Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-04-16
TAKING STOCK"
Should Sentiment Always Have
PreCedence2

"Taking stock" of oneself is a peri
odical duty, probably not always prac-
ticed. and is as necessary as taking
stock of your household effects or your
"store goods" The right minded man
will do this. In unmolested moments
he gives way to deep meditation; he
gathers his thoughts to ascertain if |
brains, energy, and ability are synco-
pating properly, working together on |
lines that answer to an ambition that |
looks for a satisfactory return. i
If there be a deficit, his endeavor |
should be to discover the leakage. 1t |
may be that he lacks the nerve to go |
into a retrospective analysis, or fails |
in initiative that will prompt him to |
throw his horoscope in the future. Un-
less he can do these things he will
never be able to pull himself out of
any "rut' in which his condition has
placed him. He must "take stock"
stock taking" leads to modern-day
efficiency, and is demanded of every
worker If unsatisfactory conditions are
to be overcome. In the case of the
farmer it may be that he is working
a "too high-priced farm; interest 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 it, he
knows every nook and corner of the
| old 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 say2 To
many this will appeal But are these
good reasons to continue? Does not
one owe it to himself and to his de-
pendents to take stock" and put in
to effect action that will bring a bal
ance on the credit side of the ledger
the balance that will bring happiness
and give a comfort far greater than a
mass Of unpaid bills and q house full
Of worry, and a devotion to sentiment
Should he not look around for more
favorable conditions, which may easily
be found?
Procrastination is said to be a thief
In this case the axiom is undoubtedly
true. To allow the adverse condition:
under which you may be laboring tt
! continue may keep you for years longe
in the present unsatisfactory position
There was a man at Brazil, Ind
; of a year to the office of the Canadia
government at Indianapolis, Ind, an
from the agent secured all the informs
tion he possibly could as to condition
in Western Canada. But he lacked d.
cfsion, did not take stock" or If b
: took it, failed to act. This was fou,
I teen years ago. He lived on a sma
' farm, which gave him a mere existenc
and no promise of anything more. 3
is still on the same place and no bette
off today than then. He had frien
working in a glass factory, who ais
had but little means. He became il
terested in Western Canada He po
sessed, though, spirit and action. Wit
the impulse thus prompted he move
to Saskatchewan and took up a farr
Today he is the owner of a splend
section of land, has plenty of none
:. in the bank, and could retire with
- handsome competence
That which has been the good 70
: tune of the Brazil glass worker, wi
> had "taken stock" and profited by !
~ may be that which will follow ar
u other of like temperament and a fir
wish to erect for a satisfactory futur
ID Western Canada submits for consi
e Grafton and approval conditions in a
Ia ricultural lines that are exceptions
IN There is land there that annually pr
r duces about the same return as al
ne other farming land, and it can be pu
a chased at but portion of what II
g. place which has not been a source
d. profit can be sold for. A section
stead Of quarter-section, worked u
ne der western conditions, with no mo
effort, solves the big overhead" e
. pense. The social conditions, whi
IS are an important factor in decidil
til on a new home location, are ideal.
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