Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-23

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and hs had no doubt that whom the great
project WAS put to the men he had As'
ected they would be only too glad 10 be-
come stockholders IN and directors OF Ih'
Emerson Banking Company which wAi
10 po the name Of tho holding company oi
the now chain Of banks
ono Manfred Tooker-hs had taken
nto his confidence long before he had
gained his fathers consent 10 the sxpan'
sion programme, Tooker was much
older man. and tho hoad Of solid hnan-
eial institution not quite 10 large nor 90
Influential as the Emerson Bank lie wn
courageous. isvsi-headsd man. and
thoroughly agreed with Emerson that
the time had come for either expansion
or slow financial death.
lie had Tooker In his office early the
next morning, and In few words madi
clear to him at last the resources OF th'
Emerson Bank were In his hands
1--WE are all ready to 80 ahead now.
Fred. II tho other two that ! suggested
viii come In"
They'll come In all right" replied the
older man. In a quiet drawL "fou can
,rust Raymond and Cowper to come into
anything where they see chance to
mako million out OF another mans
Grains"
'Im not so much afraid that Georgs
Cowper won't come In as tina, he may
get cold feet after he Is In" commented
Emerson.
"oh. Cowper'n be all right" declared
rooker, easily. He was a genial nushcd'
faced. middle-Raed man. with shrswd
blue eye and gray hair. II wouldn't feel
easy about him myself II he was to carry
the nag. but hen be all right In tho ranks
with Raymond and me.
"Your fAther'll be president and you'n
oe the real general because Its your
scheme. and I'm free TO admit that you
know more abou, banking In a minute
than I'll ever know In my ilfs-and !
know thing or two. at that"
"And Raymondr' ST.
Tooker grinned.
swell. guess there'u he times whsn
Giles will chsw his cigar lot and croak
Ike a chorus OF ravens. but hos game
to go through with anything he starts
I've known him longer than you have
Emerson. and you mustn't pay any at
ten,on TO his fussy ways II he comes
around botherlnK you. Just tell him It's
your busy day and he'll go outside aud
suss. and thatll be all thsrs'il bs to IL"
Emerson laughed with his friend and
then asked:
Els there anything you want to suE-
sest Fred. before we have the formal
neehngf"
Tooker's sood-n tured face instantly
took on busness-like look.
There's nothing I want to suggest
exactly. Emerson" he said. slowly. "bui
do want 20 have a little heart-to-hesrt
talk with you"
Emerson met his gaze with . direct
frank glance and nodded.
"The way tho thnS stands now" con-
tinued Tooker, "as soon as we four He'
together--or Ave. with your father-ant
form this company. We will have In ors
hands four banks that arc so solid tina,
they make Gibraltar look like lemns
merlngue-banks that can pay about foIr
ard half on the dollar tomorrow
Now. the scheme is to take our sSs-
Plus and form more bankI and ge, mc~s
business. always standing inside OF Ins
where we could pay--well, a little better
than dollar for dollar. n We were jamrv~"
into a recelvership."
Emerson nodded again rooker Wn
silent for . moment and then h" -
gan again. even more slowly and 10
ilberately.
Il don't see anything wrong v:tS
the scheme. Emerson. or you s~s
gamble that I wouldn't be soius ~
hook. line and slnksr: but there's as
thing that possibly you haven't eoni.,t
cred az deeply as have, and ts-s's
what ! wanted to talk to you about
"of course. you know that We uv
not going to parade into millions dew
. balmy path OF roses This orowd"--
he nodded toward the windows ehsb
looked down into Wall street-"are nr
going to let us get very big " u~s
can help IT, They all want all OF It tSs:i-
selves
Personally. I don't think thev sn
stop US Views got too MUGS H'-h'
Now. you're going to run this o'aF
and you're going to run Il unpurvrsd
BY supernuous suggestion. from ras.
My last word is: Don't let them ~tsi
us short OF cash or they may hanS s'
our hides on those iron picksis 'n
front Of Trinity as a warning to sny-
body else who 10 thinking about sNt'
ting into their game"
Emerson laughed. and Teobs
Soin.d him with q grin that wac sAp
bait mirthful
Don't worry about that. Frss- sata
me young man. wen take care Wet
they don't catch US mapping"
within forty-.iEht hours sft.' tss
conversation the new banding et~-
many was formed and the day Gat n
wn duty incorporated saw the begin
nins Of the activity OF Wilbur Emsr-
son as power In Wall street