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Story with a Moral

   In 1923, Who Was:

   1.   President of the largest steel company?

   2. President of the largest gas company?

   3. President of the New York Stock Exchange?

   4. Greatest wheat speculator?

   5 President of the Bank of International Settlement?

   6. Great Bear of Wall Street?

   These men
   were considered
   some of the worlds most successful
   of  their days.

   Now,
   80 years later,
   the history book asks us,
   if we know
   what ultimately became of them.

   The Answers:

   1.   The president of the largest steel company.
   Charles Schwab,
   died a pauper.

   2.   The president of the largest gas co mpany,
   Edward Hopson,
   went insane.

   3.   The president of the NYSE,
   Richard Whitney,
   was released from prison
   to die at home.

   4.   The greatest wheat speculator,
   Arthur Cooger,
   died abroad, penniless.

   5.   The president of
   the Bank of International Settlement,
   shot himself.

   6.   The Great Bear of Wall Street,
   Cosabee Livermore,
   also committed suicide.

   However:
   in   that same year, 1923,
   the PGA Champion and
   the winner of the
   most important golf tournament,
   the US Open, was
   Gene Sarazen.
   What   became of him?

   He played golf until he was 92,
   died in 1999 at the age of 95.
   He was financially secure
   at the time of his death.

   The Moral:

   The heck with work.
   Play golf.