The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-07-28
TALKS ON THRIFT

Il have come to learn that the
season Why 80 many men are In the
thrift"-H w. Hoot. Secretary bow
cry Branch. Y. NJ. g A.. New York
When Assemblyman Peter Swenson
came TO Iowa thirty-six Ear ago ne
had $125 in his pocket. Now he owns
LOO acres OF The best land in O'Brien
and Sac counties.
Pete" couldn't speak a word OF
English when he came to Delaware
County. a green. friendless boy from
the old country. He had been educa-
ted in an agricultural college, where
he studied scientific dairying. He
worked three months as a hired HAND
on a farm and vas swindled out OF his
meager pay. hut he kept right on
smiling and fgnting.
soon he began 10 get into the COM
mission business. buying eggs and but
ter for a New York company. lie
saved. but didn': scrimp. The banks
began to know hin well n favorably.
Land values erew as Mr.. Swenson
became yearly a greater authority IN
scientific butter-making and II the
commission business.
He doesn't claim to be smarter than
other people because he has made a
hundred thousand dollars or so more
than the average person makes IN a
lifetime. but he says he has simply
used horse sense In working and saw.
ing and looking out for opportunities
Mrs. William Murphy Is what Is
commonly known as a grass widow"
Her husband left her and their little
chtld-a daughter-many years ago
and has never been heard from since.
UrF NJ MH-vHW~ Al - - -
grass gro under her feet IN she was
a grsss widow. She soon made up her
mind that she was a real widow. and
as there was no Philip to help her
as there was TO help "Enoch Arden's"
wife in Tennyson's poem. she went to
work as a laundress and seamstress
to support herself and her little girl.
Luckily she was a strong woman
and her health remained good. she
was thrifty. too. saving a part or every
dollar she earned. Before winter
came she was always able 10 MI up
her coal BIN and lay in a good stock OF
vegetables. saving a considerable
amount BY buying early md In quaint
ties. Her savings In the bank grew
steadily by her regular deposits and
the gradually Increasing compound in
terest credits.
Whenever she had enough saved for
a. permanent Investment she consulted
IN officer % the bank and took MS
advice as 70 a safe use of the money
She was able 10 give her daughter a
GOOD education end the young woman
now has a good teaching position and
is able 90 help her mother in keeping
up their comfortable home. There Is
regret for the husband and father who
never appears. but real thrift has kept
want away and restored shat might
have been a ruined home.
4 banker long an officer Of the Old
esf bank I'M Minnesota. IN telling how
four young men developed n success
ful business. said
Their first visit 10 the bank ais
established their credit In that FIRST
visit they left their bank books for
collection Of the amounts due 10 eacn
or them at their savings bank IN the
city from which they came
These savings-bank books repre-
scented their cash capital. but 10 mo
they represented much more than
that. Their deposits and aImorf on.
tire ahsenae OF withdrawaIa Indicated
an established habit o. saving on their
part and also on the part o. their
families ffor they wero aIi married.
for The purpose Of carrying not this
project which they had planned a long
time ahead.
with such determination Tor WORK
and willingness 20 deny themselves IN
order 20 cave something each mortn
out OF their earnings. % was hardy