Show HOW SAVINGS GROW after publish publishing ng his poor RIO ards almanac tor for twenty five years yea B and giving thirty two years yeara more as thrift teacher of its ills country benjamin franklin put into his will a provision to demonstrate the power of accumulated savings to the cities of doston boston and philadelphia he left each the money was to be put out at interest and allowed to accumulate tor for a hundred years at the end of that time lie fie figured each city ought to have ile he directed that at the end of the hundred years should bo be invested by each city in public works which may be of most general utility to the inhabitants the rest should then be put at interest tor for another hundred years when the accumulation should be divided one quarter to the city and three quarters to the state when the first hundred years were past boston found that she h had ad to her credit from the franklin fund taking bosta boston ea 1 a training school for mo me chani chanick cs the remaining was put out at interest again philadelphian Phila delphias experience with the original fund 0 of was about the same as now franklin figured that at the end ot of the second hundred years when the fund is to be distributed each fund ought to amount to about but fund at the end of the first hundred years exceeded franklins estimate by heres a problem if boston handles the fund as successfully cess fully in the second hundred years as she did in the first how much in excess of will it be franklins demonstration was im will go into how many times nearly times he amply justified said money Is ot of a prolific nature what sort of a demonstration can you kou make john la in chicago news |