Judge — November 25, 1922 — page 30: what you’re looking at

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HENRY WILKINSON’S SECRET When Henry Wilkinson died at a ripe old age, the whole town buzzed with gossip and curiosity about his affairs. He had not been a “man of mystery” during his life, but just a plain, everyday citizen who was more or less an invalid and who had long ago retired from business. He lived in a modest way, and nobody suspected that he had done anything unusual during his lifetime. Then suddenly, it was discovered that he had left a fortune! Where had the old man gotten it? folks whispered tented in Mr. Wilkinson's youth, which had ought him wealth. But people who knew him long ago said he had never invented any- thing. The matter remained a complete mystery. Then, one day, a group of men gathered in a lawyer's office on business. The attorney ife-long friend of Henry Wilkinson and was executor of his estate. Unexpectedly, he let the secret drop. The men who were gathered there were struck dumb with aston. ishment when Mr. Wilkinson's method of eccumulating wealth was revealed—the more so because it was a method which every one of them could adopt with equal success if he wanted to. You Can Do What Wilkinson Did There was nothing sensational, nothing speculative or mysterious about Henry Wilkinson's plan. It was just a plain com- mon-sense way of building up @ fortune which anyone can follow if he is willing to stick to it persistently. In fact, there were just three factors in Mr. Wilkinson's method of building up @ fortune. One was persistence. One was safety and his investments. The last te of return on what he in If you have persistence, you can do just what Henry Wilkinson did, ‘for the same ‘opportunity is open to you which he took advantage of. When you know what the plan is you can figure it out for yourself with pencil and paper and see how practical it is. 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A tweo-cent postage sta 77 West $34 St, New York, giriny Anonymous communications will in no case be ansvered, Suhecriers to Iepar are entitled to answers to ing ph. No charye i mate for this sereice d always he incloond. Addreas name and ezact atrect address all inquiries ton financial questions, an mmunications are treated confi Signals of Prosperity HE whole world would be glad to- yy were it back at the degree of prosperity existing prior to the great Ever since the close of the conflict war, e toward re- there has beenagencral strugg! Jjustment and rehabilitation. ‘The end not yet, but there skens of it in almost every quarter—even in some of the most sorely stricken lands. In a recent address before the Amer: Manufacturers Export Associ Julius Klein, Director of the Federal 1 of Comme said that business picking up and the outlook better world over. He stated specifically that conditions had improved in_ the Orient, most noticeably in Japan, China and India, and that Eastern Europe was on the mend. In Western Europe, jreat Britain and Italy were making good progress, but he had to admit that the prospects were dark in Germany and not the best in France. Turning to the Western Hemisphere, he found the situa- tion in Cuba had grown better and that commerce between the United States 23 2 showed marked a tivit From this survey there can be no doubt of a gradual betterment in most foreign countries, and if we look to our own land we discover numerous indica- tions that the United Si is leading the procession of the nations toward the goal of renewed good time: M ANY reliable reports have lately VE been issued of business improve ment, especially in our leading cities, but also at all points in the East, the West and the South, and in addition, in far-off Alaska. Bank prove that general business is ¢ partment stores, chain stores, and whole- sale establishments particularly announce larger volumes of sales. ‘The railroads are buying new equipment heavily paring for an expected tremendous traffic, and stimulating the stecl and various other industries. Building operations continue on a big scale, putting life into many related lines. Corn exports are immense, and the Department of Agri- and Latin Ameri