The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1903-12-18
HUNTERS OF FORTUNE
Make the Keeping Of Wealth Diff
cult to Capitalists.
An Army OF Fassirs and Inventors Are
in Constant Pursuit o. the
Man VINO Has Made
Money.

Money
In Chicago to-day, says the Tribune,
there Is a comparatively young man
with strong chin and good executive
ability who within a few years has
made a million dollars or more through
exploiting some successful Inventions.
In looking back over the making OF the
fortune, however. he confesses that the
holding Of that fortune against the ar
NV of fortune hunters in Chicago so far
exceeds the capacities which ne pos
sessed in the making of the fortune that
1t was chlld's play merely to make II.
'Would you believe it?" he asked the
writer, raising his voice in his earnest-
ness, there's a company organized
right here in this building with a capltai
Of 5000 900 put into a process for aging
whisky IN ten days to the ripeness ordi-
narily represented by three years and
vet all 1t has to show for the business Is
a pile of oak shayings through which
the highwines are supposed TO De NJ
tered to accomplish the results
"And here the other day an acquaint-
ance brought man in 70 see me VINO
was introduced as having process py
which he had been turning copper lnto
gold. Tell him about It.. prompted my
friend. The chemist looked all around
the room with some show OF suspicion
then put up his hand to one side Of MS
mouth and whispered: That's right; l
was making the gold out Of the copper
all right till the government got on 10
it and made me stopp
Il have been attending a great school
for the last year and half, SAID the
speaker, waving a hand around the
well furnished Office room from whlcn
he controls his affairs. Il may be con-
ducting the school but there is no mis-
.aking that am the student who IS get
ting the greatest benefit from the
schooling Incidentally ! have learned
a whole lot about my fellow man which
has not been calculated to endear him
to me especially
81 have never laid claim to more than
common sense and practical measure
ment of things along that line, but II
would surprise you to know how mucn
advice | am asked to give to those who
might be suspected Of having advice TO
give. For instance, not long ago one ol
the wealthy and influential lawyers IN
this town had me come into meeting
with himself and some other inquiring
capitalists. They had an inventor OF q
wonderful 'solidihed soap before them
giving demonstrations as to its value
in removing grease from the hands and
from fabrics. The fellow in showing i
had smeared grease all over his hands
and after a rubbing Of the soap over
them the grease disappeared as II by
magic.
"Weu. took of this ring when be
was done and asked for the grease pot
That's great stun. isn't it?' the lawyer
asked as / took up the grease. Still
I'm glad to see you go about it in prac-
tical sort of way. he added, and he was
looking on while smeared the grease
over my hand and then turned anc
nieked up Just an ordinary cake OF soar
that had been lying on the basin
rubbed the soap over my hands. dippeC
them in water and the grease slipped
OF my hands quite as easy as IL had done
from the hands Of the inventor who mac
used the 'solidified soap That, o.
course. spoiled the whole invention
The philosophy Of the capitalist Il
that the man who puts up money back
ing a mans invention in any line Il
simply backing that mans imagina
tions When a man has put $4,000 int
such an invention as starter he ha'
GOT into a position to follow it witt
$4,000 more in order to make that firs
S. 900 good. And he may have It to a
for the reason that even the hardes
headed man has no guide line on the IN
ventor which viii indicate when tn
inventor has LETT possibility for dream
land
.sThere are several types Of the in
ventor which I have learned to know II
the last few years resumed the sue
cessful young man There is the pro
fessional inventor, who has an in
ventive front. and yet who has neve
invented anything in his life He IS II
evidence at many meetings where rep
resentatives Of capital are found, in
1uiring. There is the inventor who's
invention will work In his own shop
but which won't work anywhere else
There is the man. TOO, who has spent al
he money he has in his patent ant
wishes as much more as he can get Z
send in the same direction. There is tn
uspicious inventor. who will not le
sou know enough Of his pet idea t'
udge whether II is worth anything o.
aot: the man who has been steaiinl
IDEAS all his life. and, finally, the rea
nventor-the man who wants shop
lust as the great artist wants a stroio'
he man who has small idea Of the value
4 money save as il will equip him viii
his perfect shop that shall produce biz
invention in perfection under bis Owl
personal supervision
BAD Break