The Saint Paul globe., 1904-12-18
GunERE is something that ought

a. 4 f. T.
ii to interest you" said the
Man with the Projectible
Eve, as / returned to the
Spectrophone the other day. i did not
discover it myself until last night after
you had gone. l have felt that some
thing of the kind was sure to come
sooner or later. and my only surprise is
that it does not occur at an earlier date
than 202l."
It was with such words that
my host whetted my thirst for renewed
adventure with his wonderful machine.
Just take a peep at that line he
added. moving away so that 1 might
approach the aperture. IT'S perfect
mob"
I glanced through and my attention
was Immediately fixed. The scene L
recognized in an instant as Wall street.
not so much because the street itself In
any wise resembled that great thor
oughfare of high finance at the presenE
tine-for frankly it did not, looking
more like the dark and narrow dente
of a great Western canyon than any
thing else 1 have ever seen-as, pc
cause still mounting guard at its west
erlv end. it's beautiful spire pointing
heavenward like q kindly but admoni-
tory finger held up before an unruiy
child. stood the ever-impressive edihce
Of Trinity. The street was crowded,
damned to lis uttermost by strug-
Cling, stirring, striving mass OF hu-
rnanity whose objective was massive
towering skyscraper at the junction OF
Broad and Wall. and their quest was.
their allotment of shares in-well, 1t
staggered me 10 observe it. but it was
none the less there in plain Sight-ln
international Santa Claus, Incorpor-
ated
Great heavens." I cried. Peace on
earth and good viii among men eapi-
taIized and about TO be listed on the
stock exchange"
Precisely" said the old gentleman,
with a cynical chuclzle. "And it has
taken your promoters and reorganizers
more than two thousand years to dis
cover that as a commodity the Golden
Rule is dividend payer that no
amount OF water in the stock can
feaze. Here We have Peace preferred
and Good VIII common, first mortgage
Golden Rule bonds and deferred deoen-
+l1re. certificates in Charity for All, Sc
curities of various sorts covering al
most every grade of the output of the
allied subsidiary companies in the
Santa Claus trust from mere harmony
and responsiveness of feeling up to
lavish generosity and aggressive fra
terernization. And the whole, my
young friend" added my host, lis cap
ftalized at 500, 900, 900 900"
"A hundred billion!" l cried, aghast
at the figures.
a hundred billion" said he, "and
oversubscribed by five times that
amount. Let me give the screw an
infinitesimal fraction OF a twist back
ward and I'll show you the scheme in
prospective operation. Here is one OF
the prospectuses showing how the plan
is to work"
In a moment 1 found myself reading
the prospectus OF International Santa
Claus as it lay upon the table of an
eminent ffnancier to whom the great
scheme owed its inception. What his
name was or is to be is Of little mo-
ment here, but it is to be said of him
that alongside Of his genius that Of a
Morgan, q Rockefeller, a Lawson ahd
a $40 per cent Miller, with his Frank
lin syndicate, all rolled into one would
be OF Glliputian proportions.
To such system had he reduced thu
science of high finance that the ganle
of Wall street which now resembles
roulette Of a more than ordinarily elu-
sive type. had become an exact math-
enatical demonstration. By the mere