Show l 4 MAKE I I E AX X INVESTMENT EST 1 While your theorist worries his lils mind ll I In Jn hopes hopeS' the magical stone to find By some alchemical gammon Practical people b by regular knocks Arc Are filling their pockets full of oC rocks From the golden mountain of or Mam lam lammon mon livery Every one wants to be rich rich- It i ithe Is the common desire of at humanity and ancl has been bo so o from tram the beginning of or cl Money Moncy may not be worshiped r It ma may not riot be regarded as especially valuable Jn Itself But it ft does docs purchase e ethe 1 the things w we want It can provide a ai i largo large measure e of oC happiness s. s It certainly certain certaIn- ly can prevent a large measure of or pain S ILI means by which we express our our and prove our OUI love It Itis is If the b by which we reach out bc o f ry lives I es ali and ard provide for or V M- M r I I f 1 I the comfort of those for whom w we arc arr r responsible I bl c. c In a lar larger er wa way It furnishes the means h by which we wc ma may express our ou obligation to the the public If It the world has been good to u us lit we may do something something some some- thing for or aI the world Men of or means have been fortunate t in their Investments investments Invest ments and their wealth has Increased so that the they have felt In the fullness of their thell prosperity that It Il would be he lit lit- hug to declare leclare in hospitals in homes for dependents or 01 in lii beautiful fountains fountains foun foun- oun- oun which decorate public parks larks and quench public thirst of man and beast the obligation tho the rich have felt to the thc community c in which they have C been blessed It Is an honorable thing to be lo rich lich It is not dishonorable nor nOl dl discreditable In n all any sense so long as he ho who acquires acquires ac ac- ac- ac quires It has hol remembered and has n that Golden Rule which tells him to do unto lInto others as he would have haYe others do unto him It ma may be a useful thing The rhe man who has hns means or tho the ability to combine combine com coin bine the mone money of many is In a Mitlon position Mi iosi tion to be greatly helpful to his brother broth broth- er man If It you can conceive of an all enterprise en en- in which a n great many persons persons per per- sons ons are lre engaged an nn enterprise enterprise enter enter- prise In In which their thelt profit Js is secure and know that in securing this profit the they are continually increasing the ability to benefit others othel's as s the they themselves themselves themselves them them- selves haw have leer beer benefited benefit II you have drawn In n your our mind a picture of the ideal activity of oC the citizen It is better better better bet bet- ter than individual effort because His It H Itis itis is more wide-reaching wide In It its goo good In Instead Instead Instead In- In stead of the selfishness s of a single Interest in interest interest In- In terest It unites in a a. fellowship of or pur purpose ur- ur pose lose and a community of all the results that thit the sole efforts of the most successful could achieve P It is also an nn obligation You must get rich If you OU can Just as the tho developing developing devel devol- of or your mind is a duty that you ou confess so the development of your material possessions Is a n dut duty No matter matter matter mat mat- ter how much mane money you have there ore are useful investments hl awaiting and Inviting you you investments investments that will benefit others oven even more than yourself An And because of ot this the time obligation Is upon you ou to Increase your our riches If by so o doing you ou can Increase the es estat estate estate es- es tat tate of your our brothers An And no matter how small are your possessions It Is your our duty uty as It is your our privilege to tomake tomake tomake make them larger No man is so poor in mane money or so weak In moneymaking money mak ing abilities that h he cannot acquire some measure of wealth The opportunities of this day dar In In Inthe the worlds world's history history his his- tory lOI are so great the facilities for Cor money making are Ie so vastly Increased and so general in their thelt possibilities that every elY Individual Indi may take advantage advant ant age ge of them Men Ien with a genius for Cor money-making money have built up great reat fortunes The richest man In the world worl today loday though not a ver very old man tan an easily remember when it was Impossible Impossible impossible Im Im- im- im possible for Cor him to raise a thou thousand and dollars In actual cash l I Many ny of or tho the gr great leat at fortunes of at t ils country were acquired h by men who began bean their business business bus bus- iness mess life absolutely without means rhe opportunity has always been here rhese men have ha grasped IL B By the tho newer el processes of combination these opportunities are awaiting ready to toh Lh h hhand hand of or tire tUe poor men and women of Df o today oday more than they ever er were before Find that enterprise In which men cf f ability an and honesty honest are engaged an m enterprise In which the managers themselves have o their own mone money Invested Invested in invested In- In vested the enterprise which Is producing producing pro pro- In demand by the whole world orld orid the enterprise in which the pro production can bo ho attained at the smallest cost ost an enterprise sc In which at t least a n reasonable profit is guaranteed guaranteed guaranteed guaran guaran- teed and ancl In tn which tho the strength of or many united easily equals the ability of any one ono man man and and rut put your our money mone there Capability honest effort and the tides of Um time will vilh bring you your our re reward reward re- re ward This is your opportunity t I Master of human destinies am I I lame Pame ame love lo and fortune on my footsteps wait walt Cities and fields I walk I penetrate Deserts and rand seas remote and passing b by Hovel and mart and palace soon or late Inte I knock unbidden once at every gate I If sleeping wake f If feasting rise before I turn away a It Is the hour of fate Cate And they who follow me reach every state Mortals Mortas desire and conquer every foe Save Death But those thoRe who d or 01 hesitate te Condemned to failure pt penury nur and woe woe Seek me In vain an and uselessly Implore I answer not and I r return no more It Is a mistake to be afraid of or mone money Money la li willing to he be your our friend It is willing to work worl for you OU Money one and brains when hen mixed constitute constitute constitute con con- an engine of or achievement the tue most ef effective the world has ever eer seen Just get to thinking of or money as your our friend not friend not your our enemy Save something No matter how small an amount you are arc earning you OU must save tave some Dont Don't just tr try to live livo withIn within with with- in your Income Make your our Income bigger than your our expenditures Save Savea a little BlUe Get Gel rl rid of or the Ide idea that you have no faculty for making mane money Too many pc people in iii saying the they have no ability for financial affairs are aie simply confessing that they have no 10 strength for tor gel gel- self But If It you OU arc are arca area a poor man or a poor woman ant and th dependent upon yourself unless you make malte your our income greater than your our outgo you ou will certainly have to deny leny deny yourself later And this latter self denial will vill come at a time In life when ahen ease an and luxury would be most grateful when penury and suffering are most severe evere Get out or of the Idea that your our money must mul work for boys boy's wages Make I It earn carn mans man's wages If you ou invest your little aUle E savings In a bank you OU ma may re realize re- re alize two per cent int Interest rest Savings banks rarely pa pay more than four am and If you arc honest with tho the tax gather er Ci 1 you Jou will Hn find lind your mane money nets you little more than two An And I I am advisIng advising advising advis advis- ing no one to act I dishonestly There 1 if 11 no flO necessity for it You may achIeve f riches tidies and keep every law of or justice and of or right But remember that the banker who ho give gl you four per cen cent lakes your money money and makes makS it earn arn r far ar more maIo for him The record of at finan- finan dat Institutions in the past twenty years shows tho the tremendous average crage of 8 per per cent That would be riches for you but the banker has dared arell to take chances with your our money which you did ld not dare clare take yourself an and yet If he ho had been ruined the loss would woul have fallen tallen on you |