Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1878-09-26
WANTED TO INTERVIEW.
A STRANGER VOLUNTARILY SUBMITS
TO THE Pass PUMr, AND THE Re-
SUIT THEREOF.
from the Oakland lcal. } Times. /

He walked into the Office with all
air Of grandeur and Importance
scarcely commensurate with his gen
eral untidy, unclean and unkempt
appearance He might have been a
tramp, but the probabilities were that
he was only a boarder from the Hay
Bunk Hotel, of Commercial street
wharf, on a short rural excursion for
the benefit of his declining health.
"I've arrived" he rasped.
swell, what Of it p
"Nothin' pertjck Ter; only l
thought you might want to see me.
So 1 dropped round to save you the
trouble of huntin me up"'
"WhY should | want to hunt you
up?"
"Why? Well you're the wust l
ever saw. Why, to interview me of
course.'
$50 interview you, What do |
want to interview you for? What do
you know?"
Il reckon I'm bouts well posted
ez the general run o folks you inter-
view"
II don't know where to begin"
"You don't! S'pose Central
Grant should skip along out here,
what'd you ask him? Er how'd you
tackle Beecher, s'pos'r you was to
give HIM the grand talk? Er King
Calico, or the Chinese Ambassy, er
the Tullis gang, er any roosters OF
note an consequence? How'd you
begin on them?"
"Td question them on those sub
iects with which they are most tamil
lar, of course"
"WelI, let me see? maybe you
could pump me on finance some
Try
care you familiar with the finan
cial question:"
Familiar enough, cf bein' OF
speakin' is familiar. But, to tell yo'
the truth, finance an me never die
get along together very well, though
we never disagreed when l could ge
a fair holt" 3"
"What do you think of the pres
ent state of the finances Throughout
the countryn'
'Now, look here Mister, pleas
don't press me 50 hard. The finance
is am ilz5nU rrrlosrl..,.s, ,,v,..,. =.
'em alone. What we need is q circu
latin mejum, an how're we goin' t.
: Lev circulatin' mejium ef it don
circulate? What goods money i
the bank do? Fur instance: You'v
got two bits IN you pocket; wha
good is it doin' there? No good. Al
right. Now s'pose-Pm only s'pos
, in, you understand-you should con
vcy the idle capital to me an / trans
fer it to the five per cent beer man
and he pays it over to the brewer,
: proprietor, and the brewery MAJ
pays it to you for subscription. Yo,
get your money back less the wea
and tear, and it hez circulated anc
done good an lifted a single soul a
least from the pit of despair to TIN
gallery of bliss in the great theatre O
hfe.''
, His tones were almost eloquent
and his sottlsh eyes almost flashed n
he caught that last sentiment Oh th,
, fly.
"What do you think of commun
ism?"
Communism! Now you've go
me where l live. You've tumblet
into my gentle racket an sent her il
with twist. It's a line shot, a tel
, strike, an the las roll down my al
ley. If you called it Kcarneyisn
: I'd q lodged the issue; if you'd
called it Butlcrism I'd backed wa
ter, but you pooled the issues an
, called the turn for communism. Com
munism is good. Division is tn
r price eff liberty. What's yours i
mine, an what's mine is my own
- Capitals fraud, and the creates
good to the greatest number is tn
hinge the times swings on. Th
greatest number is us communists
, The greatest good that can be be
, slowed on us is capital. Give u
, capital and we'll run the universe
I'm communist from the word &c
Anything else you want to know?''
''No, not to-day. The valuable in
formation you have already vouch
safed is sufficient for the day there
: Of"
, "Ain't you goin' to say any
thin p
| Haven't / said enough?''
5 ''Skeercely."
''What more do you want?'
''Didn't say something about Gil
, culatin' mejiums?"
81 believe you did"
, ''Did L mention any pertiek lie
2 amount
: "You did-two bits
swell, eff you think my reasonin
; was sound, / should be pleased to il
lustrate in a practical manner.
} would circulate. .
!, His cool proposition was so sub
| timely impudent that the quarter wa
Immediately forthcoming, and tn,
) last view we obtained of the ssinter