The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-01-05

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Idea that We believe viii operate for
our mutual advantage We want 10
Join our interests with yours. and
yours with ouea You come In with
Us We will take your junk pile
aud give you stock IA our company,
or We viii pay you upon an eauii
able appraisal 81 your property"
Well. 40 you know that some Of
them came 10. and some Of them
preferred % take the money
Those who sold out % as did not
believe In our idea They had
faith Ia cash Ia hand. but they had
NJ faith IN ua Look how success
fuI u has been Our stock that wna
worth 600 4 share went up "a 1900
a share. $500. ti00. $500. 5000. tT0o.
tsQa. $500. 81 900 4 share WITH
or good idea 40 made q good bus
mess oat Of = poof business. Ev.
erYune wan benefited b our idea,
except those who sold out Now
they are the ones uho attack ne.
They attack us hecause of their
mistake.
sThsY Hay Ne are thieves and
seonndruln. because they wOfe uai
wise enough "a aee that Joining Ia
taresgs would De proper economy
Iuat Their Mistake.
Those men Who made that mia.
take have gone around abusing me.
bat take pleasure in knowing that
did what ua4 neht and fair and
fos the b~st interests nf that hasi.
hsas. gave them tire sam. oppor'
tuutty for nuceasa that ] had. They
did not accept n. and that waa y
bad mistake
Americas corporations have
done much good for the people Il
IL Z serious mistake 30 attempt 20
tear them doWn and return 20 The
old Idea, which made hgsineaA for
all Of na hated struggle Failures
u nuwiY established businesses
used 10 he. n my re~silactiona servo
me cogFaeiiy. between 20 aud e
por cent THAT has been greatly
rviacnd Failures are very few
theao dA2a
IN used 10 be that q man would
invest Ill ~ bis money Ia one en-.
terpriaa. and II that fsiis be shs
KuneF Ha used to pat al hia
aEns IN one nest Nov Il II posi-
Bile Tor a man 10 divide bis invest
msnta lie may scatter them
around IN various enterprises. thd
that gives him q diversity inter.
eats and Il In also safer plan
The man with small means may
De- this. and be stll not have the
fear that the nsxt day, through
some unforeseen misfortune. ruin
wiil come t. him ahd his family
Fine Men In Wall ST.
s-rhe prosperity that We have
been enjoying IL due 10 the strict
economy and Wiao Indignant Of our
business men ! think that the
lover section ~ New York city
1.-THE financial district holds some
81 the finest men 81 the world As
class they are intelligent well ed
ucafed men. with fine sense Of hon.
or and integrity There are oK
ceptIons. OF course. but have
found most Of These men as true az
steel
TT IL great fact that. IN these
DAYS 81 vast wealth when men can
acquire large fortunes. they are not
spoiled By a. These men 20 on
working. many ~ them dying IN
harness They do not fooilshiY
squander their money. or I've high.
or ruin themselves in excess. They
continue 10 1--we simply aud work
hard. and perform tho honest du.
ties Of honest men.
sMy, sometimes I lie IN bed aud
think back II the good meu I have
been associated With In my life.
and sometimes I am ashamed that
I have not said more In praise %
them There were 60 Of rs IN the
beginning. and now all bat fout
have gone on ID thu other ilfo. Just
think Of II. only four left
Original Standard OH Men.
There IL Cot Payne. who IL nov
az years old. Mr.. H. NJ F1aRior. now
~ years old. just 10 years older than
I ans. and my brother. william. who
ia 50 years old.
"oh. tell you al look back over
my dealings with these good mon,
I cannot buf feel that they were a
splendid party % American gentle
men. aa splendid a lot of men 90 this
country has ever known And thq
other day 1 received a letter from
my old partner F1agier u was one
Of the most beautiful letters / have
ever received. and ! must show ~
20 You"
Mr.. Rockefeller ordered John 20
bring the letter. which he read with
concealed emotion n was re-.
plcta with happy "reminiscences and
expressed the writer admiration %
and esteem for his old partner. Cnut-
pietinR the reading. Mr.. Roekefella
nsld that he should have omitted
the section which Compilmentod him
highly. but the whole had been 30
greatly appreciated by him that he
could not refrain from reading u all
office Boys Nov on Top.
only four Of - left he went on.
"and Isn't Il strange that our buHi-
neaa ia now being administered by
some Of the men who were az one
time our antagonists IN trade. Yes,
they fought ua. and fought us well