Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-24

whom the saving of a dollar is almost vital should wholly neglect the op- | portunity-this seemed to him inex- | plicable
 | And that paively expressed wonder ! on his part made me laugh. | Why, that's the very reason why , some people get rich and some people [ stay poor. That's the invariable rule. ! That's the underlying and overmaster- | ing fact of human nature. That's why
 no possible sky-rocketing of wages {; and no possible lowering of the high | cost of living" will ever restore gen. i eral and healthy prosperity.
 The man who is always vigilantly on the watch for opportunities to save | his money and always tirelesS in the l following up of such opportunities is the man who puts money in the bank l instead of into the tillS Of prOfteerS-- l gets rich.
 i The other man who is too needless to think of tomorrow today; or too self f-indu1gent to forego today's grat- I against tomorrow's needs; or too is- 1lorant to know that every dollar is two dollars earned: or too dunn lazy to take a little trouble for the sake of saving much money-that man will stay poor though he should get ten dollars a day wages for working two
 hours a day two days a week. with triple pay for overtfme!
 He will always pay s4 bushel for $2 potatoes. because it's too much trouble to look up the cheaper ones while the grocer will gladly leave the high priced ones right at his door undoubtedly would cook them for him
 also and feed them to him With a
 shouldn't he? If a man is too shift
 less to look out for himself and must
 have someone else do his work for
 him, he must expect to pay that some
 one else.
 And he might shut up whimpertng
 about it. tool
 The only possible way in which any
 body can get rich is by spending less
 farmer to me. a few years ago: T don't worry half as much about my in
 come as I do about my outCo. If spend less every year than take in. shan't fetch up in the poorhouse."
 When l was a small boy there was an old Irishman living about mile away lie was employed on a farm almost two miles from his house. Ev- cry week day for more years than l can guess he walked that two miles in the morning and back at night. put ting in a full twelve hours of work hours in winter. He never got over a dollar a day wages Yet when he died he left his children cosy home and garden lot all paid for. and a
 
 bank. He was a temperate man. steady worker, absolutely dependable. economical in his habits, and with an exceedingly thrifty wife. His only rule was whatever his daily or weekly in come never to spend it all.
 Per contra, I once had customer who represented the opposite method. She was poor woman. always in sore straits to make both ends meet. She worked hard whenever she could find to do, from washing to house cleaning or floor scrubbing. During the caulifower season. however, she practically lived on caulifower. Now. as we all know. caulif1ower is a some what expensive vegetable. Neverthe- less if I had one on my truck. she wanted it. Nor would she take sec onds. She wanted the very best one I had. Over and over again have tried to save her money. I would pick out | a slightly diScolored or imperfect l head and say: Here's a bargain for | you. Mrs. Blank; you can have that | head for five cents; just as good as |