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Show GOOD ADVICE. General Butler is one of the richest and most successful men in this country. coun-try. Ho is an eminent lawyer, an extensive ex-tensive manufacturer, and a statesman, politician and soldier. Ho is frequently fre-quently called upon by young men for advice in regard to shaping their career. ca-reer. In a recent letter, in answer to a request for advico of this character, General Butler unhesitatingly said that there is no safer investment' for small savings than improved real estato. Nothing is likely to grow in value faster. He concludes his letter as follows: fol-lows: You had, therefore, totter buy a piece of improved im-proved real estate, however small, that Is paying pay-ing rent. Pay In cash what little money you have, aud fclve your notes, secured by a mortgage mort-gage on the property, for the balance la small sums falling due at short Intervals, and then use all your extra Income from the rent of your property In paying them off. Yon sever incur any risk in discounting your own notes, aud when your friends tiud that you are placing your money where It is perfectly secure, thty will be glad to assist you If those notes should come due u little too rapidly. Thus in a short time, and almost before you know It, you will have a considerable aud perfectly safe' Investment. Invest-ment. If you had a rich father who would furnish the cash to start you in business you would probably do better In the long run If you invested in-vested It iu the way I have pointed out, rather than to risk It In trade, meanwhile earning your living by working for a salary. |
