When I was in May ville I saw men
in jail for stealing. Men blessed with
good health and strength in a coun
try like this and steal. Gan anything
bo saved by steady, industrious hab
its? This is what I wish to show
young men. I can get trusted for
five hundred dollars now easier than
I could for five dollars thirty years
ago. What is the cause of this
change ? A sharp eye to business,
honesty, industry, temperate habits;
whisky, tobacco and game money
saved and keeping balanced on pride.
When I worked for one dollar per
day and saw other men get three, the
contrast was great, but the contrast
is greater to-day for my word and
note will pass for more dollars than
theirs will for single cents. By too
much pride they are bankrupt on
earth and bankrupt before high
Heaven.
When I walked up town the other
day I saw Mr. Hubbard’s men busy
at work and I thought their wages
was small these times, but they could
save something, and their chances was
brighter for heaven than some riding
by them in carriages who had dodged
their honest debts and wore keeping
up style on other people's money. If
a man don't keep his credit strong in
this world there is but little chance of
his getting standing room in heaven.
