The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-01

thousand May at profit of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. But self was sffaced. With chtvalrous magnaIimity he hastened to Mir. Hayne. crying as he ran. "Stop that Frank. stop buying, sully has failed"
 A few days later a gentleman congrat- Llated him upon his conduct. "Oh, that was no more than IIayne< would have dcne for mev he replied nonchalantly. Dramatic scenes transpired daily with these Captains of Industry, who practice the soldierly virtue of good faith. To- dey they are allies. tomorrow arrayed un. der the standards respectively of "Hull' or "Bear' they may light to the death. but 1t is all done under the usageg of a code of honorable transactions.
 I determined to interview some of the bulls who had managed the famous cam paign resulting in the late cotton corner. After l had listened to a lengthy debate between daring curiosity and prudence yielded to the "plunging" influences which I had absorbed from tbe visitors gallery. Across from the Cotton Ex- change is the splendid new twelve story sky scraper. the Htberniau Bank Build ing in which the Equitable Insurance company has six thousand year offlces. When l had taken out a policy in favor of fools who rush in where angels dare | to tread" etc.. I tinidly walked into Varieties Ally where the President of the Exchange has his ofice. There wished | to confirm some data upon which to pred icate my proposed 'intervlews.' The young clerk to whom I explained my er- rand expanded his ycountenance with rocrny smile and passed in the word" to one of his compeers. who grinned good humoredly and disappeared. Not being deaf was the beneficiary of this inter estlng dialogue between the president and the messenger:
 "A young lady to see you. sir
 "l don't want to see a..y young lady, | I'm busy"
 "Well. she's not a real young lady, sir. ]" "I want to see her less then, I'm busy. The boy with the roomy smile looked responsible and proffered his services. got what went for, and departed | spec ally.
 l On Gravier street, back of. the Ex- change, are the sample rooms and offices Of some of the big spot cotton buyers of New Orleans. Here I found Mir. Hayne who is not only cotton futures man. but a leader among the spot cotton | firms. MT Hayne Is a prominent clun man, the King of the recent Carnival, and | a man of prominence in every respect. | Having so many business obligations and l social distinctions I had formed an idea that I was about to meet man with a rubber tired voice and a real tired man. ner. at least expected him to excuse himself from a newspaper interviewer least of all a woman interviewer The only woman whom I have ever seen ir that part of the city was an old soul who hacks typewriter goods. No woman
 interviewer had ever before dared to beard the lions in their dens. Being a l worthy scion of q long time of southern
 gentlemen who believed that ungallani treatment of a woman constitutes the crime of ese-majesty. Mir. Hayne re- ceived me with marked patience and help | fulness. On his desk were piles of let
 ters. and teiegrans All during the in
 terview clerks and messenger boys were bringing him cotton news or enquiries.
 apologized for irtruding on busy man''
 time. He reassured me of his willing
 ness to facilitate my commission.
 I wanted him to talk about himself his part in the bull campaign but witt a shrewd avoidance of the persona
 side he talked about cotton. He is one
 of the original higher price cottoI prophets Why do you thlnl. cottor
 will hold up in prices. even at what
 it now brings" asked him. He pro.
 faced his reply with several business
 axipms among them; The price oi