West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-08-13
THINGS TOO COMPLEX FOR SOME

Hartman Going 10 the Mountain 10
Think Things Oyer-On Eve
OF Great Events.
From oar Regular Correspondent.
WAsHINGroN. ID. G.. Aug. IL
People here who keep close watch
of politics and business are asking
what is going to happen IN the near
mtureS They well know that most
OF the talk Of renewed prosperity is
ior the purpose of bolsterng up the
Republican party and the Wall street
stock market. Neither the G.. O, l..
or the Wall street gamblers can ex-
ist without bull market, therefore
sunshine clubs and prosperity con.
venlions have been organized, press
agents hired, and wonderful tales
told OF the increased business being
done. Still, there is trouble in bust
ness and politics and no one can
tell what will happen.
| HNH
The financial managers, OF course.
are not deceived by the rosy re.
ports their agents have set in mo-
ton. Far from it. They are still
cropping blindly along trying to stay
the flood Of liquidation that has
continued in greater or lesser force
since last October when the panic
overlook them. That this is not an
overdrawn picture Of present condi-
tions is shown by the declaration of
that master of finance, Edward IL .
Hartman, that he is at his wits end.
"ln fact" says Mr.. Hartman,
"rhings have become so complex
that ! scarcely know where ! am.
So l am ;golng ou, 20 ;he Siskiyou
mountains to think over the situa-
ton, and when ] come back | NAV
be able to talk intelligen,ly concern
ing the future"
Whether Mr.. Hartman will be
able to gather his wits abou; HIM in
the solitude of the Siskiyou noun
tains and be thus able TO telf us
about the future is very doubtful.
There are some things that even
Hartman cannot do, although we
have been assured that he stands
upon a higher plane than the best Of
us. History but repeats itself and
ages hence when the details Of his
tory become dirn and translators
have warped the facts to suit SON c
ulterior object, the story of Harri-
mans visit to- the mountain may
show that he was really the unselfish
man he says he is.
FfT
Still, ii is strange that Hartman
should take journey of 3 900 miles,
or more, TO a mountain TO sileotly
commune with himself when other
mountains are much nearer and
easier to be reached. Is he like
Saul of old seeking some one to III.
vine what will happen, for there is
no doubt he is in dire strait, and
as he says, 81 scarcely know where
/ am"
AS in Elijsh's time, when he wen
to the mountain, a great wind may
rend the rocks, or there may be ar
earthquake, or FIRE, but the sul
small voice, the voice Of conscience
always comes after nature has spen
her forces and commands most at
tention.
Will Hartman heed b.? Will b,
revise his past and reform his fu
ture' His spirit is evidently striv
ing for change for the better, 70
he says:
"What ] have done has not beet
to make money, but simply becaus
matters we're becoming tangled ant
it had become necessary for SOM
one to try TO make a bad situation
better
"As grow older am beginning
to think more Of my fellow man.
want to see this county the creates
on earth. inteud to help make +
such"
Will the Power Of Good prevai
over the powers Of evil and is Har
riman the human instrument for tn,
beitering Of conditional IL may b,
so. When he returns from the noun
tsins Of Siskiyou we may know.
Fss
1t is evident that there must b
great business or political penis in
minent when the dominating spiri
Of Hartman has been humbIed an