Show SHOWING GRO TH OF DOLLAR bollar how benjamin JF F fi in k klint bequest of to bosto bofto st i H has increased in a t how flow the dollar an in vested invested works for the individual jill elf cic ei has been best illustrated by th first great american teacher ol of thiet thi it ft denjamin benjamin franklin remarks woi woods d ds work in 1 1701 91 he be bequeathed elp I 1 to the commonwealth of mas se tta and to the ca city ty of boston aay saiu m mark rk of his appreciation for having appointed him ns as agent in Engl englan iniZ at the handsome salary of 12 and band to make his bequest really valuable with his great foresight Frank ll provided in ills his will that this 1000 should be put out at 5 per cent interest ar r years that at the end of f th that t if time 31 of the fund 0 a eala accumulated hold again be put out at interest tor for an another ther hundred years and then th the e f fund d be divided one fourth to boston 11 and ad three fourths to the state S let us see hon howell awell that 1000 of franklins has waked worked at the end of the first hundred lears tears it had grown to it va ama then divided in accordance cor dance with file e will was set aside f far public work and 0 was I 1 started barted on its course of earning inte interest st for another hundred years thit was in 1891 on jan I 1 1918 sum had grown to and 01 bat this rate of in crease the fund should amount to at least 6 zhen when the second period Is comple completed teT and may be considerably more t |