, 1879-02-13
MASTERING FINANCE II TWO WEEKS.

he RaAntf du fuHTHfTf, rs tatI Etcncu ea3t
didn't he tell us himself onrc, In great debate,
t},at lie lad studied the subject Of nanvc, nt11
knew what he was talking nbout1 Yea! verify,
he Ind studied 1t two wccksl
'rtlut was a memorable course Of study. It
will never pass from tie page Of history.
" Iogan's Two Weeks on finance " may utti-
ma,eIy bccon,u the title Of n book, calculated
to upset nil The received notions Of political
economy. A mau like Logan can learn n great
deal in two weeks, [Ts ought, with proper MP
ptcatson, tn bu able 10 learn n,orc than TIC cyer
kurw bcEorc. At all events, Il nlan Vi average
memory could learn marc IN Two weeks study
thar, Logan ever knew: N'Hl 1t Is to bcpresuMcd
.llut Logan Il u nian uf average lnctnury. Dnt
Til. ts not 10 tl,c point.
What SIT OUT To 10 WAS to write tho history
OF 1.ogan's Two Weeks on Financu. tell II as
It wns related to ME hy SOLEMN Senator. !
wou't eay .lat this aolcnn senntor's nafno IL
common uau,c. Iii fact 1t would be improper
to mention the nnme Of the solemn Senator
whu figures rs The yeracious historian Of Lo-
Ean's Two Weeks Oil Ftnnncc, tecn,1sc tfit stury
tsus related IN executive scason,--ln nllc of tle
cloak-ruons,--aud thu secrecy Of executive scs-
sion should 10 held inviolate.
tihe story fse't runb thus:
"By Tic way,'' Inquired our solon, helping
cavc, 1did yon ever hear thu particulars of that
course Of BtndyaH
Nnt,ut!y t,au heard It.
"Wcl', venture 10 say that am the only
aM i don't think I ought 10 n,onopolizc 80
much valuable Information. You see wllen the
financial question FIRST ranle ltD 1T the session OF
lS7;-'74, LUgnn, Morson, CarIencr, and so1nc
o1tnr Western Republicans got ratified, nnd toll
clud".l that their constituents wnntet1 moro
mouey. i.oEau vas uartirutarty excited. So
n1.l:l, sa tai when the uchatc oil At0rtOn'a In
f1astun bill opened he Jumped up to make
spetch, arcossing tn Ills usual custum, without
aty preparation bcyot.d that Ut asking Ills next
nri.hhnr, Old Hu.ni1, what subject WIS under
consideration. llatnl'n OIL tha ocraslou hnd
been asleep, in consequence = ot Howe having The
sent pagr down 10 sl!t Clerks desk to Inquire.
a The page casne back With itc Information
that tl,r subtect under consideration was tint of
annmcc. ,,-...-..--
lie took ihe !Ioor ns stJuu Howe finished. anil
hegau 10 tnlk lnnllcc. But nfter stumbling
thrlligl the Introductory sentences 4e rou-
clus!cl t>at he WIS getting olf wrong, aud
whispered to linmln to move to 70 Into cxecu-
live session, which WIS done.
"That night When Jnl,n vent home he sntd to
his wife, who Is inae!' more of Senator thah ha
Is, intellectually sucaksng, tint he didn't seer!
to catch The subject exartly. It didn't roll oil
the eud Of Ills tongue like speeches on tie ku-
Kiux bill md thu Filtrcntl Amendment. In fact.
he couldn't scc wllcre the War WIS to be worked
In, and tho idea 81 having to nlnSu speecs1i
never contemplated. WhcrcnpDn Mrs. l.. su..-
gessed 10 John that he ought to stuuy tho qucs-
t1on before he attempted to n'ake sncecl, OMIT.
"J9hh bal.l llMt "'as Eooa l SUGGESTION. s., ao
nlcdtLtely.
Accosulheiy, tne 1eAt ,. uay, Nnuu . 1ohn 'ook
tts scat III tt!e senate re %fots ote nilti, call
ing pase' sent - .o snou9f9; H. ."e i:eFae!aii ol
Congress. spohoTu pl,ehea INC hatet ANU 1M.
| lBetilately became violently oGltated. IL renl
| us follows:
| ~ MY alEAN sroeFohn: ileasn seat NC, Dy
bearer, all the books you ''asc touching the SUBJ
| 1act q i,tlnnccF ,
Ehsuv sal,i stlN1oru. WIN emphasis.
!1hen 10 ptoiah!tf III Lat!n. epnnpeu ~ rs' 70
isntncn INIT lle even sweass claasieaiy.} he
nmea'ato s'use ] o. spoil9ra'a ~ s!asa!sai proiani-
two thonsa,.d bool;s On illanee. Wit! palnpll'ets
beyond eoEnpntAtion. nr1 l'ue'i w"ntcu l''il'
to iilaa tns'i ~ upuH LII het,r srNnl 10y.
"fiaaily, no2i renee!io,t snonof't ,l,e eocloaesi
works, WIN p p1tIso note 10 e,, tH elect !1G!t
whtit lle ilHislic1 them !llore woull bs forth
coming. Jona haa tae pnots sellt 10 !Ils ct'1l.
mlttct. room, ail;, YIN US pflsatg secretary
supporting his Ielt nahk, llashco'atcly attaeEca
tlrm: .
"lhc first ono no haPhenea to yet hnsd OF wns
an essay ol tho sixteenth century, printed " ol'
Ens!l,l: eharaetess. 1ao! eren'at,sa .,i 5n
shAance ls ah old SUBJECT, a'htH Hs Hefe opht,
[ord has sent inc aa atls'ent ~orH III tue Original
GrGekl' ...-
"lne private sccfeth.y GlhnGea NJ tnc nook
nnt1 ttMi1ly augCested that II was not Greek
but old English.
"' Oh, we'll, said John, IT louKs Ike Greek
Isn't intcl Hike thy new Eng!fH!l-thc Kind vi
sueak, YOU Know 10 which the !hriyAto secrt:
tary iespondcl that It was nuci, tl.e SAINT In ul
except se shape of thu letters, with the mentn
reservation that 1llere was no written languag'
mnel! lke the English John USED.
"Fiually, alter nanit MI hour and Il half o
lecp study, Joh,! concluded that he woatd be
Gin to hiork out Ills speech. 30 hu began die
late us fo!lows:
"'MN. pnEs'pENT: Tic subject under con
sidcratsan u ollc tint las enEr0ssed the attcn
tion Of mankind from ttG earliest agcs. Il
iar. W. lind lu the Scriptures lhAt tile sublec
of Aua,yu vas u,y root Ut 81 cstl several thou
santl years aEo. Hut l will not eouslne tlI
tHle Ut te ScNatc In trarInE the history .
financial discussion. suil'vc 1t to say Tint, +
every age Of tho world Ut which Wu luyo iii
knuwleugu; from ttle time when the rhEu
cfans, under Julius C;esnr, ovcrrun Greece u,t
destroyed llcrcuancunl n,nt runpeif; fun til
historic siege nlll capture of Troy by the grcl
llnnnlba! at the lead Ut his inyiilcbc so.l,ula
, fror, the days WHEN Lycnrgus made laws IL
Carthagu, IND ScMtram!s, glorious sorceruss {