The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-01
TALKING WITH "C0IN."
DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE PRO-
FESsOR AND A PLAIN CITIZEN.

The Latter Asks Some Interesting
Questions which the Former Does
Not Answer at All satisfactorily.
The Phrase-Mnker and InterIOcu-
tor of Coins Financial school Bold
~ Charged with Introducing For
geries and GarbIed Quotations in
His Publication.
From the indianapolis Journal.
When Prof. w. II. H. Coin, phrase
maker and interculator of Coins Financial
school at Chicago, visited Indianapolis
a few weeks ago he spent most of his
time at the hotels, cigar stores and other
places where sensational literature is
sold. 1t was observed that he scrupulous-
ly avoided the business houses, the law
yers offices, the insurance and building
and loan quarters, the banks, and the
newspaper sanctuns In fact, the little
philosopher more than once manifested
a decided antipathy for business men of
all descriptions. At one time, in cigar
store on the Circle, he said to a crowd
of bystanders:
LAS a rule, the business men of such
cities as Chicago and Indianapolis think
automatically. They let the bankers and
capitalists manipulate their thinking ma
chimes. They have little regard for the
interests of the producers. Their selfish
ness and greed blind them. Their minds
are running in a groove and they cannot
see the rights Of others"
The doughty professor then produced
from his pocket a picture representing
the average business man" chat is, the
merchant, the manufacturer, the lawyer
the insurance man, the building and loan
manager, and, in fact, all that class of
workers who conduct the vast and varied
business of a big city except the banker)
with a system of wheels in his head and
a string attached thereto at one end the
other end being held in the hands of a
banker.
do you mean by that asked one Of
the bystanders, that the average mer-
chant, manufacturer, insurance man, etc.
are the mere tools of bankers, having no
financial acumen of their own. no indi-
vidual and independent business capacity
that is not dictated by the bankers?''
My language and this picture certainly
bear no other construction" replied Prof
Coin, little falterngly.
DO you think you will ever win any
sensible people over to such a brutal esti-
mate of the men who represent the life
energy and intelligence of our common
wealth." queried the other.
My book, containing on page % exactly
TINS judgment and the Illustration hold in
my hand, is selling like hot cakes all over
the country, and have good evidence that
it is making converts by the thousand"
Converts to what?'
ITO the notion that the average business
man of this country is dupe and a ma
chine, heartless money maker and an
oppressor of the poor. and to free sill
YER"
Il have read your book" said the ques-
toner, land l know il is meeting with
extensive sales on railway trains and at
the news stands. But l venture to predict
that when its forged and garbled quota
tons and false theories are freely dis
cussed in the newspapers a reaction will
set in, and the book will fall fat
Il challenge you to show a single for
gerry or gar bled quotation in the book. or
TO expose a single fallacy" said the little
professor, flushing with anger
We'll, the Indianapolis Journal has
wn-notwithstanding your subsequent
denial that in your preface you forged
an alleged paragraph from the report of
the United States monetary commission
of 1873 which you were afterward forced
TO admit by explaining that you meant
the commission of 1876. The Journal then
proved, by quoting the real extract from
the latter report that you garbled il to
suit your theories, emitting several SEN