The San Francisco call., 1903-01-18
tn. East-to tn. bak..hop. and hungry mouths

the East-tc the bakeshops and hungry mouths
Of Europe.
The power Of that description IL only
rivaled by the even greater crisis when
Jadwin himself. the Great Bull" comes
into the pit frenzied by the reports of the
panic, only to be smashed and beaten, not
by the men who hate and fear him. but
by the wheat itself that great element OF
force that no human hand can stay, that
comes pouring In on the irresistible way
from grower to consumer.
And straight into the turmoil and confusion
Of the pit, to the scene Of many OF his
victories. the battle-ground whereon again and
again. his enemies routed, he had remained
Great Bull" So sooner had he set foot with
IN the entrance to the floor than the news went
ea fn:a sad ths pu6c O O 10 and the vest
srn Union knew It. the telephone booths knew
tossed and rent asunder by the force this man
himself had unclaimed. knew II. and knowing
For even then. SO great had been his power,
so complete his dominion, and so well rooted
the fear which he had inspired. that this last
move In the great game he had been playing,
this unexpected. direct. personal assumption OF
control struck a sense Of consternation into
the heart OF the hardest Of his enemies.
Jadwin himself, the great man. the Great
Bull in the pit. What was about to happen3
bis defestf Had he BEEN preparing pa ing some Sc
cret, unexpected maneuver? For a second they
hesitated. then moved by common impulse,
behind them. they gathered themselves
Eether, for the fnai assault. and again offered
the wheat for sale; offered 1t by thousands
upon thousands OF bushels; poured, as It were.
reapings OF entire princiDalities out upon the
Jadwin was in the thick Of the confusion By
now. And the avalanche, the undiked ocean
OF the wheat. leaping to the lash Of the hurri-
cane, struck him fairly IN the face.
He heard it now: he heard nothing else The
wheat had broken from his control For
months he had, by the might OF his single arm.
held II back; but now 1t rose like the upbuild-
Ing Of a colossal billow. 1t lowered. lowered.
thunder as of the grind and crash Of chaotic
worlds. broke upon him. burst through the pit
and raced past him, on and on to the eastward
and to the hungry nations.
And then. under the stress and violence OF
murk behind his eyes had been suddenly
pierced by a white fash. The strange qualms
and tiny nervous paroxysms OF the last few
mite, indehnabIe crisis and the wheels and
cogs Of all activities save ono lapsed away
and ceased. Only one function Of the comDl-
Gated machine persisted; but IL moved with q
rapidty of vibration that seemed to be tearing
the tissues of being to shreds, while its
rhythm beat out the old and terrible cadencei
Observation-Disclosures. heat-wheat-wheat."
Blind and insensate Jadwtn strove against
the torrent of the wheat There in the middle
OF the pit, surrounded and assaulted by herd
after herd of wolves yelping for his destruo-
tion, he stood braced, rigid upon his feet. his
head up. his hand. the great bony hand that
once had held the whole pit In Its grip nunE
high in the air. in a gesture Of defiance, while
his voice like the clangor OF bugleS sounding
10 the charge Of the forlorn hope, rang out
again and again over the din Of his enemIesi
''Give dollar for July-givs a dollar for
JuIyr'
With one accord they leaped upon him The
little group Of his traders was swept aside.
Landry alone. Landry who had never left his
side since his rush from out Gretry's Office.
naming soldier, white, shaking, the sobs
stranelinz In his throat clung to him desper-
ately Another biow Of wheat was preparing
They two-the beaten general and his young
believing. it swept down upon them Landry
uttered a cry Flesh and blood could not stand
this strain He covered at his chiefs side, his
shoulders bent, one arm above his head, a. II
to ward on an actual physical force an
unknowinS what he did. he had taken Landry
hand In his and the boy felt the grip on his
fingers like the contracting OF q wise OF steel.
The other hand, as though holding Up .
standard. was still in the air. and his great
deep-toned voice went out across the tumuIt,
proclaiminS to the end his battle cry:
"Give a dollar for July-give dollar for
Julyg'
There sudden lapsing in the shouting, and
in these lapses he could hear from somewhere
out upon the floor voices that were crying: ''Or-
der-order order, gentlemen"
But again and again the clamoP broke out.
It would lie down for instant in response to
these appeals. only to burst out afresh
certain groups OF traders started the pande-
rnonIum again by the wild outcrying Of their
offers. At last, however. the older men in the
pit. regaining Some measure of self-contro1
took up the word. going to and fro in the pit,
repeating, Order ORDER
And then, all at once. ths pit the entire
floor Of the Board OF Trade was struck dumb.
All at once the tension was relaxed. the furious