Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1911-11-09
Third District.
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/ law collars. brave dollars, eoWardlJ
dollars. and lust common bad dollars
Dollars are dutiful, they will do just
| as Won want them to do. Here is q
dollar. 1t is my dollar, | worked fol
| II have heard somewhere that the
| fellows who have made big fortunes IL
this country did so By working for DOL
! lars, aud then making tue collar
work for them. | wonder now l car
make my collar work for me. Trims
| in matters of this kind 1t Is wise &c
| follow in the footsteps of the big Eel
| lows. But where can find job fol
my dolIar2 Perhaps the banker car
tell me. | will bring my dollar oveI
and see.
.iMr. Banker, | have come to see
whether or not you can give my dol
lar job.
II want this dollar to work for me,
sir said I, 81 worked hard for it.
Can you put it to work Z"
Eyes, " says the banker, = can give
your dollar Job, but you understand
that the dollar must work for me, not
for you. =, .-, .s;-
dollarT"
II will pay three cents year, but
nv dollar can earn more than that.
NCan't you afford to pay more than
that Don't you think my dollar is
worth more"'
"Oh, yes, your dollar will earn more
than that, but, remember that your
dollar will be working for me, and if
I mt your dollar where it will earn
from ten to fifty cents per year will
nav YOU three cents, and keep the rest
myself. f"
''Why do you do thati''
"Because we are not in business
for our health says the banker. "A
bank II business institution. We
have stockholders in this bank the
same as there are stockholders in other
corporations, and we must pay divi-
deD5s. We earn our money by making
other neonle's money work for us.
''But see here, this ia my dollar, "
said I, land it should work for me- =
"Pelhaps il should, = replied the
banker, "but that isn't the way we 90
business. If give your dollar a job
it must work for me. | will pay your
dollar what | promised to pay but no
more. AHj buihSo ONUl oEA "poNO ohpp
belongs to US.
"Woll," said ], "will the dollar
have a chance to grow and increasef
That will make some difference, you
know. | might be satisfied with the
three cents wages provided the dollar
had chance to increase
ut won't increase, said the bank
er, ''as far as you are concerned and
we had Just as well understand right
now that you won't get any more than
what | promised you, and that any in
crease or any earnings above that
keen myself"
"Then, I replied, "that might be
all right for you, bur think l will
see il | can't find better job for my
dollar.
So went across the street and saw
a broker. I knew he handled railroad
stocks and bonds on different interests
throughout the country, and employed
q great many dollars Perhaps he
could find the rigat kind Of q position
for it, and SO said to the broker:
81 am trying to find job for my
dollar, and now | worked hard for j 81
and | have got al idea that l am emit
tied to everything that the dollar can
earn. / talked with my banker about
it He was willing to give the dollar
a job. but paid only small wages, and
| found out for the first time that
bank is a business enterprise doing
business for profit the same as any
other business enterprise | found
that dollars put to work there must
work for the banker Now I come to |
you with the hope Of being able to
ind job for my dollar and | hope |
you can give it employment where it
will ID able to turn over TO me all |
that it is able to earn Have You got |
my position openl'
Eyes" said the broker, II have a
number of good positions and | can
give your dollar a job,
'What kind of jobF' | asked.
sob, | can put it to work in sever
i places. / can give it "a good one on
railroad Some Of the big fellows
re just building new railroad,
they have issued some bonds and if
on want to put your dollar to work l
ill arrange SO that the dollar can
elp build the railroad. +"
How much will the dollar earn"
iuquirei
well, SAID tue broker, II don't
now Just how much the dollar will
arm, but we can afford to pay the
ollar five cents yeqr. :,
That is little BETTER said I,
but l would like to know how much
lq dollar is goiug to earn. OF course !
the dollar can't earn more than 5
3nts q year then | will have to be
itisfea, but il it can earn zoe to 25c
year it seems to me ought to get
oro of it" ,
"You don't understand" said TIE
,oSar, ~ will give the dollar job,
at it will have to work for the rail
,al and not for you.
But, said 7, this is my dollar.
have worked for it, and it seems to !
e Chat il should work for me. That
what the big fellows all say. I
I've read history TO the effect that ]
lis is the way they started and ,
AIDE their money. They started out
orkiug at small wages, and saved j
" dollars, and then made their dol
IS work for them. Now am figur-
g dnat If cRn do the same / will be !
lie 10 pile u @ fortune, too. | can
{ oth dollars to put to work just I
goou az ! G3H 51itable employment