Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-02-07

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!'
Wei. how about them, them" de-
manded Standley fercely. where do
We stand?"
"You want me to incriminate my
self"
oh fddlesticks about incrimina-
ton! Cut out that part OF it,"
"All right. will" said the other
grimly Well, then. I've tried my
best to bride your people, and I've got
little out of it, I've tried the fore
man, the night Waterman. and every
body else. I've had 4 dozen OF your
workmen slugged for scabbing, and
four or five of them shot. one or two
at least, for a good permanent fu-
neral. And I paid the funeral expenses!
You didn't know that? Well. that's
the truth of it,"
Well. what do you know about
NAptt+ SnSPCu oLduhiEys hSHdSL
Il know a good deal about. my Chris
tian friend" said the slender man re-
lentlessly. Il can tell you what you
already know, that your motors are
dismantled to-day. | can 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 it
up for some reason best known to
himself We've got nothing on him
can also tell you that II he won't
give up--though why he won't | can't
imagine--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 1t. 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"
Now why do you want to do that?"
asked the older fnancier. why not
| join in with us and break the bone
| head?"
Fine! But how can we do that?
He's sitting pretty tight The mans
played in fine luck. admit rather
admire him"
Bah. that's the way with all the
new ones; they all play in luck for a
time. Each Napoleon has his boom.
but after time boom values shrink
/ they always do. This chap'll find his
level when we get ready to tell him -
( For instance?"
/ Well. for instance, then, He's sit
ting there with small margin of con
/ troll 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--hes only made diyi-
, 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 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 any 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 find
he's simply banking on his inside in
! formation and on his outside credit
/ Who gave him both of those things p
Why, we did. didn't we? All right!
Suppose we withdraw our credit. What
| happens"
They went silent now, and grouped
| little closer about the tabouret which
stood between them The old man S
voice went on evenly, with no excite
ment Their conversation attracted
the attention of none in the wide
! louuging room, where large affairs
more than once had been discussed
even the making of Senators to order
I'm tell you what happens" the
old man resumed. HE quits using MS
/ for a stalking horse, and he comes
down to his own system. He's spread
out. Banks are all polite. but-well
{ NC mas W put up Cb1dlcidIs anu AACll
some more If he doesn't want to put
W International. he's apt to find that
bunch of automobiles is poor prop
I erty when sold at twenty per cent
/ their cost He turns off two or three
buffers, but still that doesn't serve for
margins The market doesn't suit bis
/ book any more.
He's discovering now the truth Of
/ something my old friend Emory Storrs
used TO say-Emory always was In
/ debt or wanted to be. and says he:
/ There's no trouble about prosperity
in this country; there's plenty oil
mon ey-the only trouble is in the
confounded scarcity in collateral
Well. he goes over to this young man
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