Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-03-09
CHAPTER xvn.
An Informal MEETING.

An Informal Meeting.
It must surprise those simple folk
Messieurs Washington. jefferson. ant
their like. were they to return to life
at this advanced day and gaze upor
the admirable republic which they fan
cied 10 be founded on immutable prin
eiples. AS in politics to-day thosf
principles would seem proved TO have
been not quite immutable, so, In com
merce, men and methods would ap
pear wholly different from those
known in that earlier day. For in
stance, in commercial matters. the
men OF that day would nov find in
daily application a fourth dimension
OF affairs once wholly unknown: the
sixth sense of the modern business
man, a delieately differentiated faculty
evolved in the holy of holes where
events cast their financial shadows far
in advance of themselves. John jay,
or any financier c. Revolutionary time.
very likely lacked in that regard, and
had but FIVE senses.
This keen sense OF prophecy, prop
erty OF modern leaders in finance, was
not lacking in the case of the directors
of the International Power Company.
all and several; and more especially
/ several. Capitalists hunt in packs
! but only up to a certain point The
sauve qui peut has small ehiyalry
about IL even in the holy of HOLES.
Within a few days after the turbu-
! lent scenes which took place in the
| quiet surroundings of Graystone Hall,
there was held. quite informally, in
deed on a wholly impromptu basis, a
meeting of the greater portion of the
| directors of the International Power
| Company. 1t was a meeting not called
| by the president, and the president
| knew nothing OF it. It was not set
| for the usual headquarters in the
! East; on the contrary. by merest
| chance. these keen-witted men met
| by accident in the western city where
were located the works and central
| operating Offices OF the International
| Power Company. They made their stop
| ping place, as usual, at the National
| Union Club. where they were less GER
| porters-a breed detested above all
| things by these and their like.
There was, this afternoon, casually
| present, a certain gray-haired, full
/ bodied man, of full beard and rather
| portly body. He was speaking with
! President STANDBY. of St Louis, who
| also by merest chance happened to be
! in town. To them presently came the
/ former general traffic manager of Mr.
| StandIey's own road, Alderman, also
| present by merest accident. Two or
three others, moreover, by mere acct
I dent, joined them, figures which were
| familiar at the long table in the New
York headquarters. They looked at
one another frankly, and laughed with
out much reservation.
! Well" said Alderman, after time,
Tets sit down and have a little pow
/ wow-infoTmally, you know"
The gray-haired man grinned pleas
antly again and said nothing, but drew
up a chair.
"Of course, you know" said Stand
| ley, as he seated himself, that our
dissatisfied friend, Van, is here in
! town today"
The full-bearded man nodded. and
an instant later jerked his head
! toward the door Hes here in the
club, too said he, and smiled Just
happened in. | suppose" Indeed, as
they turned to look they saw advanc-
ing, talking animatedly, rather slen.
der, youngish man of brown eyes and
| pointed beard; none less than the dis.
! gruntled director who had long ago
been so summarily handled by John
Rawn. president of the International
| Power Company.
Hasn't he got the nose for news.
thought" commented STANDBY admir-