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Show HOW TO IVH'vr HU.MHil II 1101 1.AI1S A New York ll'ortf reporter visited some of the most prominent nnd moat tuccesfulbuilneea men ot (lothama few Us) s ago, Inordsr to obtain tbelr opinions at to the best way of Investing $10). The first penon Interviewed was Itotatll l'. Flower, thu Governor-elect Governor-elect of New York Htale. That gentleman said that If living lua thriving town be would unhesitatingly unhesi-tatingly Invest his $100 In real estate. No matter what developmontt may take place, propeity of this kind would 1 always safe, aud Its value lu tbe Uulted H tales would not decrease. Mr. Henry Clowa the well-known tanker was next seen. He woull Invest In-vest his fid) lu a good savings bank, and keep adding to It until sufficient money would be accumulated to buy a homestead. Chauncey M. Deew, advlred thai tbe l) bu made a thousand before interlugonany eulerprbe. Huwould first uie the savings bank, and wheu tho $1000 line was rcacheJ lie would Invest In a gilt edguj bond that could bo registered. Krastua Wltnan wet of the opinion that tbe bett way to Invest small savings sav-ings of $10d or less, would bo to placet It In a building and loan association. The amount Invested In Institutions of this kind now aggri gate 1700,000,000 and tho amount of defalcetions has been almost Infinitesimal, llesldee, membership In an association hat nn educational elU.ct Industrially aud economically. Hufut Hatch recommended tho savings sav-ings 1-enk, but to be content with ouo that pays small Interest. He lias net the tnest unbounded fallh In hanks either uallonal or local, and he thlnka tho vast majority of the pcoi le do not know how totsko propir care of Livings. Liv-ings. Undo Ru'ut concludes lilt advise ad-vise b the reporter at follows: "Ihe truth Is, at ststed by a statistician friend, Ihat there It only one man out of a,(l0u who Is capablo of earing for htumlf. Thltaccounle lor the few wlao andcloeer lnon becoming prestdenls of corporations, of railroads with a s ti in, orbttiiksorlriittcoinpanloe. These men at the Irishman list aptly put It, 'ride lu chaises, w Idle the others must 'walk, by blaa1 -However all this may lie, under any and all eeuts, keep out of Wall -Street, Teach tho ptibllo to shun Its precincts. It Is simply suicide fur a man to go Into Wall strict whh rluo. If ho li.iJJlo-l.to.i,-OUO that might ibi. My edllco to thrifty IwrsonslstiikoepthofluOsavcJ and keep adding lo It until It hat accumulated hi a rcitoiublo amount. Ituy then an annuity annu-ity for llfo or a paUbup-llfe Ititumuee for jour wife an 1 children." |