Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
Words of Wisdom in Gary Will
Acclaimed as Legacy to Public

That part of the will of Gilbert III.
Gary in which he advises his family
against doubtful investments and
loose business practices promises to
live as legacy to the public Prob
ably no utterance of the late head of
the United States Steel Corporation
during its extraordinary successful
life ever attracted such universal at
tention.
Assuming that he was we'll aware
that the advice given to his heirs
would be published to all the world"
the, Kansas City Journal summarizes
the warning as follows: Decline to
sign bonds or obligations Of any kind
as surety for anybody; don't antici-
pate income: don't lend money except
on first-class, well known securities;
don't invest in any untried or doubt
full securities or property or enterprise
or business, but reject recommends
ton of such by anybody when in
doubt" The Journal adds that this is
good advice to the inexpert. Such as
follow it will have no cause to
mourn
There is evidence to be found in his
last testament that he had read care
fully and profited from the proverbs
of Solomon, whose reputation as the
wisest of men and monarchs has come
down to us through the centuries"
observes the Newark Evening News.
The Richmond News-Leader exclaims:
How many homes would be saved
and how many widows kept from
want If this advice were made a part
of every will and were respected"
The advice sis of inestimable value"
in the opinion of the Rock Island
Argus, and the Portsmouth Sun sug-
gests that sit would pay husbands
and fathers generally to take the Gary
will and use it as text for heart-to-
heart talks with their families"
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Recording that the words of wisdom
came "along with his requests. not
the least of which were 100000 in
scholarships" the Atlanta Journal
feels that, though addressed to his
wife and daughters, 1.-The public gen.
orally should profit" Still, the Flint
Daily Journal, praising the statement
as perfect" adds: Somehow, the
words of authority have a way of
going aStray with those OF needless
younge. generations who could learn
so much by them at the expense of
their own independence and curiosity"
The New Bedford Standard recalls
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Haf1z" this piece of worldly wisdom
which Judge Gary might have quoted:
"'My son. if I, Hafiz, thy father, take
hold of thy knees in my pain,
Demanding thy name on stamped
paper, one day or one hour, re-
frairi,
Are the links of thy letters so light
that thou cravest another mans
chainSI"
The Philadelphia Public Ledger be-
lieves that the advice of the Will, II
followed, should guard the Gary heirs
from the mistakes which have brought
about the ruin of many large in
heritances."
Perhaps" suggests the Lynchburg
Advance. 1.-The widow and children of
Judge Gary were often warned during
the life of the steel magnate against
doubtful investments, and would natu-
rally have followed the same business
principles which he emphasized in his
will. Yet such advice cannot be given
too often" To the Louisville Times
it seems that "such concern for the
well-being of his family represents no
extraordinary virtue, and affords evil
dence of nothing except that Judge
Gary was like most other men, good
and bad. rich and poor, in this re-
spect."
From another point of view the st.
Louis Post.Dispatch remarks that lit
might be argued that the testator him
self did not achieve his wealth by prac-
ticing such policy of caution and
that paper concludes that admirable
as this Gary mandate may be, it were
a deadly blight if universally estab-
lished and observed. 1t is the spirit
of derring-do, Of take-a-chance, of win
or-lose," concludes the Post Dispatch.
that keeps the wheels revolving and
the roses blooming" And the New
York Herald Tribune, observing that
lone should remember that almost all
of us are prone to caution those we
love against risks which we ourselves
| occasionally, or in some cases habitu-
ally, disregard" adds: Every likely,
as Steve Brodie grew older and pros
pered, he dreaded to see his descend
| ants even approach the Brooklyn
Bridge. It Is the Steve Brodjes of to-
day who. IL lucky. become the Judge
Garys Of tomorrow ~ y! ". 1'.s.s:ss