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Show Those Mho Work Tor Salaries. Itlsqulto noticeable in this coun-tiy, coun-tiy, as a rule, that men who woik fiom year to jear under a common salaiy, never get ahead financially, nor make any particular maik in life. Whllo such men may have ability In ailcd ways, even moic than thoso the) woik under, but being dentures of chcinnstances, lemaln for jeais without much piomotlon; woiking by the month, thawing sakules at the end theieof. What becomes of tho salary V Every dollar Is usually spent for the living expenses of tho family. So It goes fiom month to month, and j ear to jear, until some men pass tho meildlan of their lives woiking for wages, and not a dollar laid away to help themselves with, in tho dajs they need It the most. It may not bo putting put-ting it too stiong If wo should say theio appeals to be a fatality following follow-ing all such men. It Is admitted that salailes paid to men In their early life Is a good thing. At such times while they have small families, perhaps none at all, a portion of their earnings should belaid away as a saving deposit de-posit for futuio uso, so that when an opportunity piesonis itself, some business busi-ness may be gone Into wheieby a profit fioinasmall Investment may bo lea-ll7cd, lea-ll7cd, and thus to a certain extent become be-come Independent. Tho western country coun-try being new, many entei prises In a small way can bo gono Into, that will bo luciatlvc with a small amount of capital, and therefor this wilting Is inoio applicable to this country than to tho cast. Ftuther, largo corporations corpora-tions seem to have an age limit, that when employees have spent the best of their lives In their employ, such men arc released and younger ones employed to take tholr places. To men that are approaching middle age, wo say break away, if jou can rustle a little capital any way at all. If vou carr not do anything but ralso beets, start a poultry farm, go into tho bee culture, get a few sheep and graze them on Uncle Sam's domain. Get out and direct the labor of your bo)s; have them around you. Perhaps at tho present time while you arc earning earn-ing a monthly pittance, to bo consumed con-sumed as regularly as it is earned, your boys arc running the streets learning mischief. Wo repeat again, to young men who are earning wages; be frugal, save some of your earnings, deposit ityin a savings bank, so that in riper years you will not bo under tho necessity of being bossed by men that don't know as much as you have forgotten. Remember tliero Is no pension awaiting you in old ago. The Chicago North Western Rail Road company have a most excellent rule established. AH employees remaining faithful and loyal to their company, at a certain ago arc placed on a retired list with a pension. Even in sickness their faithful employees arc cared for. Last summer one of their telegraph operators was In this locality on a vacation va-cation through sickness, attended by a nurse, and the whole expense was paid by the company, which is certainly cer-tainly praiseworthy. These advantages advan-tages do not await you, therefor look ahead a little and prepare for tho future. fu-ture. In making the above change you may be cut short of some advantages advant-ages for a time, but In the long run you will l)e better off, and bo placed on an indepentent footing. Men working for salaries rcllcct on these suggestions. |