The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-12-01
VALUE OF GREAT MEN
THEIR MoRTUARY EFFECT ON THE
STOCK MARKET.
What .bs Illness OF Decease or Rumors
OF Death OF Noted People Are Worth.
The Effect of Pestilence and war-Use-
full Foreigners.

Every man is worth something to a
community. We sat recently in Wall
street Office during the rain and all felt
blue "I'm sorry Havemeyer got well so
soon, " said heartless bear. 1.-THE market
was going my way. His illness was worth
$50, 900 to me, and if the operation had
been less successful / would have made
500, 900 more The bulls chorused
"Shame!' "Shamcl" continued the bear.
"Call it what you will, heartless, inhuman
or anything you please, but this street is
alive with men praying for some of the
big fellows to die suddenly, so they can
raid the market. l could name dozen
personal friends who hoped that Have
meyer would die, not because they have
anything against him, but because they
were selling sugar. / listened with in
terest He was stating facts, L well knew.
Taking out Of his pocket memoran-
DUN book, the bear continued: 81 made
So, 900 by the death of Henry George;
could have made more if i had heard the
news earlier. l Melted SO, 900 on the ru-
NOR of President Mckinley death. There
was too quick "a rally. Mckinley would
be worth $25, 900, 600 to our small and Sc
lect circle if he were to drop off suddenly.
I've got my eye on Sage. He cannot live
a great deal longer, and i shall be in at
the death. He ought to net n few thousand
apiece to tho boys. John Rockefeller
wouldn't be missed. His death would be
worth few millions to the bears. l made
] 800, 900 by the death of Jay Gould. When
/ Vanderbilt died, i cleaned up $40, 600"
The bear went on 1.-THE yellow fever
| scare is one OF the meanest outrages ever
perpetrated, but we had to get the market
| down in some way. Times were getting
too good Why, in New Orleans they
haven't had more than l ZOO cases, and
only few more than 100 deaths are re-
| ported. We worked il for what it was
worth. In 1853 there were 1000 cases
and $4,000 deaths; in 1873, 40, 900 case:
and 4,4O0 deaths. Oh, it's criminal to
make such scare as we did this year Out
of nothing! i want war; Give me wal
or give me death that's the cry OF the
bear I'll give Hannis Taylor 500, 900 e
start the war with Spain, and, by Jove
he's doing the very best he can for us"
"Would the death of any man in thu
street affect tho markctg' / asked thi
| ruthless bear.
"Not much. There are no very big mel
in the street. Keene and We'll and Whit
and Bell and tho rest might go withou
helping us in the least. j. Pierpont Nor
gan dead would be worth more to tn
bear cause than all the others put togeth
er. If he would only go suddenly, w
could get up pretty good raid. I'd max
500, 900 sure. l made nearly 5000, 900 b.
the assassination of Garfield. Mayo
Strong? We couldn't make anything on
of the old tea drinkers death. Let hin
live. CrokerP Not much Van Wyck
Well, who would be mayor II Van Wye
were to diep Guggenheimer? goo
man. No. Van Wyck's death wouldn
affect us much down here. tell you
takes great big man to help us fellows
"What would be the mortuary value {
foreign potentatef" / asked.
1.-THE assassination OF the Prince
Wales would help us nightly. Englan
would go crazy, and stocks would take
great drop. Faures unexpected taking o
would help us little-not much. ha'
no regard for a king or an emperor b'
yond my bear interest in his death. III
queens death has been double discountc
"a thousand times. She won't DO wort
much to us when she goes. III William
were TO die, 1 really believe stocks woul
90 up. The car might be worth poiI
! not much more New York Press.