The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-04-15
TAKING STOCK
Should Sentiment Always Have
s., Precedence7

Taking stock" OF oneself sissa peril
odicaisduty. probably not always prac-
siced, and is as necessary us taking
stock of your household effects or your
store goods" The right minded man.
VIII do this. In unmolested moments
ne gives way 10 deep meditation; he
gathers his thoughts TO ascertain If
brains. energy. and ability IRE synco-
pati1ig properly, working together on
tines TINT answer to an ambition that
looks for n satisfactory return.
II there be Il deficit, his endeavor
should be to discover the leakage. 1t
.nas be that he lacks the nerve to go
INTO q retrospective analysis, or fails
IN initiative that will prompt him to
ihfaw his horoscope in the future. I'm
fess he can do these things lie will
aeveE be able to pull himself out Of
my "rnts in which his condition has
placed him. He must take stock"
Stock taking" leads to modern-day
efficiency, and is demanded Of every
WorEer 1t unsatisfactory conditions are
10 De overcome. In the cast of the
FARMER it may be that lie is working
z I Q Mgh-priced farm; i~nterest,and
rent may be an overhead" eating up
the profits. There may be other rea-
sons why profits are not shown. 1t is
Just possible that he is sacrificing
profit. and encouraging loss because
of sentiment, but he does not realize
that this is the cause. The farm was
his birthplace; reared upon 1t, he
knows every nook and corner of the
cid place. He fished in the brook.
hunted squirrels in the woods, hid in
the bayfield,, grew to manhood upon the
place. courted and married and brought
up his family there. These are ties
that commend themselves, and why
shouldn't Sentiment have a say? To
many this will appeal. But are these
good reasons to continue? Does not
one W it TO himself and to his de-
nendents TO take stock and put in
to effect action that will bring u bal
ance on the credit side of the ledger
the balance that will bring happiness
and give n comfort far greater than q
mass of unpaid bills and a house full
of worry, and q devotion to sentiment?
Should he not look around for more
favorable conditions, which may easily
be found?
Procrastination is said to be q thief.
In this case the axiom Is undoubtedly
true. To allow the adverse conditions
under which you may be laboring to
continue may keep you for years longer
in the present unsatisfactory position.
/ There was a man at Brazil, Ind,
who made weekly visits for upward
of q year to the Office of the Canadian
government at Indianapolis. Ind, and
from the agent secured all the informa-
tion he possibly could as to conditions
in Western Canada. But he lacked de-
I%rision, did not take stock" or If he
took it, failed to act. This was four
teen years ago. He lived on a small
farm. which gave him q mere existence,
and no promise of anything more. He
is still Oh the same place and no better
off today than then. He had q friend
working in a glass factory. who also
had but little means. He became In.
terested in Western Canada. He pos
>essed. though. spirit and action. With
the impulse thus prompted he moved
10 Saskatchewan and took up a farm,
Today he is the owner Of n splendid
section of land, has plenty of money
in the bank, and could retire with a
Handsome competence.
That which has been the good for
'unc of the Brazil glass worker, who
had taken stock" and profited by it,
may he that which will follow any