The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1893-10-24

Every Man a Millionaire.

one had Sl,OOO,UOO-no more n no
less.
or course, under the circumstances,
there was no incentive to work, unless
q man enjoyed working. There was
certainly nothing to induce q man to
do any manual labor unless 1t was Or
dered by q physician-and, come to
think Of 1t, there was no reason why d
physician should continue his labors,
unless he was a humanitarian.
The president of a big manufactur-
ing concern was DESTROYS OF keeping
the plant running, and the directors
thought 1t q good scheme, too, but the
81 think I'll take a little vacation"
said one of them. 1--WE been working
pretty hard, and | need a rest. After
awhile I'll start up In business for my
self"
But who would you get to work for
you ?" asked the President. "All the
other men are making the anne plans
you are"
"Um! Well, | haven't thought of
that" replied the workman. "Still, |
don't mind work, and If the proper in
to work myself after q little rest"
mont"
Cant say, exactly, without some
thought, but / think l might accept
800 a day. You can't expect million
aire to wok in a factory for any less"
So tho factory was shut down, tempo
rarily, and the employees went home.
And 1t SO happened that one Of the
mon thought he would 60 down town.
and he told his wife he would run over
and catch u car at tho corner. But
there were no cars running, and when
he finally asked some one about it, the
man replied:
why, you don't suppose q million
aire Is going to drive a street car, do
you? Not much. Most of the old
drivers are thinking of starting street
car lines OF their own"
well, | a get u cab, anyway"
thought the ex-factory hand, and he
went over to another corner and woke
a cabman up.
GA mile and u half" said the latter,
rcfectively, after he had learned the
destination /; " we'll, call it $50. | ought
not to be out here anyway, but 1 have
got SO used to sleeping on the cab that
1 don't feel comfortable in bed"
Now the eX-factory hand didn't pro-
pose to be "gouged like that, and be-
ing q millionaire for the first time, he
didn't want to walk, SO he went home
and told his wife that if prices kept in
CtCoSllS, VIC ~pl,OUO. OUU WOulu PROBABLY
last them q month or two.
"Bettcr invest it," she said. "Put
part OF 1t in a bank, and invest tho rest
so that we will get some revenue from
it."
He thought that a good idea, and
the next day he tramped down town to
a bank and found the president and
n or two of the directors sitting there
in solitary state.
Cant take any deposit" said the
president ~regretfully.
What's the matter ?" asked the ex-
factory hand.
Matter " exclaimed the president.
You don't suppose we can afford to
hire millionaire bank clerks, do You ?
Some OF the boys intend to go to
Europe for a few months, and some are
planning to start banks of their own
after they have laid OFF awhile"
~ believe I'd take u trip myself if I
only knew whore l could put some of
this money while am gone" said the
ex-factory hand, thoughtfully.
What are you afraid of 2" asked the
president.
81 might be robbed"
Robbed !" laughed the president.
Who do you suppose would rob you
when everyone has all the money he
needs? But how do you expect to
travel 2"
"On a railroad train, of course"
h president laughed again.
That would be an unique expert
cnce," he said. "Think Of travelling
on a train with a millionaire for a con-
ductor, a millionaire for an engineer, a
millionaire for a brakeman, and a mil
lionaire for a porter. I'd like to take
such a trip as that myself if the trains
were running"
Aren't they ?"
"Is the factory you used to work in
running ?"
moo"
The ex-factory hand tramped back
homo in a thoughtful mood. He had
$1,000, 900, but some how it didn't seem
of much service to him. Some of the
shops, were ready to do a little bust
ness, but the employees had all loft, and
in some places prices had gone up. In
others, the shop-keeper said he hadn't
raised prices because he was anxious
to sell out and close up. He stopped
at n of the big department stores to
get something for his vito, and it was
closed because there were not enough
people left to run it.
Pm n Of the firm" he said but
| don't know when we shall open again.
II you want to get anything in particu-
lar, yCE CEN Sc IL, cad Chg C: MY part.
ners, or head Of some department-one
or two OF them are left-will try to
hunt it up for you. The rest have all
gone. They want to buy, not sell, from
now on.
"The closing scenes we're ludicrous,
too," he added. "We began getting
notices Immediately after the distribu-
ton of wealth, although some of the
clerks agreed to stay a day or two.
But when the ribbon-counter girl put
on her hat and her cloak and began
pricing the goods in the cloak depart
ment, the girls quit their work, and
pretty soon everybody in the store was
buying and no one selling. / stepped
into the breach, lifted prices a little,
and made q tidy little sum. I think it
likely hat / car stand it as long as the
rest OF them"
When the ~ex-factory hand reached
home, he found his wife much portur-
bed.
81 thought that we could afford to
keep u servant, now that we're rich"
she said, " but | can't get one."
Cant get n - he exclaimed.
mo; you can't expect a m~illionaire's
daughter to work in the kitchen for IS
a week. The first girl l went to was
looking for work, last week, but to-day
she offered me $40 a week to go to
work for her. 1t looks to me as IL we
were worse of than before. We've got
to do all our own work, ana haven't
even street-cars to ride on"
"Never mind" he said, soothinglv.