Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-03-21
BLAzED TRAILS
To Failure

Both Success and Failure
leaUe blased trails and any
man qOho recognises and stud
les them can foresee his o7Ut
financial destiny.
The industry that has made the
greatest fortunes in the history OF
the world is OIL.
These fortunes have been made
by those who entered into the oil
industry when conditions we're at
their worst.
An investment OF 500 in Mid
west in 1910 means nearly a mill
lion dollars to the possessor today.
The year 1910 was the blacklist in
the history of Wyoming oil devel-
opment.
The man who hopes to get beyond
the threat of the bread line will do
so as a result OF Cd saving and
~ investing his savings wisely.
No matter how little he earns he
will SAVE SOMETHING.
When he invests his savings he
will not ID throw it at the
moon" and lose it, or (2) invest at
four per cent interest, which would
get him nowhere.
George Reynolds, president of the
Continental and Commercial Nation
al Bank of Chicago. once said:
Nobody can make a for
time BY Sa0ing money from a
salary, or from z0ageS."
To that we add,
mo man can make a for
time from the Investment of
his money alone. he must in
a'eSt his Brains together
zVith his money"
So the man who is convinced that
he must save and must invest has
arrived nowhere. When he arrives
at the conviction that the oil in
dustry offers the greatest opportuni-
ty in the world for Investments, be-
cause it has made the worlds
greatest fortunes, he has arrived
at no certainty OF personal for
tune. He must go farther: he must
study the beaten trails of Success
and Fortune.
Here are some OF the elemen-
tary things which mark the road
20 Success as shown by successful
men. They are
l. Men aVho believe that
ONE good Investment is
4Oorth a lifetime of labor and
Saving.
J. p. Morgan, when he
died, left several million dol
lars in worthless stocks.
These represented his adven-
lures i'm faith, the penalties
charged against him for be-
Heving too much. But ne
left many more millions i'm
sound securfties-thc reward
Of a faith which was right
far more than it was wrong.
Bruce Barton.
2. Men zVh0 are zCgIlinq to
convince themselves that a
given Investment qmT, in time
make big profits and WAIT
FOR THE FINAL RE-
SUITS.
A New York knitwenr man
who began with nothing and
now is worth over n million
often recalls the time lac pass
ed up the chance to DC real
ty rich" When he first came
to this country he used
TO take care of the garden
behind his place OF residence.
The owner of the adjoining
house, who also worked I'm
his garden evenings. fin
ally spoke to him, said he
seemed earnest and indus
triOus, found out how much
he had saved, and asked him
TO invest all or part of it
in a new business ne was
just startang-''the oil busi-
ness"
The new arrival gave the
matter thought, sought 9TH
ers' advice, and finally told
his neighbor: Thank You
very much for the Opportun-
ity, MFR. Rockefeller, but /
could not think OF risking
the savings for which
/ worked so hard In such an
uncertain business
Now he knows the mean
ing OF the sentence above the
board In a certain brokerage
office: He who looks back
in this game will die OF re-
Orse."-WaIl Street Jour-
nal.
3. Men z0ho do not stop