DISADVANTAGE OF BEING BORN RICH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 9

DISADVANTAGE OF BEING BORN RICH.

SIE - THOMAS LIPTON'S VIEWS.

. . Ik is a. good tliing for. a'young; man ,to iba;; born" poor,"/'./Sir -Lipton ihas . bMn^yingvtoia^Nei^ 1 temewer;S : ,'lfy, ■ ideajV and : I 'differ...fi'om; ' decided advantage for young. men to bo bom; poor,! if - they 1 ha,ve; the. : rightstuff' in them. If they haven't, it doesn't ;matt6r/;'.anyway/:' '~Supposo'; a,.good, lad: is : ■ born/ricK/and : goe"s;infb" i buaness-'-a biisi-. .iess. that'hM.beeii'inade'.for. him; i .What Ms;firstfdisadvantage ?'Why,;of, course, ho is ;handicapped at'orice. by;. tho fact . that-;ho; can'A:'neve'r/;realise.- the.'.value' of .money.',';:.Supjiosorthe' young/ man', is .'horn. ' Eoor .and /has to work for every' penny . o has—doesn't ho realise /tho:, value','pf money? .When :ho makes. his success in ' the;^^orld i , throiigli''his :' efforts/';, he certainly Understands, meaii:; the.-man has Iheenica: ■working ,man, ! ..<riot: the man who'was born' of rich parents. ."The. young'man-who is ; .born poor keeps/: , what; he'wasCqncp;';He';'can' feel the true, naturefpfjjthingshb; can grasp'.the . idea of'/thbsmai'' who; ii : struggUng ; to. comelto tho /front.'/' Ho/lias been a /poor man/him-' knows better what. the. strength of.vencouragement v ia and what .■'good'-, a: kindly word ' does"for tho, working, classes—he ;wa's. onco one, of. them. Realising their/struggles 'himself;,' he; works. for-them, he .gains! their;support and co-operation-r-he li'elps himself; ahead -at the'; sanie'time. ~ ; To. l bo;born rich.is not neces-. sary.;? 'vi ■■-:■' • /:■':/'.' : :-■»'■'■ -V-.'.: -: f ."And then, .again,'aimiin: who makes lus. own • money has :'mbro.'independence;Ho can. soo tlio world' in. d wholly' different lighfc-the ; right. light. You; icaii:. enjoy what you've made yourself -.:far more than, tho-monoy thatV modo ■ for . you. Tho young man - who • is - . born rich •ij .'very . apt. to bo about his;':, hours of labour—not-. so „:/'the young man"'who has been brought up to' work early, and late. The ;youiig. fellow,. ' who '/wants to", get along in...the: world ana. is: particular about.his;hours' of: labour. is . on: the wrong track. Employers don't like 'the'man .who.-is;always-'/watching; ;the clock—who'is'always,looking for: S or C so that.he can get :'away.::; fiich' or poor, :he'stands little show to succeed. ■' ."It's'wonderful/tho/confidence.vit {inspires in an employer when' ho realises, that his employee /is pulling at / the samel :end. of: the" rope that ho "is • .pulling. : at, in" the: way of. makingVa success;of .the business. Again,' /the. poor ■/■" young / man*, 'after business hours' is more' apt . to; try to"'improve himself than is the rich young man..' The rich young nian'feels, that he has no -need: of, improving himself, in tho way of education;' the right. kind /of a poor young" man feels that lie must. ; And that is, just the -spirit which is going to make' him'.succeed—to study is ; one of tho guarantees of success.,. A young: man in these twentieth century: days, should havo i at least .one or two..foreign / they help a great deal. '. : "Arid then-there's the: temptation to. drink. /The -rich young:,man is-: called' upon to face it all the timo, and how often does he shun it? Tho poor young man has not this constant temptation un-less-ho seeks it "out.' / Beware• of strong drink—l. asy : it,: to all yonng men. liemember,. corkscrews have' sunk ■ moro, : young. mori-than cork::jackets „wiU.;evcr ; - save.' : : I;; havo /never: discharged: a man : for keeping sober.' . ~' .'. ;.; " " :. : "The poor young man is more apt .to have .'a; civil tonjfuo' in his' head than a /rich- bnbi : /:Neccssity makes' it : so.. Always : :bo. civil.',''ls not 'tho poor man's 'twenty ' shillinKsij as . good as tho . . man's •: pound? One of my hobbies is that tho ybiing man' in cbrn'mercml/lifo should always bear, in mind-tho great pleasure his • succoss will bring to his mother. I think / that is brought : homo :moro to: a poor young man than to a rich one. I really - .fceli'that if a .voung-, man, takes his mother's advice ho studies to linprovo his : position for her sake." ; ' . /