The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-28
G. + King Unique Fmancier Who las Won an Up- Hill FIGHT



! the Colossi or the Companies. and now
l desired to hear more Of him.
&C. II. King?" repeated. Tell ME
about him.
A Rare Man, Believing In Honesty.
Ny friend. whose trade is ducats
land whose information concerning
4 money men is wide, showed himself
/ nothing louth to talk. BY his word
unique "a to abide firmly BY the
aphorisnp--in the teeth OF startling en-
amples to the apparent contrary-that
Honesty is the best Policy. This Of
itself was sufficient to distinguish him,
and cause him to stand out against
the dngy background Of modern
finance like d fire In forest Also,
The was the pet horror Of stock brokers,
Ilatons may. II you care to, safely
drop the Gin shares. These sensi-
tive gentry feel edgewise towards Mr.
King, for much the same reason that
the professional gambler feels edge
wise towards your reputable merchant.
whose very existence Is easeless
IL
(. My friend wound up by a susses-
ton.
Come across" says he; I'll intro
duce you. I am we'll acquainted with
Mr.. King: assure you he's man
among million, and worth ones look
ling over"
1t IS my mission to see men, my
destiny to write about them, and I fell
4 instantly In with the motion. Martins
i is on the southeast corner of Broad
way and Twenty Street; the ST.
James Building is directly opposite
We started across my business friend
and I. Dodgng that modern jugger-
naut, the cable car, and twisting our
selves from between the Jaws of q
ravening automobile, we reached
Broadway's western shore in safety.
I Splendid, Magnificent, Not Garish.
Tho St James Offices. covering tho
entire second floor. cost Mr.. King. I
was told. the round fortune in rentals
alone of twenty thousand dollars a
year. This Of itself, as my friend
pointed out. went a. long distance to-
ward proving that honesty paid. The
great columned room had the inner
; fittings OF a prosperous banking house,
and in its furnishings presented a
symphony in Turkish rugs, tessellated
floors, brass mountings, plate glass,
Russia leather and nah ogany. 1t was
splendor made ma gnifcent; and vet
the color scheme, rich. quiet, restful,
! offered no harsh note to lar the eye
or represent the vulgar.
!. Here 1t was that disappointment met
l,,, 20 T. -
in the outer room told us that Mr..
doubtful, a clerk came forth from one
of the brass and plate glass compart-
S ments, and guaranteed the veracity Of
1 the outer youth. MIR. King was at his
Y Boston offices.
d My friend had a bright thought.
). Some day later said he, you shall
z meet Mr.. King. However, you need not
/. go without n present notion OF the
II gentleman" Then. picking up a cou.
: pie OF solid-looking imprints from e
S table, he continued. Here are copies
: Of his two papers, Kings Financia.
Bulletin and the Boston Daily Tribune
/. Take them with you and read them
5 You know enough of the ink business
S to be aware that every newspaper Is
e a mirror which, in spite Of himself
S rejects the inner consciousness OF it.
Q owner and publisher who stands be
: hind 1t and inspires It. The World
: isn't the World, It's Mr.. Pulitzer; tn.
d Herald isn't the Herald, It's Mr.. Ben
+ nett; the ournal isn't the Journal, It,.
: Mr.. Hearst. And so. If. you read un
G derstandingly, you will find that tn
e Boston Daily Tribune and Kings Fl
S nancial Bulletin are Mr.. King"
G He Speaks With No Uncertain Sound
:. Taking the papers. scanned then
: curiously. Both publications were 0
;, newspaper size, eight pages, sever
I headlines showed them full of spiri
: and aggressively up on the hit
What most held my attention wa
an announcement of policy in each
: Assuredly the English of it had n
:, uncertain sound. There was nothin
:, OF the soft pedal-all was clear an
] resonant Neither were there any 81
. obscurities nor word-fogs, nor doubl
meanings. nor crafty. sidewise jump
c. inss at the reader to take him off hi
y guard 1t was like the blare OF
) buge blown at noon.
~ 40 ppllAeICQ THESE announcement
Q, OF policy refreshing conviction can,
r, upon me. Obviously he who uttere
ID them was Of honest intentions. A bus
~ ness especially a stock bushes
~ founded upon deceit, like a hou:
IN founded upon sand, could not stan
It's brief stay over 1t must perish ar
70, pass away There would be Meth,
re place nor argument in the shady &c,
sc, Monies OF such deceit-founded bus
M ness, for the publication OF two sue
Journals as were these l held in n
- hand. The papers must cost thousa n,
IS OF dollars day in their getting OF
G. The incontestible inference was an /,
terence of permanency. The mind tn
Ell Planned them had, obviously. plann,
on them to stay. That conclusion arriy,
10 at' honesty OF intention became IL
N inevitable deduction. began to S
ho that c. f. King justified the pictur
q which my friend had drawn.