The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-12-23
EXCEEDING KINDNESS.

EXCEEDING KINDNESS.
A PUBLIC PHILANTHRoPIsT--
+ WILL BE CHARGED NO COMMISSION
IF YOU LOSE YOUR MONEY.
We have received from Mr.. J. Up
sher, Investment Broker. of 80 Broad
Street, New York, most kind and
considerate letter, to look like
a typewriter communication. for our
sole benefit.
This worthy gentleman is anxious
that we should make good deal Of
money and be very rich, and he in
closes printed form of an order,
which we are TO- fill up and sign, and
inclose with New York exchange for
sum of money; and we are to place
this money in his ihands, with which
to seculate in the New York Stock ex-
change; and he gives us the opportun-
ity to make some money in this way.
This is exceedingly kind. We note,
however, that he refrains from taking
advantage of his own opportunity to
get rich, but turns it over to his
clients
He says: II keep my mind perfect
ly unbiased by having absolutely no
interest in speculations except my
commission"
This is an instance of self-sacrfice
that is rarely met with in this selfish
world. He knows how to make money
for others, and he refrains from max
ing money for himself! We feel that
it would be advisable for us to follow
Mr.. Upsher's excellent example, and
have "absolutely no interest in specu-
lations Of any kind"
We are the more surprised to find
this generous spirit extended, upon
the part of New York business man,
towards the Inhabitants of the vest
ern country, who, we all know, are a
set of ignoramuses and anarchists
generally. We haYe been trying to
curtail their profits from the cotton
and grain-growing sections of this
country, and here this gentleman
turns around and gives us an oppor-
tunity to make large sums Of money,
and is so benevolent that he refrains
himself from taking advant age of it,
so that there will be SO much more
left for us. This is really pouring
Goals of fire on our bare head.
If we did not think so highly Of
New York business men, who have
their offices in Broad Street and Wall
Street, we should think that this gen.
tleman was fishing for gudgeons with
a gilded hoOk-that he was 'playing
us for Suckers;" and he intended to
take out of our pockets the little that
was left after the gold standard had
been doing its work therein for so
many years.
There is only one defect in this
proposition that we note, and that is
that Mr.. Usher says: 81 don't charge
my personal commission except upon
such transactions as show profit"
Really, this New York generosity
overwhelms US! But then, we remem-
Der that we are to send our money in
advance, and that Mr.. Upsher will
have it anyhow, and after he has
emDtied our pockets, the probabilities
are we would have no money with
which to pay comm issionS at any rate!
We are, however, grateful to find in
this selfish world of ours, a man who
is willing to give the people some
| thing for nothing, and pay the expen-
ses himself. 1t affords US higher
conception of the possibilities Of hui
man goodness.
We would suggest that the Republi-
can party, in the next campaign, pub
lish Mr.. Upsher's circular, as cam
paign document to- show how safely
the western people can place them
selves under the continued domina-
ton of Wall Street, with the full as
surance that they will not be tleeced
like lot of silly sheep.
And we are ashamed of our section
of the Union, to think that no north
western farmers have ever yet organ
lied themselves into society, for the
of New York to send them their mon
ey, without security; with the pleas
ant assurance that if they don't make
anything out of the venture they will
be charged no commission, but will
simply lose all they have invested.
Shame on the West! Has it neither
honesty nor enterprise nor philan-
thropy nor cheek nor gall?
Such a people are unfit to rule the
nation in this era of high civilization.
We apologize to good Mr.. Upshur for
their anarchistic tendencies of opposi-
tion to square dealing. No wonder
Bryan was defeated. He would never
have sent out such a circular
SIGNIFICANT,