Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-08-14
. Upton SINCLAIR'S
1.-THE fINANCIER"
where ARE LARGE PROFITS
feasstSa Author visits hsany PITTS
tIrg "'cssssss" To Secure Material
Fer ssis ks~ Eesk.

Pittshars. Kss. August 1a-Fnssa
tie lsitlssown of Gsraua, The Aecea Al
American socialists. eosnss N eAplana.
tim of the Teesni visit of Eptoa Sin.
clair &C. P4tasbnrs. Pa According 10 A
member of the editorial staff II n
Girard paper. The youthful author of
The Janese' has bern investigating
tie skeletons i'm divers pitrSburg
closets In search u materials for "A
1sw story which II likely. when pub
iishsd. fn cause a sgaFaa worse than
created by his earlier effort.
The Fnanei.r' viii b. the name
Of the neg novel," said the Girard edi.
tor In an interview. 1T will posfra,
another side Of the social picture
from that depicted In The Jungle
II will show what becomes Of the enor.
nous profits piled mp by the slaves Of
the monopoiisis. u will expose the
scandals. inirigaes. immortality and
social r~ottenness 0f what In called
high society And N will be drawn
from life. Mr.. Sinclair has recently
made several trips TO pittsburg. New.
port and other centers Of wealth and
fashion and In the pages Of his new
book there viii appear. In the guise Of
fiction. character studies Of promin.
ent leaders Of the smart set which
all who know them may recognize.
Their foi!ies and crimes will be de-
picted with an unspasing pen. and the
Thaw.Wkite Belmont . Schwab-c Cory.
Hartje gang Of plntos viii come In for
such an arraignment as they have
never before received. OF course, the
story vii be pronounced immoral and
indecent. and IL may be. But IL will
also be true"
That the editor speaks as q hav.
ing authority Is certain. since THE
Nnancier." like its companion story.
"The Jungle" is written by his direc.
ton and will be first published as a
serial In his paper.
Originated IN Kansas
Although not generally known. the
idea Of The Jungle" originated In
Kansas. the story having been writ.
ten at the solicitation Of the Girard
socialistic paper. Sinclair receiving n
cash consideration Of $500 to under.
take the work.
For q long time prior TO the pub
lication Of The Jungle" said the
socialist editor, we had been DESTROYS
Of publishing o serial story. II was
not IN ordinary story that We wanted
but an Uncle Toms Cabin Of the so
cialist movements story that would
shake the world. 1t was the reading
Of Manassas that led US to believe
that Upton Sinclair was the man for
the job, Correspondence was immedi-
ately opened with the result that a
meeting was arranged between SIM
clair and a member Of our staff in
Chicago. where a contract providing
for the writing Of the now famous
novel was drawn up.
AT that time Sinclair was living in
a hut constructed with his own hands, !
near Princeton, n. J. His fortunes
were at their lowest ebb and at times
he could not provide sufficient food
and clothing for his invalid wife and
daughter. He a part and parcel Of
the submerged tenth of which he
has since written so convincingly,"
Meanwhile. the bands are playing |
and the skies are bright at Newport
and Saratoga and the devotees of the
smart set" are in blissful ignorance
of the storms that are brewing out
here in Kansas.