The Washington herald., 1914-03-22
Stalwat Old Lumberman and Statesman, Familiar will
Conditions that Have Departed Never to Return,
Does Not Believe m Medicines

dear. The books In my Office at home,
going back for more than sixty years.
are q denial OF the statement. Living ID
not dear. The trouble is that we Ameri-
cans are dear iivers.
when Women Walked to Market.
II remember when the merchants wife
made her own dresses Of Calico Mari
nette, where I have lived for fifty-six
years. now has 1900 Inhabitants, electric
lights, and street cars. Women ride
downtown for a spool of thread. The tsl-
ephone, too. has increased household ex-
penses. Wives used TO walk to, their
butchers and see their roasts trimmed
and weighed. They telephone the order
these days. A man and a team deliver it.
Maybe the roast is short In weight.
Now i am not complaining. I am
merely explaining. / hope I am a pro-
gressive man. But my eyes are good
enough. though am eiyhty-five years of
age, TO read the dial ON the steam gage
of modern life ard to note that a great
deal Of coal is burning under the boil
ers. don't want the country to stop
where II is. bTt to go on. Neither do
L want to thiTk that there Is grave
trouble aheadn The eternal truth re-
mains that man cannot accumulate prop
erty unless he works and saves what he
earns
What would lou do were you twenty
one years old2"
IT would look around for something
that seemed promising and. having de-
cided on an occupation. would stick to
IL. Sticking to II is the first step by
which to reach success. I would be eco
nomical and ! would try to be inteIli-
gent. ] would never accept a favor un-
less i meant to pay il back. II a man
gives me a cigar 7 am not comfortable
until ] give him one in return. II was
so with my brother. Samuel VI. Stephen
son, who served In Congress for six years
from Michigan.
Samuel and myself always preferred
to give dinners rather than to accept
them. Yet I dislike TO eat alone. I want
plenty Of people at the table It Is hard
to take lunch by myself in the Senate.
So always invite somebody to go along
It's a favor to me when a colleague ac-
cepts the invitation. Another thing: I
have never borrowed a doHar in my life
and therefore have never signed my name
to a promissory note. When the I.
Stephenson Company needs a little ready
money / lend IL to them out of my own
funds. / never had a personal lawsuit
until recently. when one OF the boys in
my Washington office sued me for
sum he said I owed him."
Doe. Not Believe In Medicines.
How can one live to be eighty-ive
years old and still enjoy life?" l asked.
Hard work outdoors Is the best ad-
vice I know Of" Senator Stephenson re-
piled. Work keeps people alive. Speak
ing OF myself. I have never been a
hearty eater II IL bad to put more
fuel on the fire than can he economically
consumed. I have used medicine with
Judgment In my memoirs / will say
that for twelve years at Marinette We
were entirely without preachers, doctors,
and lawyers. and got along very well.
although a preacher might have done us
good and no harm.
II used to go into the woods with sixty
men or more and stay all winter. No
one ever became sick. No one ever died.
Now and then some one might get the
stomach ache from eating too heavily OF
beans. Bring the same men into town
near doctors and drug stores and they
will have to take medicine. Drug stores
with their colored lights and their fancy
fixings are intended to attract the atten-
ton of well men and to set them think
ing about themselves.
"A man with a bad taste in his mouth.