The daily Alaskan., 1913-02-17

A/ slavery if still existed among us Ask the old around you,
 they will tell you that poverty the great widespread curse
 ~ Not wealth is necessary happiness, but freedom from the poverty that gnd poverty that worries poverty that makes man the slave of any man that doarTHAT is necessary to happiness
 You have seen pictures the slave traders rushing through the African forests and the poor blacks fleeing before them in terror
 WHAT THE SLAVE TRADER WAS TIRE BLACK MAN ON THs OLD DAYS OF SLAVE SHIPS POVERTY IS TO YOU
 Keep out of poverty. Keep out of debt
 Remember the dollar you spend quickly today and tho other dollar tomorrow the day after might later INE PENDENT MANHOOD power to control your own umo direct your
 Money enoughhough be but day than you spendmeans FREEDOM independence the right to look any man in the eye as his EQUAL.
 And poverty debt the spending of little than you actually bao means slavery now anxiety humiliation in the future
 Poverty deprycs children of education and so 1t means IdNo RANCE.
 Poverty dprves children of care and good foOd and DISEASE.
 Poverty takes away mems courage drives them despair makes them seek be found and poverty means DRUNKENNESS
 Wherever you find miserable poor and undeTPad you will find ignorance and drunkenness
 Wherever you conditions and lift the weight ot poverty drunkenness and ignorance diminish
 Whatever vo age or habits condition there are two things that you can doyou better yourself can make things worse.
 IfvOua enough to have many good years ahead of you IS absolutely IN yOTR POWER m make vour life dgnifed independent and is6cd
 However old you may be or discouraged isn't too late fight anst the curse that weighs millions of the of present poverty and that other almost great the DREAD UT POVERTY IN THE FUTURE
 IT IS IN YOUR POWER TO BE FREE WILL DO IT, SPEND LESS MAKE AND YOU WILL FIND THAT SPEND ING LESS MEANS ALMOST EVERY CASE EARNING MORE F MAN PUTS INTO LEARNING THINKING THE HOURS AND THE VITA WILL SOON FIND HIS POWER TO EARN INCREASED
 You must remember however that if the majority of men are worried hard up living along from day day. it because going debt is very easy and keeping of 1t is difficult.
 day the temptation spend this and to spend that
 On certain day everybody have hat and he gets it. He thinks he must spend much anybody ee does There goes one chance of saving.
 Each man thinks that he must well somebody else does
 And million young fools think that they MUST take drink when it and also that they must buy drink in their turn, which is diohc
 And tens of thousands of married kept poor because they imagine that they well somebody else doe and too often their wives help them to keep poor
 Try to bear in mind that years from won't make much you whether you got hat Sept 15 l9 or not, but WILL MAKE A VERY BIG DIFFERENCE at that time whether you have few thousand dollars saved few dozen men trying to collect bills from you
 Remember that when you are well off, when you say truly thnt YOU OWE NO MAN A DOLLAR people always iko the way you look They find no fault with your dressing
 Remember that all the vanh all the fine clothing, new ha new shoes do you bit of good when you and everybody ese know that you CAN'T AFFORD those things
 It isn't easy to and be independent If it every one would be prosperous and independent But it possible to KEEP POVERTY AWAY
 lis possible to be A FREE MAN, AFRAID OF NO ONE CONTROLLED AND BOSSED BY NOBODY.
 Many man will see this article today who if be could see again twenty years from no would wish with bitterness of heart that he had paid attention and realized that was intended for him.
 Few live happy independent free from the control of other men, and great majority live with poverty of hands always above them fear of the future pnched and anxious in the present
 BUT YOU CAN BE FREE WILL. IT IS IN YOUR POWER TO SAY TO YOURSELF. I MAY RICH, WILL NEVER BE POOR. I'LL EARN THAT CAN IN THE PRESENT, AND I'LL OF EVERY DOLLAR FOR THE DAYS THAT 
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