Arizona republican., 1917-01-21
REAL WEALTH NOT
ONLY ACCUMULATION
OF WORLDS GOODS
What Real Wealth Means in a Strictly
True Sense of Living

Not many feet from the exact spot
where the first thought of Thrift Day
originated, and within arms reach Of
a business thoroughfare where thous-
ands are daily passing, are the earthly
remains of Il man whose words of
wisdom and admonitions for thrift are
prOVerbial the world over.
This same Poor Richard" has often
been pointed out as a fine example of
his own teachings applied. Practicing
what he preached, his life was an ex-
cellent demonstration of live and help
live.
There are many other prominent
men of history esteemed as great"
because of, not alone their fine words
of help. but their actual deeds) which
prove the practicability of living when
the true principles of lf-economy are
applied as in thrift. BY way of ex-
ample and precept, the thrift | essen
has been taught we'll But, has the
lesson been well learned; and has it
been applied to living, in a practical
way?
The study of thrift is well worth
being taken strictly to heart by every
one. 1t is easily learned, easily APP
Piled and the results are sure and al
most immediate. But before applied.
there is required a certain self-an-
AS producers this nation is among
the highest; and the present is, per-
haps, the most advanced and favorable
period in history. There Teigns, in this
country almost universally for indust-
rious workers, a happy content with
abundance of necessities and many
luxuries of life.
This situation is rather a passive
one of fortune. 1t is the result OF
faVirable circumstances rather than of
tactical thrift. But the position is not
fortified, prepared for real emergen-
cies, as true thrift should make it. 1t
is not tenable. The organization is
Vulnerable from many standpoints. The
mere piercing of the shell, by a not
extraordinary adversely, would short
ly reveal a fatal weakness.
Proof of this assertion is shown by
strikes, crop shortages, over and under
productions, resulting in the suSpen-
sion or stoppage of manufacture and
| other business. In localities thus af-
fected. the preparedness CD of com
mCnitieS, yes. multltudeS is often
swept away overnight
/ Many Of the millworkers in Pitts
| burgh receive high wages. Some boss
rollers command $500 to $4,000 a day.
| But within twenty-four hours after a
! strike is on, very many of these same
! individuals are in the bread line,
broke" The reason, of course, is eX-
travagance and waste.
There are many good ways to start
a thrift campaign for oneself, and
| thoroughly acquire the habit. Here
| is one:
Start right in by waving aside the
! very first over-indulgence that is pre-
serted. And, as confronted by others.
discard, one by one, all those things
unnecessary to one hundred per cent
! efficiency in living.
! When considered in this light. it is
neither hard nor irksome. 1t doesn't
| mean-nor is it required-to be penur-
ious. stingy or misery, or to give up
anything really necessary to correct
living Live well and right, but give
up those things which, past that
point. seem eXtravagant, over-indulg-
ent. over luxurious.
In verv snort measure it will ne ap-
| parent that MANY things now consid-
cred a part of usual routine will prove
to be entirely unnecessary; and that
their elimination will allow much
greater freedom Of action and quicker
development. as well as instantly and
ma terially reducing expense items.
Poor Richard says: BUY what
thou hast no need of, and ere long
thou shalt sell thy necessities Nc