Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1906 — A Good Name Is Above Rubies. [ARTICLE]

A Good Name Is Above Rubies.

The Peru ''Journal makes- £ “pow erful plea for greater honesty, in every day affairs and says this reform must- commence with boys and young men. • - Every young man should know how important it is for his standing in the community to establigh ms credit. Dog’t be a “dead beat.*’ Make an endeavor to pay yOur debts and pay them promptly, even if you have to curtail your personal wardrobe to do it. Bettpr be square with the world and the merchants whom you meet eveijy day, than try to keep'up with a yace that is out of your class. Have you ever considered young man, that your name lT mentioned frequenty among the merchants and business men of the city and that you.are spoken of either as a “■dead beat,” or a square and up right young mans Such is the case and we should think any young man would rather establish a reputation of good “'credit upon which he may build a business and meeta personality worthy of general esteem than to go through life branded as unworthy of the credjt cf Ims fellows. If yoh buy' goods pay for them, if you borrow money pay it back. Even the news boys c m tell who pays his debts and who does (not. .This is said for the benefit of the boys and the young man just entering upon his own responsibilities, and we trust that many there be will read and heed.