Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1907-06-07

sou beauty must come an assurance
that this was all bad dream.
MIR. BROMLEY" she said, "let us
figure up Just where we stand, so that
we may know what to do to recoup.
You have said so many times, since
have been here, that Wall street is
magic land; that no man may tell "a
hours ahead what win happen to him.
You have said it so many times that
believe it. We know that this morn
ing we were at the goal, that we were
| millions ahead, and all from "a hours
effort. We have yet almost three
months left and | do not see why we
have not just as much chance as we
had day before yesterday. Yes, and
more, because we know more now.
Next time we will include the divi-
dend cuts and the senate duplicity in
our figuring
We both dumbly stared in wonder
I ing admiration at this marvellous
woman. Was II possible that a girl
could have such nerve such courage7
Or had woman's hope, SO persistent
where her loved ones are concerned,
ness of the situation? As l looked at
her | could not doubt that she fully
realized our position, that she was
really suffering more than either OF us,
that she was only aetirs to ease Bob's
anguish Bob brought out his memo
randa, and In half an hour we had the
figures. The total loss was nearly
mil lie oh c.
worked, and the men who work It.
| Tell me II there lie any consideration
due Wall street and its heart-and-soul
butchers at the hands of honest men,"
Il do not know what you mean.
Bob. What are you driving att"
Never mind what l am driving at.
l ask you whether, II an honest man
knew how to beat Wall street at Its
own game, he should hesitate to beat
it-hesitate because of anything con-
nected with conscience or morals?
You saw what Barry Conant was able
to do to us that day simply by stand
ing on the floor of the stock exchange
and outstsying me in opening and
closing his mouth. You saw he was
able to sell Sugar to a point so low
that | was obliged to let go of our
10000 shares at $4,000. 900 to 0.000.-
900 less than we could have got for
them II we could have held them un-
til today. Because OF this trick his
clients. the system. instead Of us,
make Ave to seven millions"
Il don't follow you, Bob. I know
that Barry Conant was able to do this
because he had more money behind
him than you"
You think SO, do you, Jim? That
is the way 1t looks to you, but tell
you money had nothing to do with 1t.
Nothing had to do with 1t but the
fendish system of fraud and trickery
upon which the whole stock gambling
structure is reared. Nothing entered
into the whole business but the trick
cry of Safeguarding as conducted to-
day. 1t was only a question, jim of
mans opening and closing his mouth
and splitting out words. From the
minute Barry Conant came into that
crowd until he left and we were ruin
ed, he showed no money, no anything
nature of the business he could not.
He simply said: Sold oftener and
longer than l said Buy He may have
had money back of him, or he may
only have had nerve. God Almighty
is the only one who can tell, for when
Conant was through he was able to
buy back at 80 the $4,000 shares he
hot
my back Jim, if | had known as
much that day as l do now | would
have stood in that crowd and bought
all the stock he sold at $50, and
would have stood there buying until
hell froze over or he quit; then |
would have made him rebuy it at ESQ
or 2.eS0, and | would have broken him
and all his Camemeyer and Standard
Oil hackers; broken them to their
last crime-covered dollar"
Bob, what are you talking about?
1t Is all Chinese to me. | cannot get
head or tail of what you are driving
at"
81 know you can't, Jim, neither
could Wall street if it were listening
W IIle. nut you VIII, anu wall SlTe5l
will, too, before many days go by.
Now l must be off. l have work to
do"
He put on his hat and left me try
ing to puzzle out just what he meant.
Next day the Sugar bulls had the
center of the stock exchange stage.
All day long they tossed Sugar from
one to another, as though each thou
sand shares had been a wisp of hay
instead of 5000, 000-for soon after the
opening it scared to 200 The "sys-
TENS" cohorts were in absolute con-
troll, with Barry Conant never min
ute away from the Sugar-pole, always
on the alert to steer the course of
| price when they threatened to run
away on the up or the down side,