The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1914-02-26

board! But you must remember. also.
that Of late have picked up an occa-
sionai dollars worth OF international.
| wanted to know how about certain
things!"
We'll. how about them. Them de-
manded Standby fercely. Where DO
we staId?"
You want me to incriminate my
self"
"Oh, iddlesticks about incrimtna.
ton! Cut out that part Of it,"
"All right, / WILL" said the other
grimly. well. then, I've tried my
best TO bribe your people, and I've got
little out of il. I've tried-the fore
man, the night Waterman, and every
body else. I've had a dozen of your
workmen slugged for scabbing, and
four or FIVE Of them shot, one or two
at least, FOR a good. permanent flu,
neral. And | paid the funeral expenses!
You didn't know that9 Well. that's
the truth of it,"
wen, "Hdl ~ yOu huO" dDOul
that" gasped STANDBY, aghast.
Il know a good deal about. my Chris
tian friend" said the slender man re.
Flentlessly. Il can tell you what you
already know. that your motors are
dismantled to-day. ! ear tell you also
that there's a very good chance that
the secret we've been after is in the
hands of one man, and he's holding 1t
up for some reason best known to
himself. We've got nothing on him!
| "a also tell you that if he won't
give u~p--though why he won't ! can't
imagina-it's possible we can work
out a receiver of our own elsewhere.
without him"
well, what does he want?" This
from the old man.
That's the everlasting mystery and
puzzle of it. He doesn't want any
thing, so far as | can learn. There's
some factor in him that | can't get
my hands on, try the best that | can
Not that ] don't expect to break you
wide open eventually, my friends"
Nov why do you want to do that?'
asked the older inancier. Why not
join in with US and break the bone,
head?"
Fine! But how can we do hat
He's sitting pretty tight. The mans
played in fine luck. l admit | rather
admire him."
Bah, that's the way with all the
new ones; they all play in luck for q
time. Each Napoleon has his boom
but after a time boom values shrink
they always do. This chapll find his
level when we get ready to tell him
For instance?"
We'll, for instance, then! He's sit
ting there with a small margin of con
trol in the International. That gave
him his start, and he's wise enough to
hang on to that. But it didn't give
him his money-he's only made divi
dend money out Of that; and who
cares for dividend money? He doesn't
own control in the Guatemala Oil
Company, does he? He's made a lot
out of Arizona and Utah coppers, but
he doesn't own control IN a single com
pany there, does he? He's In with the
l.. p, but he borrowed to get In. He's
made a big killing in Rubber, but he
doesn't own II Rubber control of his
own, does he? Now, you follow him
out in every deal he's made-iron, cop
per. steel, oil, rails, timber, irrigation
utilities, industrials-and you'll fine
he's simply banking on his inside in
formation and on his outside credit
Who gave him both of those %things?-
Why, we did. didn't we? All right
Suppose We withdraw our credit. Wha
happens?"
They went silent now, and grouped
a little closer about the tabouret which
stood between them. The old man.
voice went on evenly, with no excite
ment. Their conversation attracted
lounging room. where large affair.
more than once had been discussed
even the making of Senator's to order
III tell you what happens" tn,
old man resumed. "He quits using u
for a stalking horse. and he come!
uOWh " iio ~ 4 . CpiSo'
out. Banks are all polite. but--well
he has to put up collateral; and ther
some more II he doesn't want to pu
up International. he's apt to find tina
Ii bunch Of automobiles is poor prop
erty when sold at twenty per cent
their cost. He turns off two IT three
buffers, but still that doesn't serve 70
margins. The market doesn't suit hi
book any more.
He's discovering 10Y the truth o
something my old friend Emory Storr
used to say-Emory always was II
debt, or wanted to be. and says he
There's no trouble about prosperit.
in this country; there's plenty o
money-the only trouble Is in tn
confounded scarcity in collateral
Well, he goes yer to this young man
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