The Independent . han a flavor of truthin it. To those with sufficient knowledgeof the business and possessing enoughmathematical ability to take annualfinancial returns apart, the principalcauses of the disparity between prom-ises and performances were begin with the estimates wereloaded. Companies competed with eachother on that point. Estimates werebait, duly concocted to attract playersto this gambling contest, and the mostsucculent bait drew the biggest crowd. There is an old proverb to the effectthat short reckonings make longfriends. This was a game of long reck-oning—the lon
The Independent . han a flavor of truthin it. To those with sufficient knowledgeof the business and possessing enoughmathematical ability to take annualfinancial returns apart, the principalcauses of the disparity between prom-ises and performances were begin with the estimates wereloaded. Companies competed with eachother on that point. Estimates werebait, duly concocted to attract playersto this gambling contest, and the mostsucculent bait drew the biggest crowd. There is an old proverb to the effectthat short reckonings make longfriends. This was a game of long reck-oning—the longer the soliciting agentcould make it, the bigger would be hiscommission. What did the planners ofthe scheme care whether the long reck-onings would cause discontent? Didthey not know that only three or fourout of every hundred would be on handdemanding settlements at the end oftwenty years? Extravagant as were the promises March 12, 1917 THE INDEPENDENT 467 MEET ME AT THE TULLER For Value, Service. Home Comfort. NEW HOTEL TULLER Detroit, Michigan Center of business on Grand Circus Park,lake Woodward car, get uff at Adams-Avenue ABSOLUTELY FIREPROOF 200 Rooms. Private Bath. Slnde. Ud Double 200 3 00 100 100 Total 600 Outside RoomsAll Absolutely Quiet Two Floors—Agents New Unique Cafes and Sample Rooms Cabaret Excellente What Kind of Man Are You? You, young man ? Are you prepared to meet face to face whatlife has in store for you and make a success of it, or are you(Toing1 to fall in behind with the grand army of incompetents— pbrsical ind mental weaklinea who never get anywhere? Rarely if ever, hasa man succeeded in life without health- You will find physical wrecks bythe wayside of life suffering for their early mistakes and errors. There is areason for this. I Am a Builder of Men Make it re-butlder If you like—the results are thesame because they are based on a system which hastaken a lifetime to study out and perfect. I, per
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