Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-06-11
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EHun calIcu IOudy SHOULD nave sent
a messenger to hunt you up. Did you
remember to bring the bill:"
Yes, sir" replied the printer as he
handed it over.
Good Let's see. It's for $3.50,
and 1 pronounce it correct-absolutely
correct. There never was a more cor
rect account rendered-never in this
commercial world. And now you want
check for it. of course? 1 must ask
you to excuse me that this trifie has
run so long. but when a man is dealing
In millions he is apt to forget dollars"
THAT is all right, major" replied the
printer as a soft smile stole over his
face, and he began wondering why he
had ever called the promoter 4 dead
beat.
Thanks for your confidence-your
financial confidence. 1 like men to
have confidence in me. Let me tell
you. sir, that the man who puts his
trust in Major Crofoot, grand promo
ter, gigantic originator and tremendous
ccnsolidatOr. loses nothing by it. Here
IS n bill for $3.50. 1t has run for weeks
and months. Instead of wearing out
the stairs and pounding on my door,
you have been content 10 let time slip
along. You felt that your money was
safe. You believed that 1 would pay
Oh presentation. All, sir, but 1 love to
witness such exhibitions of confidence
Il love to do - Let us shake hands
again"
I'm in a bit of hurry this morn
ing" remarked the printer as a doubt
suddenly entered his mind and sent
chill up his back.
"Ah, yes. Of course you are-of
course-and my time is also limited,
but do you know what L am going to
do? Instead of debating about a bill
for $3.50. 1 am going TO talk to you Of
thousands and hundreds of thousands
and millions. My dear man, you have
arrived at an Opportune moment. 1t
almost seems as IL the hand of Provi-
dence was in it. Having displayed
your confidence in the financial in
tegrity of Major Crofoot and arrived
at an opportune moment, what fol-
lowsF' -....
You pay the bill for $780," replied
the printer.
1T follows. sir-it follows as natu-
rally as night follows day, but with a
heap more cash in it-that 1 take you
in on the ground floor. Behold those
papers on my desk. had just ceased
to figure when you came in. l had
finished the last line of my prospectus.
Behold, sir-behold the organization OF
the Wide World Chicken and Infant
Raising company with a capital of
10000, door,
Major, / called p
You called. sir-you called at an op-
perfume moment. BY calling you put
it in my power to prove my gratitude
in something besides words. What is
the Wide World Chicken and Infant
Raising company? AS its name i'm
plies, the object is TO raise chickens
and infants. How, sir, how? All, that
is Major Crofoot's great discovery,
which has enabled him to organize q
company on a basis of 10000, 900.
The discovery is not original, but we
apply il as 1t has never been applied
before. We incubate chickens, but by
the million instead of the score. Take
your pencil and figure a little"
But 1 came up for my $780," said
the printer in ugly tones
Take your pencil and figure. Eggs
can be bought for 20 cents a dozen.
For 2 cents additional one dozen chick
ems can be produced. Four cents more
and you have dozen spring chickens
worth 80 cents apiece at the incubator;
total for eggs. incubating and feeding,
so cents; total for chickens. Sc; clear
profit to divide up on every dozen,
S5.To. Can Cripple Greek or the dia-
mond mines beat it? We produce TO-
Oo0, 900 dozen chickens per year. Fig
ure it out, man. figure it out Do you
want greater dividends than 20 per
cent on your capital? If you do
What about this bill?" demanded
the printer as he lifted IT of the desk
and laid 1t back again.
IF you do" continued the major as
he walked about the room with hands
crossed under his coattails, then you
shall have II. We incubate infants In