Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-15
Wisdom of the
Late LOunger

"How does anybody get any money
these days?" asked the night clerk
II can't tell you how they get Il
here. or IN any town I've been a
| lately. but | can tell you how they %,
it in Milleniumtown," said the late
lounger
THANK you very softly, please pro.
cecd,p said the night clerk.
at came quite naturally, as MI
cures ought TO come" replied the
80 they grew money. Was II on
trees or bushes. or did the golden
goose lay?" asked the n. c.
''Your minis not fit to grasp finan.
cial matters" growled the l. II
IFS because I'VE had so little cx.
sit at the feet OF GamaIief" said the
n. G. swectly.
IT'S .at the feet Of Ready Talk. TIM
editor, you want 10 sit lie saw how
hard II was TO CLEAN subscriptions.
either at the beginnin' or the end, or
the 18th of the month and so he
looked into this financial matter. II
didn't take long TO see that the COM
mon ginks seemed to be left out OF
the deal so he reads a lot OF books
and statistics, and then he takes his
pipe and strolls over the hills. When
he comes back he sits down and
thumps his typewriter a-plenty.
wish you'd a-seen the people, the next
evenin a-settin' up to his editorial
like kids around the ice wagon Ma.
ture,' says Ready Talk, has a remedy
for every disease, and this lack of
money so noticeable about Millennium
town is sure a disease persistent and
uncomfortable, and seems to be high.
~ contagious II printed placards on
the doors was to announce II like 9TH
or contagious diseases this prntin' Of
flee would do land office business
on credit We can't stop the disease
without usin' the cure. It's right here
but most of us have been so busy
scratchin and grumblln we haven't
seen Il. What we need said Ready
Talk, In box car letters, is munici-
pal savings hank where the common
gink can borrow money for shoit
time NJ per cent interest and for a
longer time at per cent, and where
he can deposit his money and nt the
end Of the year get a slice Of tho div-
dends In proportion 10 The ameunt he
has deposited, each dollar To his
credit representa- a share OF the
common stock He suggested that
security might he a mans word or his
previous record
What an ethereal system" remark
ed the n. G.
such you may call IT." said the |.
l.. "but l want TO tell you a mans
business record in town Is a rock
ribbed certainty that few bankers
would run a-foul on"
Suppose q man had neither
previous good record nor collateral Of
any sort, then what" asked the n. G
In that case Ready Talk suggest
ed that he be taken in on suspicion OF
latent possibilities, If passed on by
majority of the directors"
Did it ever get started?" inquired
the n. c.
Il should say it did" returned the
l. !. Money came out Of many an
old stocking that year. and a lot OF
philanthropists who'd heard about
the scheme, asked permission to de-
post money to tide over those who
on latent possibilities Bus
mess hummed and the saw and the
hammer put bread and butter in lots
of empty pantries, as well as tidy lit
tie accounts in the bank We didn't
need any free soup houses that win
ter. or charity dinners. Every fam
ily was self-respectin' and providin',
The way the Stockholders strutted up
to the bank, the peoples bank. the
gink's bank, was a caution.
was simply Dustin
with prosperity. because money was
in the natural way and no
body had time to find fault with the
question or the tariff laws"
What want to know. is what thcy
lid for Ready Talk?' said the II. c.