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Show BEN FRANKLIN WORKEDMRD It was shortly before our time that Benjamin Franklin figured out a plan whereby printing could be dono by machinery Istead of by hand, and along In 1730 whon ht had perfected perfect-ed his plans he had tho most up-to-date print shop In tho world. His shop would be rather on tho crude order today but It was a "rip-pin"' "rip-pin"' good shop In Its day and if wo as printers, as merchants, and as professional men had as many hard-chips hard-chips to endure as Fraus.:n had. we'd none of us b rarpriaed when a competitor threw up his rudder and sunk his ship. All any of us need In tho modern day Is a few dollars and a fairly well balanced think tank. If we can't make a living and lay by a few dollars dol-lars wo alono aro to blame. Tho fact that there aro plenty of men who are doing their prettiest to get b) without working or advertising either, eith-er, Is nn incentive for tho rest of tho world to keep their minds busy on figuring out a wny, so that kind of a man will not at least makes a living liv-ing off our own efforts. And It wouldn't be a poor Idea to remember that almost 200 years ago Ben Franklin made It possible for us to adrcrtlso our wares, and ho thus gavous nn opportunity to make good without having to live on the efforts of some ono else. |