The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-09-16

as at the very stop of the heap" In
his case, as in the case of every finan-
cial Man of Splurge, it was only ques-
ton of time when "the baseless fabric
of vision which constituted all his
pretended wealth and greatness should
be knocked out from under him, and
his glory suddenly end in the most hide
Gus darkness.
But the latest and most appalling
termination of the career of financial
Man of Splurge is that of
RALSToN,
with his Bank of California. Here was
a magnificent man in the superlatiye
degree. His like has never been
known, probably, since the time of
King solomon, with all his glory. He
was builder of temples and the re-
puted owner of vast possessions. His
homes-one in the city and another in
the country outdazzled the shining
and luNuriant palaces of the oriental
Princes Of antiquity, costing millions of
dollars TO establish and millions aunu-
ally 70 maintain. His country seat was
like the home of King-unSurpassed
and unsurpassablc. He had drove of
fast horses, and an army of men-scr-
wants and maid-Servmts. Whatever he
wanted he bought, whctherthe purchas-
able thing was silver mine ,arailroad "A
political party, thcatcr n farm, man
ufactory, newspaper, hotel, a Legis-
lature, "A Congressman, or a steamship
line. Never was there q man of such
magnilicence, and-splurge. He was
very King-the King of the tribe of
the SplurgeS-dashing and spreading
himself tremendously. His bank was
one of the greatest and most powerful
in the world, and in that bank his word
was law. Its vast deposits he regarded
as his own, and used them accordingly.
He himself and his great residences and
his royal ''style" had to be kept up,
even if every body and every thing else
should have to 90 down. But this
splendor, this princely extravaganza,
this stupendous ''spread,'' could not
he kept up and 90 on forever. There
is an end to all things, and especially
when they are splurgy things-and one
day Ralston, whose annual eXpendi-
lures exceeded the entire capital of his
bank, and whose brilliant mightinesS
had been maintained these dozen years
or so by the free use of other peoples
money and the help of other peoples
foolish worship of very false and Il
very pretentious idol, was pushed to the
wall, and up he goes, with his big bank
and all his grandeur, like an exploded
pOwder-magazine. A huge bag of wind
again bursted and vanished And the
Pacific Slope, which had for years pin
ned its financial faith to the skirts OF
this Man of Splurge, now suddenly
wakes up to find itself one vast empire
Of bankruptcy and ruin. With his fall
thousands have lost their all and 1.-the
end is not yet"
WHAT DO ALL THESE FACTS PROVE?
That the Men of Splurge arc very I'M
safe men-very dangerous to have any
dealings with. BY them is the country
filed with speculation and inilationary
schemes, and by them is the CONNER
cial, industrial, and financial world
precipitated into periodic wreck and
chaos. They are men of wind, not
substance; men of gauze and glitter,
not Solidity; men of buster, not brains.
Beginning with nothing, they succeed
ny me SiiceI lorce u ol"Hen iiipuue,iU'
III puii'itIiS themselves up Oh inc clcuu,
my ana 1olly Oh thelr telio"-men' anu anu
'heh lauilch OUT Ill c%ieel ~. oi
PERSONAL doiheStic' anu Sooi'i
extravaganza lli5t makes llieill CON OH
SplcGouS above an olher nei men sun sun
people are 'iioUSiil!csS clio,'Si Il liot " sec
tliat TINS SOFT Oh tnlh% Is the precursor
OF sure disaster. None put Ic'I - l IL'lc''.
can I'VE IKE } lhceS' anu even Ines ilo'
uhlreIueItiy Ilhu 1t rul l' -, II coS ..'
heaps aha neal,S oI money 70 SeGP up
Ihe 9tyle % 'lleSc men ~ ;,Pi''i 90
ana IL you are Il cte'lI'oT oI 'IlcllS, loon
OUT Is 9oF' money Lhty are uS'iiS
an" Is 4'"f money una! WIN po i"1 r.
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Is It sue piece Vi '''' i'' " SN'' "''''i
VIC S'9'
AVOID THE MAN OF sPLUIGE
as YOU would a mad dog, highway
robbcr, or any other enemy of your
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