Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-02-28

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/. For example, q young man who earns
1000 & year is capitalized for $780,
600. He has invested go. O00exoreh of
brains and manual dexterity so that it
earns him per cent or $1,000 every
year. Likewise man who earns $780,.
900 a year as president of q bank or a
railway company, or some other big en-.
terprise, is actually: millionaire even
though he hash 'tsa cent Of money i'll
vested or in the hank. ssssssse. L. "a
So you see, each ind vidnal : physicll
and mental equipment and his ability
to keep it working Tor him are that e:
dividual's capital-morere real sand vain.
able than cash or stocks because it u
entirely under his control and can be
increased and put to work for him just
in proportion to the individual 8 inclin.
alton, application and determination:
Because every mans physical and
mental equipment is his capital, he
should treat it with respect, he should
conserve it, improve it, train tin ey.
cry way possible and seek to increaee
its earning power. II 4 Is
Because this capital is of 90 very
much Importance everyone should make
it his business to save and increase it.
Every bit of income that is spent fool
ishly decreases the individuals net
worth or capital just that much, For
instance, if you throw away quarter
twenty-five cents)~ you are throwing
away whole years interest on SIS. In
other words, you are destroying the
earning power Of SIS worth of your
mental and physical capital for twelve
months. Every time you save and wise
ly invest Csc in Thrift Stamp, for
instance, you are saving So of your
capital and adding new capital to it.
This isn't an imaginary or tine-spun
theory. It is fact. Think it over, as
it applies to yourself. = -
Can you afford to throw away your
Capitala .. ,~
= There is a period in every individ'
ual 8 life when this equipment, no mat,
ter how carefully handled, begins to de-
teriorate, which means a wasting away
of the individuals. capital. Because
of the inevitable operation Of this hu:
man law, it Becomes every individual 3
duty to himself and to those dependent
upon him to collect cash and invest
ments that will take the place of this
physical and mental capital and will
furnish the income to which every in:
diyidual is entitled. - ! !:
All Of this is another way Of saying
that it is everyone's duty to eliminate
waste, to save and invest wisely 50 that
he may always be capitalist andshave
an income. ~ 80"
How to save and how to invest. are
the two problems which must be solved
by the individual. Right now they are
problems that must be solved correctly
by individuals all over America if this
country is to continue full steam ahead.
Our Government needs billions to fin.
ish its war job. The future develop
ment Of America 9 enterprises must be
financed by Americans. Is.
All true Americans will now strive to
stop wasting, to save and to first loan
the results of this saving to the Govern
ment, and later use the accumulated
capital for investment in worthy enter.
prises at home and abroad.
It is your present business to take a
personal inventory to appreciate your
capital, mental, physical and financial,
to increase that capital by every pos
sible means and to do your part in max
ing this nation nation of constructive
capitalists. -s >,'-5 ''-.s'
Help yourself and your country.
Think in interest. Save-Buy w. s. S.
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