Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1956-03-20
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us the following which we
think you will ponder upon for
a long time. The title of the
piece is called Food For
Thought" and was published
by a st. Petersburg (Fla.)
business house. Here tbs:
In 1923, a very important
meeting was held at the Edge
water Beach Hotel in Chicago.
Attending this meeting were
nine of the worlds most sue
cessful financiers. Those pres
ent were:
The president of the largest
independent steel company,
the president of the largest
utility, the president of the
largest gas company, the
greatest wheat speculator, the
president of the New York
Stock Exchange, member OF
the Presidents cabinet, the
greatest bear" in Wall Street,
the top man in the worlds
greatest monopoly, and the
president of the Bank of In
ternational Settlements.
These men had found the
secret" of making money and
were looked upon by millions
as being the worlds most sue
cessful men. Now, 33 years
later, let's look at the record.
The president of the largest
independent steel company,
Charles Schwab-died a bank
rupt and lived on borrowed
money the last five years OF
his life.
The president of the great
est utility company, Samuel
Insull-died a fugitive from
Justice and penniless in a for
eign land.
The president of the largest
gas company, Howard Hopson
lis now in an asylum.
The greatest wheat specula-
tor, Arthur Cutten-died a
broad in insolvent finances.
The president of the New
York Stock Exchange, Richard
Whitney--served a term in
Sing Sing prison.
The member of the Presi-
dents cabinet, Albert Fall
was pardoned from prison to
60 home and die.
The greatest bear" in Wall
Street, Jesse Livermore-com-
r1itted suicide.
The president of the great
est monopoly, Ivar Kruger,
died a suicide.
The president of the Bank
of International Settlements,
Leon Fraser-also committed
suicide.
All of these men knew how
to make money but none OF
them knew how to live! Think
it over!
Ease
In France it is easier to be-
come Prime Minister than 1t is
to make the basketball team
in America.
CONVERSATION
Tired and bedraggled wom-
an stopped into the grocery the
other day and the grocer in
uuired of her health. Said she,
eOh, I'm just going around
saving the funeral expenses
for my husband"
The ambition of most baby
sitters is to arrive at the place
in life where they can hire a
baby-sitter.
'oLLYTiCkS
A politician and a volcano
have one thing in common-no
one pays 'em any attention
when they're quiet.
,UDN THOT
If it weren't for the heat,
bright future would be a
pleasant prospect.
HOLY MATRIMONY
Friend: How did you make
out after that fight you had
with your wife ?"
Husband: law. nothing to
it. I made her come crawling
to me on her hands and
knees"
Friend: "And what did she
say?"
Husband: "Come out from
under that bed-you coward.
ACCIDENT
See by the papers where
some poor fellow tied his safe
ty belt around a tree limb and
then sawed off the limb. Fell
on his head and was killed.
the paper said. This IS the best
example we've seen of a man
who was tied down to his job.
TRUTH.
Recent happenings have con-
clusively shown that penology
Is a revolving situation.
Asst WORD
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