The Marshall republican., 1907-08-16


the brigands Of our world means lower
wages or less Of the necessities and
Injuries for all the people. and espe-
cially for the farmer. You know that
It is habit with us of Wall street to
gloat over the doctrine Of the System
which the people parrot among them.
selves, the doctrine that the people
at large are not affected by our gam.
bling, becauee they, the people, having
no Surplus to gamble with, never come
into Wall street. And yet. knowing
all this, you never thought, with all
your wisdom and cynicism, that right
here In this institution. which you own
and control, was the open sesame for
each or all OF you, TO those great
chests Of gold that your clients, the
System have filled TO bursting from
the stores OF the people. What, I ask.
do you wise men think OF the situation
as you now see 1T"
There was an oppressive stiffness
on the floor. The great crowd, which
now contained nearly all the members
Of the exchange, listened with bulging
eyes and open mouths to the revela.
tons Of their fellow member. From
time TO time. as Bob BROMLEY poured
forth his shot and shell OF deadly logic,
from the vast mob that now surround.
ed the exchange rose a hoarse below
OF impotence. for few In that dense
throng outside could understand the
silence Of the gigantic human crusher.
which between the hours OF ten and
three was before known to miss
a revolution except while its victims
hearts and souls were being removed
from its gears and meshes.
Bob BROMLEY paused and looked
down into the faces OF the breathless
gamblers with a contempt that was
superb. He went on:
Men Of Wall street. Il IL writ in the
books oil the ancients thlt every evil
contains within itself n cure or q de-
strvyer. do not pretend that what I
am revealing to you 10 to you a cure
for this hideous evil, but ! do shy that
what am giving you 10 n destroyer
for II. and that while II will be to the
world n cure. Il may leave you In q
moro ihery hell than the one Of which
you now feel the flames. l do not care
II Il does. When ! am through. any
member Of the New York stock OK.
change who fsels the iron In his soul
can get instant revenge and unlimited
wealth. You who are turning over In
your minds the consideration hat your
great body a make new rules TO
render my discovery imperative. are
dealing with a shadow. There is no
-ule Or device that can prevent its
working. There are 1000 seats In the
New York stock exchange. They are
worth today s95 900 apiece. or Ss6..
100000 In all, Their value Is due 10
the fact that this exchange deals In
between n and three million shares
a day. Were any attempt made 10
prevent the operation Of my invention,
transactions would because Of such
attempt drop TO Ave or ten thousand
shares per day. or 10 such transactions
as represented stock that will be actu.
ally delivered ana actually paid for.
To make my invention useless II must
be made impossible % buy or sell the
n share OF stock more than once
AZ q session. and short selling. which
Is now. as you know. the foundation OF
he modern stock.Gambling structure
must likewise be made impossible. Il
this could be done the SOS. OO0. 00l
worth OF seats In the exchange woult
be worth less than Ave millions, and
what Is OF far greater Import TO a
the people, the financial world would
be revolutionized. Men OF Wall street
do not fool yourselves. NY invention
is q cure destroyer of the greatest
curse In the world, stock.gambpng."
A snllen growl rose from the gam
blers. Robert BROMLEY glared dow
his defiance.
rLet me show you the impossibility
OF preventing In the future anyone's
doing what ! have done to you az
many times during the past Ave years
All the capital required to work my
invention IL nerve and desperation, or
nerve without desperation. Il IL well
known to you that there are at an
times exchange members who will
commit any crime. barring. perhaps,
murder, to gain millions, Your mem.
bers have from time to time shown
nerve or desperation enough to embez-
zle. raise certificates. give bogus
checks, counterfeit stocks and bonds.
and this for gain Of less than millions.
and when detection wss probable. All
these are criminal o6enses and their
detection ID sure to bring disgrace an1
state prison, Yet members OF this -
change desperate enough TO tske tho
chance. when confronted with loss g
fortune and open bankruptcy, have ~
ways been found with erv enough
70 attempt the crimes. l repeat thas
there are 1t al times exchange mem
bsrs who VIII commit any crims, barr
king. perhaps. murder. 10 gain millions.
That you may zee that my sucesssorv
WIN surely come frpm your midst from
time ~ time duri6g Inc future exioe