Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-04-16
TAKING STOCK"
Should Sentiment Always Have
Precedence?

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, ard ability are synco-
pating properly, work::I.:~. together on
lines that answer TO an ambition that
looks for a satisfactory return
If there be deficit. his endeavor
should be to discover the leakage. II
may be that he lacks tho nerve TO go
into retrospective analysis. or fails
IN initiative that win prompt him TO
throw his horoscope in the future. Tn
less he can do these things he will
never he able to pull himself out Of
any "rut' in which his condition has
piaced 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. Ia the case of the
Farmer II may be that he Is working
"too high-priced farm: Interest and
rent may be an overhead cutting up
the profits There may be other rea
sons why profits are not shown 1t is
just possible that he is sacrificing
proat 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 tished in the brook
hunted squirrels in the woods. hid in
the bayfield, grew Ia 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 70 continue? Does not
one owe II to himself and 10 his de-
pendents to take stock" and put in
TO effect action thar will bring q bah
ance on the credit side of the ledger
the balance that viii bring happiness
and give a comfort FAR greater than o
mass of unpaid bills and a 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 thief
IN this case the axiom Is undoubtedly
true TO allow the adverse conditions
under which you may lie laboring 10
ronttnun ,n.t. l.o.,,, .,n,, So. 80, ~. f,,,.,,
in the present unsatisfactory position
There was man at Brazil. Ind
who made weekly visits for upward
OF year 10 the Office Of the Canadian
government at Indianapolis Ind. and
from the agent secured all the informa.
ton he possibly could as TO conditions
in Western Canada. But he lacked ,le-
eislon, did not take stock" or If he
took 1t, failed to act This was four
teen years ago. He lived on small
farm, which gave him mere existence.
and no promise of anything more. He
is still on the same place and no better
off today tran then. He had friend
working in a LASS factory. who also
had but little means. He became In
terested in Western Canada. He pos
sessed, though. spirit and action. With
the impulse thus prompted he moved
TO Saskatchewan and took up farm.
Today he is the owner Of a splendid
section Of land has plenty of money
In the bank. and could retire with
handsome competence.
That which has been the good for.
tune of the Brazil glass worker. who
had taken stock" and profited by Ii,
may be that which will follow any
other Of like temperament and a firm