Milford chronicle., 1922-03-31
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
"eET BACK TO WORK., ADVICE OF
UNCLE TED-MUsT FORGET
oET-RIcH-oUlck
SCHEMES

"He sure has been gone a long time, ="
said Ruth, speaking of Uncle Ted who
was away on a trip.
''Why he's only been gone a week. 4"
spoke up Jack
'WeI it seems long anyway" was
Rutlfs reply Il miss his stories and It
doesn't look like he'd be back for some-
time"
But he promised to write us a story
if he couldn't get back in Time" said
Jack "and I wouldn't be surprised if we
would get letter today. Geel Look out
there. That's a special delivery boy as
sure as 1 live"
Down the steps and out the door Jack
ran and sure enough it was special de-
livery letter from Uncle Ted. It didn't
take our two young friends long to get it
open and after they had settled on the
rug in front of an open fire, Jack began
to read.
Dearest Ruth and Jack: I have tried
hard to get back, but plans would not
work out right at the last minute. That
accounts for this lengthy letter, because
1 promised your story no matter what
happened. I have had an interesting trip
and have formed some opinions of my
own and found out some interesting facts
all of which want to tell you. The thing
that impresses me most of all is the
need for that old fashioned ambition to
work steadily slowly but surely. Too
many people throughout the United
States are trying to get-richHquick with
all kinds of schemes-schemes, mark your
not WORK. In many respects the differ
ence between our country today and yes
terday is told in the fable of the Tor
toise and the Hare. will tell you that
fable so you will be better able to un-
derstand what mean.
What a dull, heavy creature says
the Hare, is this Tortoise! And yet
says the Tortoise, I'll run with you for
a wager Done says the Hare, and
then they asked the fox to be the judge.
They started together, and the Tortoise
kept jogging on still, till he came to the
end of the course. The Hare laid himself
down midway and took nap, for says
he, I can catch up with the Tortoise
when I please But it seems he oversight
himself, for when he awoke, though he
scudded away as fast as possible, the
Tortoise had got to the post before him
and won the wager.
"Children, the lesson that fable teaches
is that slow and steady wins the race
and so it is with men and women. The
war and the way our country was hand
led during the war period made an un-
natural condition. Too many people are
trying to get ahead-tO gain wealth and
ease by the methods of the Hare. They
spurt ahead for awhile-buy fake oil
stocks instead of buying things they
need and thereby doing their share in
he cycle of making business go. What is
he result? They sit themselves down to |
AXE a nap expecting the fake schemes to |
work and while they are at it the Tor
oise, the fellow who is putting in an /
lonest days work, steadily and slowly |
slips quietly by and wins. They awake |
o find their stocks and schemes empty
rauds They have lost everything and
lave thereby created another ripple on
he sea Of depression.
"I don't mean by this that all stocks
re frauds-far from it. There are lots Of
,ood stocks that pay their owners a
teady income at "a fair rate. What 1 am
rying to impress upon your minds is
here are far more losses than profits in
uying stocks that some agent offers for
ale on the prospect of getting richquick.
7 he really thought some one could get
ick quick on the stocks, he wouldn't
ell them. But the people who buy that
ind of stocks are like the hare-they
re so sure of winning the race that they
e down and let the steady plodders get
head of them.
"Since I have been out OH this trip,
ave seen many evidences that the whole
)untry is getting back to regular busi-
ess. For a number Of years we had Of
eials at Washington who encouraged the
eople to think that the best way to solve
/ their difficult problems was to turn
lsiness over to the Government-to let
e Government furnish the money and
re the people to conduct all sorts of
lsiness and to tell the people how they
ould or must run their private affairs.
hat does not solve problems--it makes
EN- more complicated. President Hard
g is trying to take the hands of the
out of private business and
e more progress he makes along that
e, the more the country will get back
good hard work. A nation that tries
turn everything over to the Govern
snt is simply lying down like the hare
It is trying to get rick quick, without
rd work-and that can't be done.
Now must close as it is late and
list get up to take an early train in
e morning. Hope to he home next
eek" II