Good one!

"indigo" <[email protected]> Mon, 15 May 2006 09:32:27 -0400
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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, he died a
pauper.

2. The president of the largest gas company, Edward Hopson, went insane.
&nb sp;
3. The president of the NYSE, R ichard 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:

Screw work.
Play golf