The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-01-29
Is the sucker always the
one that bites, or is the
knocker, sometimes I h e
sucker himself?
(6Y JULES v. BARND).


(BY JULES v. BARND).
Not very long ago ] sent gold
mining company prospectus to n man
"a knocker, but I did not know it
whom / had hoped to interest in the
property; he replied that anybody
'who would put money into any gold
mining deal was rank sucker, and
II expected to get funds on the
pretense of such a fake business. |
must go to suckers only. of which. he
was happy to inform me, he was
not one
That answer put me to making IN.
pniries from which I have gained q
knowledge of the wealth of this suck.
or tribe that / never otherwise would
nave imagined. I found that mining
IS responsible for virtually every
large fortune in America, If not I'm
the whole world: and that all this
great wealth is in the hands Of and
belongs to suckers, who, disregard
ing the wise mans advice and warn
ing. put their investment capital in
TO mines and mining shares.
Hereafter I'm 4 full-blooded suck
er-increduality thrown to the winds
and when you have read what is
mere written / have no doubts but
what you Will want to be counted
with the tribe. They are the only
people when 1t comes to q show down
Tor money-they have IL all
AS this article is intended for
SUCKERS ONLY'-thanks to my
knocker friend-I want to tell the
new coming crop about what have
learned concerning this mining busi-
ness and to impress upon such as do
not know that all rich men got their
wealth from mining Some from one
KIND, some from another kind, but
all, or nearly all, from mining. Iron
mines have made hundreds of mil
honaires, from Carnegie with five
hundred millions, down to the little
fellows with but one loneome mill
lion each.
Copper mining has produced its
line long enough to reach all the way
from w. A. Clark 10 poor Henze.
whom for some reason they choked
and made give up. II is said because
ne got too greedy and wanted the
earth. These copper magnates are
credited with anywhere from ten to
one hundred and fifty millions each.
Mining for lead and zinc strung out
It's hne of millionaires, too So have
many other products of the mines,
running from coal TO diamonds Fig
uring II out closely / think we may
say that out of every 100 millionalres
and multi-millionaire 80 got their
money directly or indirectly from
mining. and of all kinds of mining,
gold and deliver head the procession
gold whirling the bato-.
Gold mines have yielded during the
last ten years-from 1898 to 1908
$5,400,000,0 900 That is Government
report. and true. and for ten years
only. Mark that. If these figures
seem Incredible considering the short
time of production, and you would
like TO know for your satisfaction who
on earth got all this inconceivable
amount of gold. search the last run
of suckers, the world over, and when
you come across any especially COM
placent and self-satisfed looking, of
the kind that saw wood and say moth
ing. go Through their every pocket:
the chances are they are loaded
That's a tip.
OF this absolute money California
since II became State. has given us
something like TWO BILLION DOL
LARS. That's California only. |
have seen the figures for Nevada, 1907
statistics from U. S. Mint and they
show the output of gold from that one
state, that year, to be $500 each for
every man, woman and child with
In Its borders. At this writing, COM
putting on the same basis, the pres
ent yield will give If continued for
this year, 1909, approximately $4,000
for each, or grand total of $43,,
100000. During one week, ending
May 22nd, Goldheld alone has pro-
duced the unprecedented amount of
S630.300 brand new money. Not
money that has simply changed
hands, butnewly created money-the
real thing. yellow gold money-the
kind that builds and maintains the
credit and stability of our country,
Good for Nevada. One year, one
State, $4S.0OO,OOO GOLD, Put that
In your pipe and smoke 1t, Mr.. Gold
Mine Knocker.
Aside from generalities and look
Ing for individual fortunes made in
gold and silver mining l discovered
that ID. II. Moffit got $4,000, 900;
that the O'Brlens, the Fairs, the
stratons. the Haggins the Mackays,
and the Floods all got $20,000,000
apiece upwards, and in nearly every
case from a shoe string investment,
When we get down to $1,000, 900,
those who secured these amounts are
scattered and strung along from Cali
fornia to Maine. OF the receutly
arrived gold-made millonaires of
from two to ten millions EACH many
are said to have been shy, at the
start, even the ''string,"