Sunday Washington globe., 1902-02-02

have been thinking out the problem of
riches. have met many men who have
become rich, though not millionaires. In
everv instance failed to discover in these
persons the elements of success. They
we're not intellectual, They had nothing to
offer In business that was so desirable as to
induce one to pay exorbitantly for its pos
session. Although / have examined the
subject Of wealth superfcially only, I am
convinced lying is at the bottom of more
success than any other quality, good or bad.
If 1 should secure $40 from someone by
fraud it would be classed as a false preleuse
and l would be arrested. What think YOU
of the average advertisement? Is it not a
lie promulgated for the purpose of obtain
ing money by false pretense? Why
shouldn't merchant be arrested for such
an offensep Think of the liars who mas
querade under the head of stock COM
panies;" institutions created to secure other
peoples money in order that individuals
may grow rich. | wouldn't invest a cent
with my own father if he were president of
a stock company What chance have you
with your ten shares in a big corporation
controlled by men owning shares in blocks
of thousands The longer / live the more
thoroughly convinced l am that man can
only become rich through lying and de-
cepuou.
Barnum was an amateur humbug com.
pared to our merchants and other business
men. Carnegie is a logical instance of the
fact that most men are gamblers, The fas-
cination is in the game not in the proceeds
of play. Isn't it strange that men who are
rich beyond the possibility of want con.
tinue in business? It is the gamblers
fascination that holds them Carnegie evi.
IDENTIFY doesn't care now to hold his win.
nings. Why did he not toss it about while
winning it, when he was in the midst Of
the game, as all true gamblers do?
Mr.. Carnegie hasn't derived one.thou-
sandth part of the pleasure from his gamb-
ling that the race horse tout daily enjoys in
this country, who places his last cent on his
favorite, win or lose. He cannot resist the
witchery of chance. In the merchants
gamble il isn't so much the chance element
as it is the certainty that his wealth will in.
crease with each new scheme of Advertising
He knows nothing of the JOY of the true
gambler. however, in the winning and losing
and winning again.
The true gambleri is not liar He stands
or falls upon the turn of a card, which is
pure chance The gambling of the mer.
chant or speculator is founded upon induce
ments, diplomacy, displays all monu.
mental lies.
Your true gambler whom every pious
eunuch scorns, lifts his hat while he be-
slows upon a newsboy a dollar. II come
easily; it goes easily with him. He is more
often than not, the prince Of good fellows
Moreover, he is a philosopher. II seems to
indicate failure to me on the part of Chris
tianity, that so soon after the birth of a new
faith we have among us thousands Of mil
lionaires What is the practical part of re-
ligion worth to most Of usl How do we
respect it1 The basic principles OF Con-
fucius are observed by the Chinese to this
day-and Confucius lived some 500 or more
years before Christ.
There is something the matter with the
common law when it isn't enforced. Is
there not something the matter with a re-
ligious system, whose expounders only
succeed in making good women and little
children cry2