Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-05-09
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/ suppose that most newspaper men
have been approached at one time or
another by people with tremendous
schemes for making fortunes. Some
times these schemes require publicity,
| ana SO the owner Of world-revoin-
tionlzing patent selects a newspaper
man in the hope Of getting that pub
licity which the inventor thinks Ia all
that Ii really needed to bring II to
success.
London has always been the happy
hunting ground for men who wish
To get capital for their projects The
smoklng-rooms in the biz hotels on
Northumberland avenue are usually
very full of Americans who have come
over here with great money making
schemes which require small fortunes
To set them going There Was time
when almost anything American could
b.. tloated on the London market, but
that time Is past, aud | doubt II II
will ever return.
There Is a general belief that most
! company promoters are swlnalers, but
as tar as my own experience gues
lind generally that the men believe
in the schemes they have come across
the Atlantic to promote. The invest
ing part OF the British public have
been 50 dnped by the wholesale rail.
way swindles 1T America, and other
trans Atlantic schemes for robhing
them, that, for the past few years.
IL has become increasingly difficult 10
capitalize anything from the United
States. The present crisis between the
two countries has erfectually killed amy
remnant of confidence that the British
capitalist had la American invest
ments, and now Ii the man with
business to sell Is wise he will en-,
deayor to sell Ii az home, and not spend
his time and substance upon London
hotels.
Sometimes these schemes are not
what they appear 10 b. On the sur,
face. Some years ago three young men
from Chicago called upon ue wanting
some Information about the ways and
tht haunts ~ the British capitalist,
although why they thought | knew
anything about him u more than
can tell. They were all lawyers, and
as far as could see had not yet sue
ceeded In building remuneratiye prac-
tice for themselves In the well known
city Of Chicago, They had a plan.
however, of making u fortune for
themselves In short time. and when
this laudable ambition hnd been al,
tanned, they intended 10 10 I'M for name
and fame In the Inv business They
claimed that there was i great deal
OF money 20 be- made in seal tishIug
They therefore came over to England
for the purpose ~ raising money
enough to ~ out ten small vessels and
send them from British Columbia tu
engage In the sealing trade.
! pointed out to the young men that
II was rather strange for three ritt.
zens u the United States 10 come 10
foreign country for the purpose %
getting money together with the Oh.
Ject VI dlsOlpeying the mandate u their
own government. but the Young men
replied thai they had gone deeply into
International law. that the United
states was wrong In Its contention that
sealers could b. driven from ths. her
ing sea; that the United States WoHt.t
undoubtedly lose It's case Ii ii went a.
arbitration, and that when the IL.
cision Of the international court vas
given against the United States, there
would be a tremendous rush into the
sealing business. and so they wanted
% get organized thoroughly before the
traffic began, and before the cream Of
the business was divided among too
many. The young men said they had
devoted much time to the law on lie
subject. and they were certain that tho
case OF the United States could nh