The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-11-30

he wants to go to Canada he finds
them necessity
Every successful life is built upon
the proposition of preparedness. The
man who refuses to acknowledge the
fact that some day he will be in need,
is going to find himself in a serious
predicament when he least expects it,
The great trouble with many men and
women is they live from day to day,
with no thought of tomorrow. To-
days earnings are spent as soon as
earned-or before. Much of the worlds
poverty is due to this hand-to-mouth
existence. We get into debt and never
get out. We get behind and never
catch up. We run bills until the butch
er and the grocer go broke trying to
pay our way for us.
A certain father lost his son unex-
pectedly He had no money saved up.
He lived as he went, never expecting
such a happening He appealed to
his bank to carry him over the time of
need, and was granted a loan, more out
of pity than out of respect for his
credit But he should have built the
bridge for himself long before the time
of need came.
We rarely stop to appreciate how
helpful the bank is until we need as
sistance, nor grasp the fact that if
somebody had not been thrifty and
anticipated the time when financial
bridges would be needed and banked
their money, we would often be in
sorry plight.
Banks are built on the savings of the
thrifty They lend to the merchant,
manufacturer and individual, both as a
business proposition and as a matter
of courtesy in time Of need; but it is a
sad commentary on our method of life,
if when the time of need comes, we
must literally beg the banker, or a
friend, to tide us over the time thrift
would have anticipated and prepared
US for
Money is not the sum total of hui
man existence, but it goes a long way
towards making life, no matter how
hard it may be in other respects. pleas
ant. Every man knows that health is
a delicate thing; that sickness. acct
dent or loss of employment is liable to
come at any time-and it is sure to
come to us all sooner or later-and no
one but fool will defy all the laws of
nature, all the advice Of men and ex-
perience of the past, and refuse to ac-
knowledge the necessity of prepared
ness.
Bridges were never meant for Orna-
ments; they were meant for use. They
start somewhere and get somewhere.
They are meant to carry loads A bank
account is a mighty good bridge. 1t
will tide you over many a troublous
stream, and see you safely on the
other side; but many men must found
er around in the currents of adversely,
tossed hither and yon, before they will
acknowledge the truth and begin to
get ready. If everybody did as some
people do, spend the dollar as fast as
it is earned, the human race would
fast go to destruction.
Every man who earns should save
Every woman, no matter how safe may
be her lot now, should look the future
in the face and see if she were left
alone could she manage single handed
to make the world give her an exist
ence
You cannot cross the bridge until
you get there, but that is certain: but
you can build the bridge that you sure
ly will need some day, and lucky for
you if you have the bridge and can
use it, and still more lucky if it is
there and you never need use it. but
you can be safe either way