Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-08 | Page 19 | Guineas and Sixpences

I I I I Guineas and Sixpences By HERBERT KAUFMAN C CONFIDENCE CONFIDENCE demands ev evidence dence Governments can borrow at I VJ 3 per cent they represent stability and permanence If the very shrewd man who once stood upon London bridge an and futilely offered to sell a re- re remain guinea for sixpence had agreed to reI remain re re- I main am m ill the custody of a policeman until the piece was tested the first t pa passerby with the price in his pocket wo would ld have bought the com coin His guarantee didn't count because he couldn't warrant his own reliability We seldom trust strangers no matter how alluring their propositions Bitterly bought experience teaches that the they Y who promise the most usually deliver the least Exaggeration and phrase extravagance are the hallmarks of fraud Responsibility weighs its words words words-it it must pay a so heavily for them Folks arent aren't accustomed to buy five-dollar five gold pieces for silver sixpences the sixpences the sixpence isn't worth that much Copyright 1916 by Herbert Kaufman Great Britain and all other rights rig reserved