OF exploitation OF
fraudulent stock companies. Just
through not keeping informed as to
the means and methods employed by
schemers 10 entrap the unwaryy II
Ia conservatiyely estimated that each
year more than t50. 00O. 900, are taken
from the earnings OF the people Just
through the operations of fraudulent
mining, OIL insurance and like con-
Germs. II would DO impossible for the
promoters OF such frauds 10 exist were
the people careful readers OF the
newspapers and the magazines, the
pages OF which are filed with &C
counts OF the doings of "get-rich.
quick" schemes.
These days there Is every oppor-
tunity for self.improvement Rural
deliveries carry papers TO the most
remote farms, and telephones connect
the farmhouses In the average com
nrunity, II the people were only to
utilize the means so close at hand,
and TO take the time TO read, and ex-
anime into such propositions as inter
est them, there would be less cause
for complaint on the part OF those
who perchance get their fingers Bills
tered" IL is evident from the success
that explolters OF schemes meet with.
that the majority OF people lack good
business judgment, or thst they are
blinded by some inherent gambling de-
sire. IL is always a safe plan 10 avoid
any investment that offers more than
legitimate returns on an investment
Any proposition that will pay even
principal is secured. can find all the
capital that may be required for It's
operation. without calling upon the
general public. II is only the uncer-
tain kind OF investments. the ones
that are a gamble" such as mining,
and the like. that are most prominent
in the advertising columns OF the pa
pers. The basis on which the promot.
ers work. Is the inclination OF the PEG
pie 70 seek great returns for littfe
money. II IL the same sentiment that
allows numerous establishments 10
Gated in different parts OF the country
TO dispose OF cheap goods at enormous
profits through holding out TO the peo
Pile the promise OF extraordinary
values The wellinformed man will
avid all kinds OF investment schemes
that are designed TO draw money from
the pockets OF the people, and will
also refuse TO buy any pigs In bags,
IL matters not whether the matter OF
barter be stocks and bonds or the nee
essaries OF life