The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-04

bitches them to something he ksows
they can't drag. and they expect 10
move whatever he bitches them to
He never overloads.
There's whole lot of common sense
in this farmers ox-training process
that applies TO human beings. Bust
ness failures are due in the main "a
attempting too much: In hitching up to
something you can't pull; in acquir
ing load OF debt that is staggering;
I In living beyond ones means: in over
buying. overtrading. overtrusting.
Thirty per cent Of the business fail
ures are due to lack OF capital, which
in other words, simply means that 4
little man has hitched himself to a bis
proposition.
Down on Long Island a builder wal
particularly successful in building
certain type of house, cheap. but good
He knew to a cent how much II wou{
cost to build. and could sell as fas
as he built. He made money. No
satisfied with being a cheap and pros
porous builder. and wanting to be II
the -four hundred" of the builders. h,
started a dozen elaborate and costr
dwellings. Here he fell down. II,
was out OF bis element, beyond hi
strength. He had hitched himself T.
a load heavier than he could move
and load he was not accustomed to
II almost made him a bankrupt. Nov
ne has gone back to his first type
house, a sadder but wiser builder.
Another business man had a YER
good year. He made money. Salts
fed that he had Struck his gait" n
rented an expensive suite OF of1ces
moved into fashionable neighborhoo
and spent his money freely The d,
preston Of 1913 came on. and after
the war. He has had two years G
constant worry. and has barely save
himself from failure. He. too, hitche
himself TO more than he could draw
for when you undertake 10 pull a LOAD
you must not only reckon on IN
smooth asphalt. but the hills and tn
mud holes.
What these men should have learne
what every man needs TO learn. I
60 properly gauge his strength. Thrf
Is good management 10 Is not only
matter Of saving. but spending Il wis,
~. advantageously. looking ahead. b.
ing satisfied with modest things mt
you can AFFORD more expensive one
You can be as happy In n hfty-dolls
fiat AZ In a hve-thousand- dollar apar
ment
Some kinds Of debts are desirabt
helpful and necessary. Some kinds
debt are nerve-racking and costly Bu
home on the installment plan. bt
don't buy an automobile that wa
Take out a life insurance policy. b.
don't buy more than you can eomfor
ably pay for. Dress well. but ps
your tailor live well. but pay yot
grocer: don't "hangup" one 10 ps
the other-they need the money
much a. you. Earn largely. sper
thoughtfully. and save consistentt
go that you may have something
spend when your earning power
less than e r. today. and your need
u may be- are greater DeveIop INA
cial strength as the oxen acquire phv
ical strcnEth-Eradual Don't rnt
the future 10 enjoy the present
To develop tho ability 10 ORA
heavy loads is a slow. steady sroree
70 takes patience and training WIFI
the lives Of some great men remir
us that we can make money BY tatt
chances. you can lose 10 the same VA
Tackle bic problems. undertake h
things. but let there be frst the sio,
patient training that develops strcnr
and reserve enerEy. Just a. The farm
develops the strength Of hia oxen
years Of patient dragging az stones
the barnyard. Few men can mako al
dollar do the work OF two. and "
mad better not try BETTER rcf al
two FIRST. ara only hitch M to N
thing you know you can drag. Tor
MAJ draE you.