Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-08
They Have Numerous Schemes for
Making Money Very Easily.
PRIVILEGES WITH BIG FORTUNES
Attached if They Can Be Secured by These
Shrewd Hustlers
REFusALs DO NOT DISHEARTEN THEM

ers who usually make up our small floating
population, these visitors are here, not to
see how near Chicago approaches to the
boasts of her citizens, but to hunt for op-
portunities for making money. At the first
blush it is amusing to think of outsiders at
tempting to extract wealth from a city
filled with the keenest searchers for lucre
in the known world.
The very idea seems to be preposterous.
But those who have studied them do not
laugh. They have observed that they are
sharp-eyed, nervous hustlers, with unlim-
tied patience and pertinacity, and habit,
which Chicago hustlers utterly lack. of
stopping every now and then for careful
survey of the field and some hard thinking.
Like good generals, they pause sometimes
in the thick of the battle to see whether the
enemy has not an exposed side, and, finding
it, change the attack for certain success
These guerrillas are prowling around con-
stantly looking for openings. They do not
care for Chicago, and most of them do not
hesitate to say that they would not remain
here an hour if it were not for the hope of
acquiring riches. They must be the biggest,
shrewdest, and most pertinacious hustlers
in the communities from which they come,
for they outdo even us-a community of
from birth to death.
All Have original Schemes.
Nearly every one of them has come here
with more or less definite schemes, pre-
sumed to be original for making money
rapidly. ALI have come within the past
six months, and some have been here only a
few weeks Their ranks are receiving fresh
accessions almost daily, and it may be pre-
dcted that within arother year at least
10000 of them will be here. To tell the
truth, it is the Worlds Fair that has
attracted them hither. Chicagoans will be
their prey to limited degree, but they will
fight against the competition of Chicagoans
for the dollars of the visiting multitude.
Looking at the prospects calmly, the dis
interested observer is appalled, by the null
titude Of carefully planned and highly elab-
GRATED schemes that have been prepared for
fleeing the visitors to the Fair. 1t is not
because these schemes are dishonest that
one feels pity for the coming victims, but
because they are so unique, so ingenious
that they are irresistible. The bureaus into
which the Worlds Fair executive officers,
have divided themselves are haunted daily
by many of the schemers. They always
talk plausibly and it is impossible to shake
them off, When the doors are closed In
their faces they remain patiently in the cor
ridors until the men they want to see come
out. The other day your correspondent |
had occasion to visit the Office of Major |
Handy, the Promoter General He found |
two of the schemers strolling up and down |
the hall and emitting volumes of smoke |
from their cigars
Nothing Seems to Discourage Them. |
They were neither impatient nor dis |
couraged by the fact that Mr.. Dorr, Major |
Handy's right hand man, had assured them !
that the Major would be engaged for the |
rest of the day. They knew the Major, and,
having made a careful survey OF all the |
exits and entrances, were convinced that he |
could not leave his office without their |
knowing il. All that they wanted was to |
get hold of him. They were satisfied that |
even the Majors cunning would be no |
match for theirs.
One of the men was a striking character. |
He had sharp, keen gray eyes, an aquiline |
nose, long black beard, and very erect |
soldierly bearing. A keener looking man |
could not be found in a days walk through |
our streets He believed evidently in the |
policy of maintaining silence until the time
should be 1ipe; for, while his companion, I
whose shrewdness was rather after the low |
order of cunning, rambled along about his /
schemes, he maintained a dignifed silence,
only an amused smile and an occasional |
monosyllable indicating that ne was listen
ing. None of these schemers is bothered by |
any noticeable modesty or backwardness in |
intruding on persons who may be of value
to them.
81 have come to Chicago simply to put in
execution one idea," one of them said re-
Gently, ''and nothing else would keep me
here for a minute. Consequently I can
allow nothing to stand in my way am
willing to bunk in hay loft, go without
my meals, be insulted and abused during
the time I raunain hera r,rax-idad op1x hot /
I can successfully accomplish my purpose.
1 don't pretend TO live while am here; 1
merely exist
Not all these money seekers have that
spirit Another whom your correspondent
met was determined to enjoy himself as
much as his business would allow.
They Are Bound to Make Money.
81 have been here now five months" he
said, 'and expect to remain until the end
of the Fair L have come here to make
money, and am bound to do it. The indi-
cations are very promising But, mind
you, 1 am philosopher. have visited
nearly every country of the globe, and 1
know as we'll as anybody can the uncer-
tainty Of life. have always gone on the
principle of enjoying myself reasonably by
the way. Ever since I have been in this
town l have devoted my leisure moments to
contriving means of enjoyment must ad-
init that this city is poorly adapted for any
such purpose. As place to hustle in it is
a grand success, but that's about the limit. |
However, 1 have managed to find few con-
genial souls, and by putting our heads to-
gether we contrive to secure reasonable |
amount of pleasure. We forget your short
comings and enjoy your oddities We find
plenty of amusement in studying the char
acter of the average Chicagoan, no matter
where we find him. We make the best of
your drives and parks, and spend our Sum-
days in delightful little excursions into the
suburbs. The fact that we get along SO
well is only another proof of my theory
that, if men only will, they can get along
under the most unfavorable circum-
stances
That unfriendlv critic of our fair city said
that be had come here shortly after 1t was ,
certain that Chicago was in earnest about
the fair. He had no definite idea at that ,
time of just what he wanted to do. On his
arrival he had hunted up an old time friend, ,
who had settled down here several years be-
FORE and had said to him: Snow look here. ,
Henry, my boy, have come to make for I
tune. I've got some money as basis, and I
am looking for somebody who has got
good scheme. You were always a fellow of
ideas; now rack your brains and see if YOU
can't suggest some"
d.. His friend must have been inspired, for at J
that very moment an idea flashed into his J
head which has since proved bonanza. He /
an advertising scheme, which was !
SO thoroughly that even business
men have been deceived by it. The :
schemer was not slow to perceive its value,
and the work is 80 we'll under way that a |