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                       Food for Thought

  In 1923, a very important meeting was held at the Edgewater Beach
  Hotel in Chicago.  Attending this meeting were nine of the world's
  most successful financiers:

   The president of the largest independent steel company
   The president of the largest utility company
   The president of the largest gas company
   The greatest wheat speculator
   The president of the New York Stock Exchange
   A member of the president's cabinet
   The greatest "bear" on Wall Street
   The head of the world's greatest monopoly
   The president of the Bank of International Settlements

  Certainly we must admit that here were gathered a group of the
  world's most successful  men.  At least, men who had found the
  secret of making money.  Twenty-five years later let's see where
  these men are:

The president of the largest independent steel company -- Charles
Schwab -- died  bankrupt and lived on borrowed money for five
years before his death.

The president of the largest utility company -- Samuel Insull -- died
a fugitive from justice and penniless in a foreign land.    

The president of the largest gas company -- Howard Hopson -- is   now
insane.

The greatest wheat speculator -- Arthur Cutten -- died abroad,
insolvent.

The president of the New York Stock Exchange -- Richard
Whitney -- was recently released from Sing Sing Penitentiary.

A member of the president's cabinet -- Albert Fall   -- was pardoned
from prison so he could die at home.

The    greatest "bear" on Wall Street -- Jesse Livermore -- died a
suicide.

The head of the world's greatest monopoly -- Ivar Krueger
-- died a suicide.

The president of the Bank of International
Settlements -- Leon Fraser -- died a suicide.

All of these men learned well the art of making money,
but not one of them learned how to live.