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Show "JUST LIKE DADDY," AN ECONOMIC FORCE By J. H. PUELICHER President the American Bankers Association. 4-"-, vAta'.A. "Like Daddy" t h e s e t w o j words, that ex-1 press the imitative imita-tive nature of i children, occur to I me as I think of j our parental re-1 sponsibilities Inj respect to both J. H. Puelicher tbe thriftiness and the thriftless-ness thriftless-ness of our boys and girls. The accent belongs on both aspects of the case, for we have yet to find a person who is the perfect example of thrift. Even Ben Franklin admitted his lack of attainment after his years of self-admonishment and self-criticism and his temptations were not so great as those of today. Every reader will admit his deficiency in thrift. So will I. And what of our children?! Will they copy us? Will their attitude toward thrift be "like Daddy's?" Will, it be thrifty or thriftless? It will at least be largely influenced j by it. The thrift of the next genera-1 tion is in the hands of the present. If j our children are "out of hand" on: their habits, whom have we to blame but ourselves? Remember this: The next generation genera-tion will be subject to the same laws of economics, the same rules of success, suc-cess, the same principles of happiness, happi-ness, as prevail today. A habit o(j thrift is one of the best possible char- acteristics we can mould into our I children's natures during their habit-forming habit-forming years. Its value will be apparent ap-parent thrdughout maturity, whatever their lot, whether at the helm of large enterprise or steering the more humble hum-ble affairs of a home. Thrift will be the basic principle in the economic life of our nation and its system of producing and exchanging exchang-ing commodities. Thrift is always both of social and of individual advan-J tage. Each day finds us expanding both in breadth and in depth of our resources of enjoyment and our op ! portunities for service as we practice, thrift. ! But how shall we bring about habits hab-its of thrift? Is there any other way than by teaching, whether by direct precept or by the unconscious example of our own habits, continually im-1 pressing themselves on the receptive minds of the young? J "Like Daddy" expresses one of the most powerful social and economic' forces there is. I |