The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-23
THE SLAVERY OF MONEY.
TOO MUCH OF 1T IS A POSITIVE
HARDSHIP.

luE5lY nc Is CbAACG NTA-0C0 EOC&f
and If He Doesn't Spend Literally
he Is Voted q Skinfin5 by His
Friends.
From the Nelo York Advertiser.
Doing nothing for living but having to
live, is not all that it is cracked up to be. 1
was trained practical printer, and love
the printing business; my vocation is that
Of a newspaper writer, and 1 love that.
/ Yet whenever l have been asked what pro-
/ fession l would follow if 1 could take my
/ choice my reply has been, "a capitalist
/ To me it has always seemed, as l doubt not
It has to you, dear reader, that an ideal ex-
istence would be possession of big fortune.
with no worry about income save how to
spend 1t, with no demand on ones energies
save pursuit OF new plans for having fun.
But take it all back. do not want to
| be capitalist. | will stick to the newspa-
per business, working hard for living
racklng my dull brain TO please both readers
aud managing editor, and when l fall back
done for, worked out, no longer able to sat-
lsfy public and employers it is said all
writers fall back sooner or later-I will take
up the stick and rule and set type. Any
thing but being capitalist.
This change of heart is due TO a knowl-
edge which l have recently acquired Of the
capitallstlc business. / have discovered
that it is not what 1t is cracked up to be. l
have taken an object lesson in capitalism
till have become convinced it is thing to
be stunned as we should shun the nimble
germ Of cholera or the insidlous bacillus of
yellow fever. This object lesson was my host
on board gallant yacht on which l have
| lately been a guest.
1t is not nice to sit down and gossip
about ones host-to use him as an object
| lesson--but in this instance l deliberately
| violate good taste in order 60 accomplish
the worthy purpose OF convincing hundreds
! of Thousands of readers who are not CAPT.
| talists, but who yearn to be capitalists that
| they will be much better off If they remain
what they are
Two or three years ago, out in Idaho,
| there was young miner. lie worked with
! his hands down in the bowels of the earth,
welding pick or a spade, sometimes for
| others at so much per day, somtimes for
| himself in claims located by himself or part
! ners. He was a steady and industrious
| young man, and in the course Of time saved
| up Sl2 900 or Sl5, 900.
Another miner had claim for sale, and
| offered it to our hero The latter, whose
| name was De Lamar, examined the mine
with the alertness and acutenuss of an ex-
| pert. He concluded it was a good thing,
| and offered $1,000 for it. This offer was not
accepted. The owner had hopes of getting
a bigger price from Senator Jones Of
Nevada, whose agent was at that very
moment inspecting the property.
Senator Jones Is one OF the keenest men
in the world on mines, now that Senator
Hearst is dead. If he had gone to Idaho
| himself he would have bought this mine if
| 1t had cost him $50 900. But his agent was
not enthusiRstio, and the best the senator
would do was $4,000. Young De Lamar
saw this $4,000 and went it $1,000 better,
and for $12,0 900 the mine became his.
He knew he had a good thing, but his
widest dreams had never pictured the
reality. In three months the promising
mine-the west is full of promising mines
had been developed into one of the richest
finds in all Idaho. Instead Of being worth
thousands 1t was worth millions.
All good things come to New York for q
market. De Lamar brought his mine to
Gotham, but was induced TO go on to Lon-
don. New York has silver, but London
has gold said Tom Ochiltree, TO whom the
young Idaho miner had been introduced.
London is the place to finance big things
Over there millions lie idle yearning for IN
vestment."
So De Lamar and Ochiltree went on to
London. The latter had entree over there.
He knew clubmeu, lords. millionaires, ga
lore. He was popular with them because
his stories had made them laugh. They had
confidence in him because he was trusted by
John Mackay, although perhaps they didn't
know that Mackay paid Ochiltree IS, 900 a
year to entertain him-$5, 900 a year to be a
millionaire's court clown. De Lamar knew
this, Tut he didn'5 care. Tom is a good
clown and earns his money, and he is a
square man and can get in with those rich
nobs on the other side, and that's all l
want"
They did get in with the nobs on the
other side. They talked mino TO them.
Experts were sent all the way to Idaho.
The surveys and essays were verified, for
nowadays our English friends don't buy
American mines with their eyes shut. And
finally London company bought a two
thirds interest in Mr.. de Lamsr's mine for
about e6OO, OOO-$3, 100000 This great sum
was paid in cash. aud thus 1t was my host
became a capitalist.
In addition to the $4,000 900 In cash he
still owned third Of the mine, and as il
proved to be very, very rich the income
from his share has been more than young
De Lamar could spend, let alone the prin-
cipal and the interest upon it.
Lucky De Lamar" the world said.
Lucky boy" he said to himself. Then he
started out to enjoy his millions. The
world was at his feet. He could, with the
magic power of money, do almost any thing
which he might chance to want to do. He
had dreams Of pleasure, Of triumph, OF
luxury.
For about year and half De Lamar
has tasted the delights of great wealth-and
he is tired of it. He is weary OF being q
capitalist. He almost wishes himself back
in the mines, pick in hand, dinner pail wait
ing for him at the shaft.
De Lamar has had a strange, a unique
career of eighteen months. He has been q
marked man by his wealth. He has been
set apart from the remainder of mankind by
his IS 900 900 to 81, coo, 900 in spot cash. And
1 greatly fear his gold has pat an impene-
trable netting about him, keeping him from
the sweets Of life-the sweets of life from
him.
First he tried society at Washington He
had known Russell Harrison in Montana
and rather liked him. Prince Russell "took
him up" at the capital and introduced him
Having millions, tue young miner was much
sought. But being man of good sense, he
didn't enjoy having people run after him
simply because he was rich. You see, the
fly In De Lamar's ointment is that he is q
man as well as millionaire. If he were a
cad he would be perfectly happy.
For instance, in Washington he drove Ia
span Of beautiful Russian horses He was
fond Of taking to drive the people he liked,
but when these same people contrived to
work the society columns OF the papers for
advertising on account Of the ride DeLamar
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