Progress and Achievements of the Colored People: Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Progress and Achievements of the Colored People: Containing the Story of the Wonderful Advancement of the Colored Americans—the Most Marvelous in the History of Nations—Their Past Accomplishments, Together With Their Present-day Opportunities and a Glimpse Into the Future for Further Developments—the Dawn of a Triumphant Era. A Handbook for Self-improvement Which Leads to Greater Success
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DAILY SAVINGS RESULT
One cent $ 950
Ten cents 9,504
Twenty cents 19,006
Thirty cents 28,512
Forty cents 38,015
Fifty cents 47,520
Sixty cents 57,024
Seventy cents 66,528
Eighty cents 76,032
Ninety cents 85,537
One Dollar 95,041
BECOME A LAND OWNER
From the material point of view, there is nothing on this earth that
leads to so much success, security, and social standing as the ownership
of land.
By owning land you become a landlord, and you gain that opportunity by
thrift and economy.
Land is the soundest investment in the world, and it has always been one
of the great objects and hopes of the people of the earth to own a small
slice of its surface.
If you own land, you acquire a sense of responsibility to the community
where it is located. You are invested with a dignity which you can not
obtain in any other way. You possess a sense of security and
independence that nothing else will give you.
All over the world it is land which is considered first security. In
this country, the courts refuse money or jewels for bail, insisting upon
land as the requirement of the bond.
The reason is because land is a fixture; means security that can not be
carried away or be lost, it is always there when it is wanted.
Buy land, therefore, if only a small portion. If you can not get forty
acres, get twenty, or ten, or one, but get some land, and you will be
surprised to find how fast your acre will become two, etc.
There are always opportunities to buy land on time, so that you do not
have to wait until you have a large sum of money, but you can pay in
small amounts on long time.
It is a good business that of real estate. You buy land, then subdivide
it, sell a part to pay for the whole, and own the rest. It is a common,
every day transaction, and is successful, but you must keep your eyes
open.
OWN YOUR OWN HOME
A man without a home may as well be a man without a country. A home is
bail for success in life. Not a mere place to live and sleep, or eat and
get your washing done, but a home of your own, what an Englishman calls
his “castle.” Yours where you are safe from intruders, and feel like a
king in his own domain.
It is easy to acquire a home, but you must begin at the beginning and do
as all others have done and will always do. Buy the beginning of a home
with what you can easily save out of your earnings or wages.