New-York tribune., 1885-02-22
PROMOTERS IN LONDON.
HOW THEY COME, SEE. AND DO NOT con-

HOW THEY COME, SEE, AND DO NOT con-
QUER.
rRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TnIBrNEl
LONDON. Jan. 30.
1t may seem strange statement to make. but
it is nevertheless perfectly true that NewYork strikes
the for all financial business here Everything
waits until NewYork quotations are received IL things
are all right in New York stocks up and business lively
everything here is likewise; II down in New-fork then
everything sympathizes. The great moneyed centre OF
London is but little village, as il were--gossippy and
panicky. Everybody seems TO know everybody else's
husinesswhat they doing, have done and are going
to do The business operations OF Wall and Broad
streets In New-York a sealed book In comparison;
and such lot of hangerson and sharbs And how they
find out your business is wonder. Let come
here with scheme-a mine. cattle ranch or bonds
to sel-ad before he is out OF bed morning dozen
cards will be sent up, each anxious to obtain
an interview, and you grant it
and talk of your business on his assurances
What he has parties ready to invest in just that kind OF
securities he will attach himself to you like a leech,
and when you discover, you will Immediately, that he
Is hummer, and discard him. be Will watch and wait
until You have begun negotiations with resnecta-
BILE persons and then put In aim for commissions and
threaten suit and il you about TO leave town get out
a summons to detan aud annoy you. These fellows are
the pests of all coming se to do business, and to all
say, beware OF them Keep your business to yourself
don't talk about It the ship at the American Ex
change for these fellows hang around every place fire.
qrned By Americans the alert to pick up Verdant
Green. They Will blachna yoa, start reports dcroga
tory you and yonr schemes in short the hyenas Of
tins community They are not all English quite as
many Americans stranded adventurers. IL re-
quires couple of years experience, gained
at great cost trials, disappOintments and vex
atoms, to learn how TO DO business here
and it Is great mistake the part of any without
proper business connections here TO imagine he can come
with his own scheme and do his business He will
waste time and money to discover his mistake. Better
employ some one has acquired the experience and
pay Il reasonable compensation and stay at home hlm-
self and attend to his regular business If he has any,
II "a amusing to a who has been here before
through the experience and paid for Ito see the
newly arrived American who comes with some Wild
scheme That he could by possibility neg0tiaeat home
He deposits himself and his baggage at one OF the best
hotels. generally the LnShtm because the most eNpen
syc ana then Iusncs FOR the American Exchange aud
entering with great tEpfsspch registers his name Win
q grand flourish the is usually General of sOmethIng)
and looks around with an air Of expectation
liat implies - am somebody, as you whi mud.
lie pays hts months fee. makes loud enquiries
for letters. and leaves; tnen the buns ana sharks
steal mp aud take note OF MS name anu motel ne goes
back To the ho el. makes great bllster about rOOs
buhcs the nuudes and berays his yerlancy In every
way. Next day ne takes cao catch nun Waikhg or
taking bus , to his usignees s 0f course he has et
0 introduction, and enters, dcycfs his letters, sits
down while thcy are real ana Is received p"nry' as
Eug.ishmcn ARE proverbially polte,qWte equal TO
t. course encouraged. and goes home away np III the
clouds And 1t on Tor few days. He has struck
|
| begins to look over the steamer hst to see
what steamer he will take home. 70 show his inde-
pendencc American citizen he persists III wearing
the dlsrepi able soft hat he the steamer charat
orstc Of the American coming IA ndOn and II there
il ANYTHING mans status in London II Is his
hat One man, all concessions. continues u wear
hf, dreadful head and snuV brown oyerrOat with Its
NANCY fur collar. Time he has taken cheaper
aAarters looks and anxious, All the swell
aud flourish has gone out o him lie evinces great IN
the arrival Of the steamer mails inquiries anX
o-lv that dOut come. has whispered inter
with the manager of the ENchW - rs 70 modes ana
methods negotiating draft, i Informed that they re
cr collct tit but never cash without arac
tor. city Inducements. Things got dc> pea"; he tries
| 10 borrow or raise innucy enough TO Let home. AT
last By q DESPERATE effort. involving the ms scIlods ais
| auprur-ncc of hts watch AMI chain, he quietly s;Cas
away hy s-cOnG trclas5 tram Z" Liverpool aud takes
OUTSIDE ~ 5O when be- came. and In due time lands
In New-Nork. very poor aCd very crcstdien General
| wifh an enduring aversion 10 everything Ehglish
lie could have his hcme before New York banker
or ctalt-t IN hall hour and have Eot his answer.
lsal by an application OF thumb To the nasal organ
WIKI AZ scnmpauyin gyratous In Just ten seconds with
breath enough To calculate the two express
| siy wor,t-. II.
The moral OF II all There just good chances NJ
home everything with merit ns here lf you have
ctt rauchc tdac 10 Denver Cheyenne. where the
ru live who IN mat line OF business and have tue
| inongv l. A. is y mine and X good one. keep u
uut somebody after IL. II railroad bonds, Keep
fhf.c TOO, uutl somebody wants them, Which won't be
tLfs month or next, You might well engage pas
moon a. 90 bring ihen here. The Briti>her l. SIN weak
I'm the from the effect of his dose or that kind Ol
uf0uclv and it ulCh your life Is worth to Oher
/ auy- ~l, a pioperty here at this time.