Show HOW TO BECOME RICH t r this pursuit of wealth is at present deemed a chief consideration in this community if the people will insist in bending their energies in that direction it la Is well that their journey may be marked by guide posts that lead to success for this reason we reproduce uce some sensible hints on the subject embodied in a contribution to the new york world from the pen of agustus wiman have a definite motive in view do not mortgage your future it ina may y be useful to you hereafter the surest way to mortgage your future is to incur indebtedness the only justification for debt is the immediate prospect of profit incur no debt except that on which you can readily realize in order to liquidate what you owe the young man who incurs debts with out securing a corresponding correspond corresponding in ability to py pay them practically pawns his is future his his most precious possession pos semion three fourths of all the progress in this new world has been achieved by the generous and judicious use of credit yet three fourths of all the anxiety that pervades i it has come from the abuse of credit like every other blessing the greater the good the nearer the evil credit is often unnecessarily necessarily win used to supply some fancied want to promote some ome speculative enterprise or in some way to hypothecate t the e future 1 hence always take a week to decide w whether hether you should go into debt or not A weeks delay may save a year of sorrow morrow falsehood prospers by br precipitance Is it a fact that the world is divided into two classes mose who save all they can and those who spend all they can Is in the the division further extended so as to include on the one side those who are always c creditors diters di tors and on the other side those who are always debtors if this is so and it rests with the reader of these lines who is young and has yet time to shape his destiny surely he will make every effort to get into the camp of those who are likely to be the freest from anxiety all their days human happiness is difficult to achieve it I 1 is easy to dek destroy troy it may not always reade reside in the first of these divisions it certainly never stays long in the latter the virtue most conspicuous in it its absence in the average human being is thrift it can come 0 I 1 ly ily by cultivation hence cultivate thrift by periodicity in abing fitful saving may do for the mn man who has a tendency for thrift but for the average of humanity a trained and determined course of action is necessary the discipline of regularity refu regularity larity is just as essential in saving as it is a in any other exercise of the body or the mind min d hence periodicity in saving is the way to get an exercise in that virtue of virtues whereby our young man may for all time call hi his soul his own if you live in a city one of the best beat ways to secure periodicity in saving is to join 0 in y a local building and loan association the D h e obligation in joining one of these associations is to pay into a treasury so much money bonev a month it is a splendid exercise and ana not only yields a larger interest than any other investment hut but is safer because it is based upon building homes for the people of the mid middle le class 8 who will never sacrifice their ho home 0 if they can help it these theme associations now include a capital exceeding that of the national banks and are providing more homes than any other instrumentality the good they are doing is incalculable for in the creation of homes rests the hope of the republic if you live in the country try to get possession of some land by saving your money either in using the instrumentality of the building and loan association or some other plan by which you can bev on instalments installments if possible got get possession of some of gods earth land near great cities of rapid growth to is likely to be exceedingly valuable good farm land is sure to grow in favor there are boys now living who will witness an increase of population until this reaches these have all to be fed and only from the farmer find and the fisherman can food be derived remember that the law of supply and demand prevails in real estate as in every other trade limited an supply p p 1 in 18 dangerous equally with a I 1 limited imi t el demand but if supply is regulated by accessibility and nearness to large jarge aggregations of humanity and rapid means of communication the limitations are generally safe As to the extent of the demand it must rest with the character of the place near which the land is located if you cannot get landset land get a section of a corner because corners combinations and consolidations have come to stay they are the economic features of the hour shares in a well managed trust or combination at a reas reasonable onald 0 price are a safe investment if the country grows grown in the proportion 10 above set forth those who control control such great articles of commerce as oil sugar lead cordage and numerous other staples can hardly fail to make great gains competition which is the most expensive luxury indulged in is practically eliminated mom from any of these theme departments these features show a vital change from the conditions prevailing at the time when the present generation of business busine sW men were youths therefore get into a combination get bat a slice of a corner and take part in t the ayi procession sion that moves 0 on n to fortune I 1 therefore periodicity in saving and a 4 close observance of the economic changes that are impending as to increase of population in proportion to production are an all suggestive thoughts that should come to every young man at this season ot or mhd year |