The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-03
Millionaires Were Poor Boys Says
 Doctor Conwell

Multi-millionaires of America have been poor boys and girls, without a dollar to their nameS,'' was the state ment made by Dr. Russell H. Con we'll, last evening in the High school auditorium under the auspices of the mems sons who become the great men of tomorrow" said Dr. Conwell. statistics of Massachusetts have proved that only one in every IT sons of rich men die wealthy for not having had to earn the money they do not appreciate the value of it and let it fly to the winds. As soon as a young man or young woman mas secured more money than he or she has grown to, it becomes a curse"
 And don't think that you must go to New York or Chicago or some other large city to make money. Ol 4043 great fortunes over 5000 have been made in small towns and SO0 or that number in towns of less than $500 inhabitants.
 When I asked Andrew Carnegie to account for this, he said The small town people have time to think Peo- pie don't come to New York to make money they come here to speno It, continued Dr. Conwel.
 II have heard already that there are hard times in Bridgeport now as well as in every other city put that should not hinder you rom making money. Of all the times Tn your history there will never be such a time as this to get rich. Some or the greatest fortunes in the world have been made in hard hmes. he said "Do not wait to earn money from the brains of some other fel- low. The secret of business success is to do for your fellownan and when you see something that the other fel- low needs make it and sell it to him. The foundation of a fortune begins when an article is made to supply 6 known demand.
 ssIt is no crime of no disgrace to be a businessman, it is an honor" Dr. Conwen, said. t'When Christ pointed to one fellow and said Be like this man and you will have eternal life, was it to the preacher, or the Bible student, or to the idle man he pointed, no, it was to the good Samaritan, who was a business man on his way to the city to sell his wares.''
 During his lecture pr. Conwen said that one time while he was speaking at length on the subject of money and the opportunities for making fortune, and one of the audience arose and accused him of thinking money the greatest thing in the world.
 ''No," shouted Dr. Conwell, in re- ply, Love is the greatest thing in the world, but fortunate. indeed, is the lover who has lots of money.
 Acres of diamonds explained the make money. Sometimes it has bee3 found that people leave gold mines tt seen gold" In illustrating his state ment pr. Conwell told of a man who owned a farm in Pennsylvania- He had a cousin who owned large coal oil wells in Canada ar.l he was soll- citious of obtaining from his cousin a position on the Canadian farm. Be- fore he was hired he was forced by his cousin to spend a year studying coal and the coal industry from the second day of creation to the present time. After completing this course he sold the farm for SSS3 and went ed The new owner went out one day in search of a watering place for the cattle. He found that the student had placed q board across the stream in such a way as to prohibit the cattle from drinking water which had a scum on its surface. He took the scum off, analysed it and found past owner had gone in search of. In the last estimate on the Pennsylvania farm, placed by State of Pennsylva mia, the value was one thousand million dollars.
 The venerable preacher stated that the subject of the lecture was brought about by an old guide who was lead of the Tigrus river at the time when the latter was making his tour around the world. The old Persian told of a certain man who had travelled the world to finde diamond, the posses sion of which might make him master of the world, but his search was in vain The man who had stayed at the owner died found the precious stones. just beenafh the soil while dig king potatoes: