The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10
YOUNG NAN MUST
NOT DO GAMBLING
If He EXPECTS TO BE HONEST
AND SUCCEED ON THE ROAD
OR IN ANYTHING ELSE HE
MUST BE HoNEsT-RusINEss
MEN ALL SAY THIS.

Can q young man gamble, succeed in
business and remain trustworthy? This
question has been put to several Of
Fargo's most successful business men
by n travellers reporter. In varia-
bly, the answer has been the same:
He cannot"
Some put more emphasis upon it
than others, but always, regardless OF
how the question was asked, the senti-
ment was Identical.
He cannot"
ut is only a matter Of time" said
one of the largest wholesalers in the
city, until he gets crooked. / don't
care how nice a fellow is; / don't care
whether was a priest OF a pirate,
whether his mother was a Pamela or
an Ulrica; 1t makes no difference
whether he was raised in the lap of
luxury or in the stencil Of the slums,
If he has that crooked desire to become
by something the getting Of which
requires no honest toll, and persists in
feding his depraved appetite for ILL
got gains, he will some day turn thief.
I don't want him about me. There's
not room under the roof for him and
me. | am willing to pay him every
cent his time ana service are worth,
but l don't want any man about me
whom / could not trust
Harsh words, these, but how
FAR Is he from the truth?
Another man related a little tete-
a-tete he had with one Of his young
men. 1t came to him that the young
man, whom he considered and still
considers absolutely honest, had got
ten into the very questionable habit Of
spending his spare time shooting
craps" willing once for all to come
to an understanding with the young
fellow the "old man called the lad to
him and said:
Now, my boy, let's understand one
another. I have been told that you
have become inoculated with a desire
to grow rich all at once, and without
effort. First, I want to say that you
are a On fool. Your class OF a fool
is the greatest fool on earth. Right
now you ought to have a guardian
guardian endowed with a No. 10 boot
and power enough behind 1t to kick
o SO hard that your great-grand-
father would turn over in his grave
and grunt. Look me in the eye!
Don't o know you haven't got a
ghost Of a chance-that the cards are
stacked and the dice loaded? Did you
ever come out a real winner, and IL you
did, did the money ever do you any
SS0A* A10NCA yO0 6O4AO tABAb 0o1A
and lost 1t? Why do you wear cheap
clothes when you get q salary sufic-
lent to dress o up in as the best Of
us wear? Have you got q $40 bill to
your name? Tell me, isn't there some
fellow today sporting diamond studs
on his winnings from you and such as
your"
TIL" began the boy, but the
"old man stopped him.
~ dT "a - --A-4n--- gW a.
have this thing out. I want you to
promise me right here that you win
never roll another bone-wiII never
gamble again as long as you remain
on my payroll. My boy, I like you.
You have 1t In you to amount to some-
thing. Your father before you was a
good man, your mother a good woman.
But unless you can see you way clear
to promise me right here and o to
cut 1t out-cut 1t out for good and all
~ want you to bundle up your little
belongings n chase yourself out OF
my sight"
Perhaps this man wouldn't mind
mixing in on a little 5-cent-ante poker
game once in awhile himself. Per-
haps even in his early days he has
rolled the bones" Yet he has been
successful in spite Of II. Why o give
the boy the same chance? The "old
man. knows. He ought to know. He
may be only one Of four or six or ten
of the boys who used to play keeps"
for marbles together who managed to
slip by the grasping hand Of chance.
Maybe one of his boyhood chums
drops into his office once in awhile to
beg the price Of a drink. The "old
man has been through the mill. He
knows.
Can a young mar gamble and re-
main trustworthy Every time the an
swer:
HE cannot"