Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-04

dlfteTent views i HE the Ba~ as
trade. he said. ~but would ~ clean
0ut II II II could have the money 70
travel Is seems % me that IL would
take me al the time am likely 70 live
- SC as much OF the world as | want
- See
A sehoohteacheE. truckuaan. Jew
eler and a saloonheeper each wanted -
travel Indeed, travel seems 70 exceed
Ia attraetiveness al other forms OF IN
diligence suggested BY the possible pos
session OF riches
Two politicians OF the active type
came into my One Hundred. MY dear
fellow said one OF them, ''there Is
nothing on earth so good as street rail
way stock when you are let in early
enough. The other simply said:
Tackle the senate policeman
whom / met az busy street corner, Ia
the midst II whose hustle and roar he
seemed 70 be preserving an attitude Of
rejection, had his mind entirely made
up. Il would buy big hotel and have
the finest barroom in the city-a bar
room that would knock the Hoffman
house cold Wen, there would be moth
ing Ike it in the country"
The driver Of street car looked at
me with some perplexity when my
question was propounded. AT first he
evidently doubted my sincerity or my
sanity could not tell which. But be-
ing assured by the lucid reiteration OF
the inquiry, and by glance at my per
sonal appearance, he said with direct
ness that was eloquent: Il would hire
the greatest lawyers on this side of the
Atlantic 10 fight the capitalist. The
men with the money are on top because
they can hire the biggest lawyers, and
you can't blame the lawyers for going
with the fellows who have the most
doodle. Now, il | had u million,
would engage some of the smartest
lawyers we have here and I'd down the
capitalists. I'd see whether there is
any show for workingmen when they
have tall takers to plead their case
You know very well it doesn't 60 by
right at all Ii goes by strength. II
goes by whether you can put up Doodle
enough. With a million think would
have a show"
Several people want 20 buy a country
place. They want To get away from the
city and the hint of wealth brings up
pictures of rural bliss. Il think prize
farm would just DC in my line, said a
young broker who might have been
thought 10 be welded To city activities.
Il should want .hree stunning teams,
the latest pumping machinery TO give
US water throughout the house, a neat
little dynamo U provide electric light,
a steam launch on lake near by-then
l could be happy"
The first editor asked said: I'D 60
% the South sea by all means. Nobody
really lives who doesn't breathe the air
Of the South Pacific. On one of these
islands and man can buy a good deal
OF landscape there for thousand dol
lars-you enjoy every minute of your
life. The soil is kindly, it rains accom-
modstingly while you are asleep, and
the air is an istoxication. With a mil
lion could be a king there, and be
happier than most kings" The othe T
editor said: ''Snash all the clocks.
clocks. My idea of bliss would be TO
be independent of time pieces, TO not
care what time IL was, to be superior 10
the obligations to dos omething because
il was a certain time of day-or night
either. Yes, sir; this is a clOck-driven
world and in my elysium there will be
no clocks"
A young man fresh from college, with
a Pm D., didn't want TO found a uni
versity or write lexicon II would go
20 the theater every night" he said
1t was a bright thoroughly American
boy who advanced the brilliant idea Of
buying baseball genius with his com
polling million II would organize a
ball team" he cried, slapping his knee,
'and challenge the world. l would
sweep The country and break up the
monopoly of the league" The very
American boy soon figured out the
whole thing. lie had the name of every
prominent player ia the country at his
tongues end. aud the team he had in
mind. with six star players for each Of
the important posts Of pitcher and catch
err and two stars for each Of the remain
ing positions. was certain. he said, %
NOW down everything before it.
With the aid Of the small boys in
formation on salaries figured out the
expenses OF such team at 500. 600 a
year But the gate money" said the
young PROTECTOR, would easily be $780,
OO0 in one season. and / could afford 10
blow in the $50, 0co."
The following table viii show the
general results Of my inquiries "a 10
what my 100 people would do with a
million.
WHAT rI1rT worLD DO WITH TT
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