Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-04
GIUSEPPE, THE THRIFTY.
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to the world at large.
GIUSEPPE, THE THRIFTY.
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Giuseppe worked upon the section
Other men who considered themselves
better than Giuseppe because they
We're American born loafed about the
streets and complained because they
could not get job. But Giuseppe
drove spikes and welded the shovel
and the pick in the boiling sun or the
winter cold until he savei few dol
lars. Then he bought a push cart.
an oil lamp, pepper and small stock
of necessary materials, paying cash
down.
He pushed the cart himself. popped
the corn himself and personally deliv-
cred it to his customers payment on
delivery. Those men who had been
Ioshng while Giuseppe was at work on
the section sneered at him and called
him "a lazy jigger.' But Giuseppe
did not mind. He continued to push
the cart and pop the corn ard sell his
wares The profit he put back into
Certainly ne was hum Bile, bu. none the
nickel he took he gave ;alue received.
Every penny he saved, he earned by
the sweat of his brow.
Bye and bye Giuseppe had saved
enough to rent store building. He
He worked he planned, ne earned, he
saved. After awhile he had two stores
and later he had three. He carried
yoln In To-, urlS
noted for his fine stock Of fresh fruit.
Today Giuseppe Is not working on the
section. Perhaps In a pinch he could
raise $4,000 cash. And stili the men
who loafed when he was driving
spikes. are loafing. condemning the
town. and proclaiming times are hard
Every penny Giuseppe has is the re-
suit Of hard work. induAry. square
dealing. He never borrowed: he never
inflated: he never tried to get rich
quick. He Just worked and saved and
thrived.
II Giuseppe. foreigner. can do that,
would it not be good thing if all ma
tive born would stop loafng and pat
tern after him?
FARMS BUSINESS INSTITUTIONS.
lSeUdI HsdpiOS
Recently, there has been a great deal
printed in Iowa papers about 1owana
Farm. place established by Col. C. w.
French. Of Davenport. five milees up
river from that city. 1t is in one sense
d rich mans play thing. but 1t has
never been managed along any except
business lines. 1t has from the first
been the owners belief that such farm
Ing can be made to pay and he has re-
sired to prove that his belief is correct.
And he has proved it. He has done 1t
in four years.
He has an enormous investment, in
lands and buildings and MACHINERY,
estimated by some at nearly 100000.
The land itself has been 80 enriched
that it Is worth high price per acre.
The livestock is OF the best in the
country. especially the Holstein cattle
in which the Iowana farm specializes.
Mr. French states that his farm is
paying from to per cent on the in
vestment and the investment includes,
OF course many things which are not
absolutely necessary even to such an
establishment but which are part of the
mere love for the beautiful on the part
Of the owner. No one should expect
return on things that are added merely
to crafty ones own pride OF surround
ings. SO that II on the whole invest
ment the farm pays I or per cent. it
is possible 1t is paying s or per cent
on the whole necessary investment, and
even then part OF the investment Is the
enhanced value that has come out OF
the undertaking.
This Is the point that, in our opin-
ion. Is most worth emphasizing. Any
rich man can establish country home
and surround 1t with fancy farm.
Such an establishment proves nothing.
But Mr.. French has proved that money
can be invested in such undertakings,
as 1t is invested in factories, or rail-
roads, and made to pay adequate re-
turns. 1t gives to farming a business
value and the opportunities for a career
for man. as much so as anything in a
city can give him such opportunities.
When Iowa is covered with such in
vestments. think of how many hun
dreds OF millions of dollars capital this
state will have, all earning reasonable
incomes for the investors. We should
not forget that the greater Iowa can
come by way Of the farm as we'll as by
way of the city. Just now we are much
concerned, in the cities about building
them up, believing they are an essen
tial part Of the greater Iowa. But we
should look to the farms also.
THE WRIGHT COUNTY WAY.
Herbert Quick in the Banker Farmer.l
In Wright county, Iowa, we had
county superintendent named Benson.
Mr.. Benson sent out a printed slip ask
ing the children in the rural schools to
answer great many questions. Among
these questions, and hidden in the rest,
because, perhaps. he did not want them
to understand that this was the i'm
porant question, was something like
this: What do you propose to do as
your life work. This went out to some
five or six hundred pupils in the rural
schools. Over 81 per, cent Of the girls
and over IS per cent Of the boys. IL I
remember the figures correctly. de-