Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1916-09-13
Talks on Thrift
Thrift of Time

One of the most important lessons |
any Individual, young or Old, can |
learn IS the value Of time; fer time is
not only money but can De turned
into money if the habit of thrift at
tends its use. Those who employ
labor quickly realize the Importance
Of The time element in all business
transactions, for the labor cost which
is SO vital an element in the cost of
everything, depends upon the thrift
ness of the worker in the use of his
time. The minute that does not pro-
duce something is not only wasted !
minute but a costly minute to some
body. Many a man fails because he
cannot get results from labor.
Children should be taught to regard
the time they are not IN school as an
opportunity to earn money. IL
should not be idle time, or merely
play time, for the child does not need
recreations so much as a change OF
occupation. Most of US play too
much; and the child that is taught
to turn out of school hours into re-
creation that brings returns has
learned one Of life's most helpful les
sons.
The young man or woman starting
out in a business career needs TO
learn the same lesson,-that the time
out Of business is not merely for play,
but for self Improvement. 1t is not
what you de between eight and SIX
that brings business success, but
what you do from six to eight. visit
any of the Young Mems Christian as
sociations that run study classes, or
the night schools, and you will find
i e anH yUhO
/ properly value the spare time bust
ness allows and are using it for self
| Improvement. These are marked men.
| They are bound to win. They will get
somewhere because they are willing
to pay the price in self denial. They
! figure that three or four nights a
week for a year or two will add ma
terially to their power to do, and
power to do commands its compensa-
/ ton. We pay trained men, and no
where is training so easily TO be had
as in the spare hours.
A young man applied to a bank re-
Gently, saying that he worked nights
and had a few hours a day to give to
other work and wanted to help the
family by these added efforts. He
has the right stuff in him. In the
daily papers comes the story of a
man who was in a like position, and,
seeing an advertisement for a man
who could give little extra time to
the work in mind, answered it and
added ten dollars week to his salary
for eleven years with no injustice to
other demands. He was the only APP
plicant.
The world is full of disgruntled and
dissatisfied individuals who would be
happier and far better off if they
would stop whining and complaining,
and look around for opportunities to
earn extra money, or spend the spare
hours in preparation for the greater
opportunities open TO the trained
man and woman. The correspondence
schools have done wonders in train
ing students for better things, and
merit the thanks Of all who are in
terested in the Improvement of the
race.
Thrift of time will make man rich
beyond his fondest dreams, and waste
. of it will make him poor, however
j. rich he may be, and the best lesson
} you can teach your child--yea, the
best lesson you can learn yourself, is
, to use the time you are not working
for your boss, or sleeping, or resting
} in such a way that il will put dollars
, in your pocket or brains in your head
1t Is likely to do both.
( The less confidence a man has ir
! himself the more he may have in 9th.
: ers. e
} Only fools. mortgage their oppor
; tunities.