Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 316, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1920 — It Is Important to Have First-Hand Information [ARTICLE]

It Is Important to Have First-Hand Information

It’s a great thing to be your own scout. Other men may know more about the technicalities at a thing. They may even be able to tell you just ho# to make the money they can’t seem to get possession of. But after all a little first hand observation added to ordinary horse sense will go a long war toward putting you on the writing side of the desk. At Waterloo Napoleon had to depend on guides. He did not know the ground. Lacoste was trusted and hitherto had never failed him. Now he is responsible for the loss of life that brought defeat to the French arms and exile to the greatest general the world has ever seen. It’s a great thing to have first-hand Information.