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get rich off land owning as there ever were; and 

 there will be just as good chances to-morrow. 



So many great fortunes are due to the rise in 

 land values that we are apt to try to get rich 

 that way without due knowledge of principles 

 or of circumstances; and so to lose. Only luck 

 can make up for lack of foresight, discretion, and 

 experience. Lambs are shorn in the real estate 

 market as well as in the stock exchange. 



Remember in your buying that the ownership 

 of land is a method, not only of making money 

 by industry, but of making money by law. It 

 is the fundamental monopoly, and intensive use 

 of the land will enable you to hold it and live by 

 it while you wait for the natural increase in value. 



If you are one of the many thousands who 

 have bought " lots " that have not risen in value 

 as was expected, think whether they might not 

 be made productive by raising vegetables or ani- 

 mals, instead of raising prices. 



It is useless to wait for large advances in lots 

 which are partly settled with small homes; few 

 can pay over five hundred dollars for a home lot. 

 Unless the home lots are wanted for business, 



