The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-09

tribute 90 your gains a fair equixa
lent for what you take from them
but By using your power. a. fast as
Il aeenmuiafes. To levy tribute upon
| them.
You viii need. Of course. 90 be
come a monopoiist. TO find some
E Industry which you can corner and
/ practically control. In which you
can force your weaker competitors
20 the wall and strip them OF their
/ gains Tor your benefit When you
have won this advantage you eau
easily coeree the railroads into your
service; with this powerful weapon
/ yea can overpoWer opposition.
Tho shortest path. no doubt. Is
I the one that leads through the
cloudy ways of high finance: you
will not neglect if. There - great
deal % money In this country seek
ing profitable Investment most II Il
Is in the hands % people who have
saved small sums for future needs
and who would like 20 get a little
Income from a: II you can manage
20 float some captivating scheme By
I which they can be Induced 20 part
with their money for securities
that are worth little or nothing.
your gains may be very rapid. Mr.
I.awEuu'a current history will give
You many Suggestions And. 81
course. there are the great markets
81 the world IN which a man II
many millions easily has hin vii.
he can force down properties and
buy them. and then force them up
ard sell them. there Is hardly anY
limit 20 what Is possible IA trnnsac-
lions % this nature.
Ia all this. 81 course. you must
make up vour mind 20 knos no ruth
and no reieutlng n e. not for you
% consider the interests Of those
whom you destroy. the fact that
they can be 50 easily beaten Will Be
proof 20 yog that they ought 10 BE-
n Yau cannot bring yourself to be-
iieve that sou are under the spe-
cial favor o. divine Providence. yoa
may AZ least assume that you are IN
the line OF the cosmlc process under
which the weak are devoured by the
strong. and a thousand binds are
sacrificed 20 make one American
Beauty rose.
All these things. however. you
know better than I can tell you
But there are one or two faets
which are not. perhaps. 80 clear 20
you a. they ought 70 be. 20 which
l Il may be we'll 20 give a iittia At
tentiun
You must not expect 10 keep the
good viii and the kindly regard u
your fellow men That, ~ course. u
out OF the question. The law Of
| equivalents works here rs In every
other part q nature What a man
soweth. that shall be also reap" II
your fortune r. made by a colossal
\ disregard ~ the welfare u your
neirhbors. they win not give You IN
return their respect and affection.
I They will not because they cannot
( The meaning Of such enormous
fortunes " becoming plain 10 most
~ your fellow men. u IA going 10
become increasingly plain. and
those who have accumulated them
can hardly hope for much real
I friendship
For he that shuts out love. In turn
shall be
Shut ont By love. and on her
threshold lie
I HowIlng IN outer darkness"
You may imagine that you can
win the good Of the multitude
/ BY liberal gifts 10 religion or chart
/ ~: but that device Is not likely 10
/ DO entirely satisfactory The Mt
fentlon of the world II going 10 be
I increasingly fixed on the ways in
which they are expended. and dona-
I lions from such sources Will have
/ less effect In cOneiliating popular
opinion than they have had In the
past Even now the kind 81 com
ment which they elicit cannot be al
together comforting. When those
who receive them are forced 10 put
themselves into an apologize atti-
tude. and seem to wish 10 make II
clear that they do not wish 10 be
held responsible for the way in
J which tho money has been gained
thoro ruuaf he rcaut gOlaea for the