Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1907 — The Value of an Opinion. [ARTICLE]

The Value of an Opinion.

One of the most discouraging features in the case of the young man who stays at home is the fact that, no matter what he may do, be seldom is given credit. If he takes his father’s business and makes it go big, everybody gives the credit to the father. I know of one case In a small western city. A merchant who had been considered wealthy and prominent died and left everything to his son. The boy had been away from home for three years and was doing fairly well in a strange city without relying upon paternal assistance. He returned and took hold of the business. To his surprise, he found conditions rotten. Beyond the good will the assets scarcely would cover the liabilities. He dug in, worked desperately and In two years’ time had things straightened out and was on the highroad to prosperity. A sudden business collapse in the town, followed by a bank crash, caught him hard, and he was forced to assign. He paid dollar for dollar, yet today in that town they point him but as a man who wrecked his father’s business.—Jonas Howard in Chicago Tribune.