| Show JUST LIKE DADDY AN ECONOMIC FORCE by J H president the american bankers association like daddy jl ti mn r words these that two express the imitative z nature ot of children occur to me as I 1 think of our parental responsibilities I 1 in n respect to both J H cher the ainess and the ot of our boys and girls the accent belongs on both aspects of the case tor for we have yet to find a person w who ho Is the perfect example ot of thrift even ben franklin admitted h his Is lack of attainment after his years it f self belt admonishment and self criticism and his temptations were not so great as those of 0 today every reader will admit his deficiency in thrift so will I 1 and what of our children will they copy us will their attitude toward thrift be like daddys daddes Dad dys will it be thrifty or thriftless it will at least be largely influenced by it the thrift of the next generation is in in the hands ot of the present it if our children are out ot of hand on their habits whom have we to blame but ourselves remember this the next generation will be subject to the same laws ot of economics the same rules of 0 success the same principles ot of happiness as prevail today A habit of thrift Is one ot of the best possible characteristics acte we can mould into our childrens natures during their habit forming years its value will be apparent throughout maturity whatever their lot whether at the h helm elm of large enterprise or steering the more humble affairs ot of a hornet home thrift will be the basic p principle rin ciple in the economic life of our nation and its system of producing and exchanging commodities thrift Is always both ot of social and ol of individual advantage each day finds us expanding both in breadth and in depth ot of our r resources ot of enjoyment and our opportunities port unities tor for service as we practice thrift but how shall we bring about habits ot of thrift Is there any other way than by teaching whether by direct precept or by the unconscious example of our own habits continually impressing themselves on too the receptive minds of the young like daddy expresses one ot of the most powerful social and econom economic lo forces there la it |
