The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-25
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comes from. did she? asked the ma 1or. extracting a cork with serious care that the bottles contents might not be shaken.
 T asked her." the lady confesed. and she said that Jack says the money al comes from lambs. But don't be- iieve that. for woolen dress goods are cheaper than ever. But really. major where do all the millions that everybody says-'
 Do you observe the seal brown tint In this wine"' the major asked, hold ing glass to the light. If your rents had not increased twenty per cent do not belive we could afford to drink claret that cost sixty dollars case in bond. Yet you, madam. cruelty qs,es- tion the system that brings the money to New York that enables people to ray those increased rents, Alasl that I should live to see my wife strive to put me on a diet of corned beef and win ordinairel" ~s
 Major. you are talking nonsense! Besides. you promised to tell me where all the millions that everybody--' Exact1y."! interrupted tn major "A lthe millions that everyone in New York is making were recently made
 by storekeepers. plowmakers. pork packers. beef fatteners,. lumbermen. millers miners and what-not in the West"
 But I thought they were made in Wall street." exclaimed Mrs. Max. "No," said the major. wall street is where the cards are dealt. Most of the time the gentlemen down there play cards with each other: but occa- sionally. when the play has been high spectacular winnings been made and reported. that large and woolly flock of NA A ha hard at work for years making and saving money by the various means I've suggested. sits up. takes notice of the game, thinks 1t is q good thing, and. moved by a sudden common ini- pulse. sends all those savings to New York-where they remain. Nuch of 1t gets scattered about town. and what stays in Wall Street constt 'utes the stake for which the gentleman down there play each other until the western storekeepers. plowmakers,. lumbermen. pork packers. beef eAtteners, inillcrs. miners and what not havo made an1 saved more millions, when they send or come to New York to again indulge in the natural passion for little game and so further enrlcn this homes. tcwn.'
 Why" exclaimed Mrs. Max. aghast, "t never heard of anything 50 wicked. It'n no better than downr!gh: s~inl- lirg."
 Hush. madam, implore you. You know how I dislike poor wine. When the whole country has poured it's sav- ings of years into this city we have new and better theaters. more and het- ter operas, larger and grander hotels and restaurants all of which is of no-- or at most. of small-intercst to you and me. Hut consider the source of your own income -- rents. You have a thoughtful estate agent who never neglects to raise rents each tina of Wall street shearing."
 Well" unused Mrs. Max, after c thoughtful pause. Tt may be . good thing"
 "A good thing!" declared the major. Its better than that: its cinoh!"
 But" continued the lady. little doubtful yet, If 1t is good ching for New York don't see how it can be a good thing for the rest of the
 That Is the very point shall touch upon at length. and with my sccUs- toned lucidity in my forthcoming work on The Sure Thing Care: CT, the Cinch as A. Stimulus of National Prosperity that great work. which confidently expect will land me in the White House - my dear: you'd look well @s mistress or tn0 Wnlte ftouSo.
 If you are President ahall remain in New York" Mrs. Max announced decisively. They say the wife of the President has to receive all the ridicu- lous women who come over here as wives of foreign diplomats. I decline to meet foreigners. Besides, I know how to shop only on Broadway and the Avenue. so of course. couldn't live in Washington"
 "Very we'll" asserted the major, II shall decline the Presidency. But as I was saying. that great work of mine will prove that without the stimulous to extra exertion presented by period ically going broke in Wall street the enterprise. the strength. the brains of the country would lapse into a desue- tude compared to which Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park Is a panic struck kangaroo. The logic of. the proposition is simple. The people of the West have enterprise. ingenuity, strength. These they apply to their vast natural resources and produce wealth. Let us suppose they did not go into Wall street to be relieved of that wealth. What would result? | They would become Mexica lized. They | would lead lives of idle luxury. They |