Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 186, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1912 — A Waste of Time and Energy. [ARTICLE]

A Waste of Time and Energy.

“Why are you retiring from big business? You surely do not consider yourself too old to continue to undergo the physical exactions of commerce.” “Oh, no. I’m as vigorous as I ever was, but I find that it takes all the profits to employ lawyers who are sharp enough to keep me out of Jail. So what’s the use of submitting, to the trouble?”