The Washington herald., 1915-03-21
THE GRAND PROMOTER
He Makes Millions and Doesn t Pay His Debts

1t was the German tailor who had
! cleaned and pressed suit of clothes for
| Mai Crofoot and been held up for the
! pay. After period of eight weeks he
| had returned to see what could he done
about it. He entered the Office with the
| bill in his hand. and the Grand Promoter
took the paper from him and looked at
| the total ami said:
My dear man. you should have drawn
on me at thre. days sight for this. but
| nevertheless am glad to see you-g-l-a-d
to see YOU. Take chair and sit down.
Il vhas in some hurry to get back.
explained the caller, as he continued To
stand.
Yes. | know but don't waste fortune
| i'm order TO save . cents worth of time.
While you could have drawn on me
through thirteen different banks | am
pleased that you brought the bill up in
stead. 1t is souvenir of other days
of days when Fortune refused to smile on
me. 1t is also living proof that in those
days there were men who had confidence
in my integrity. / shall preserve this bill
for years and years With other bills
hung on the walls of some public museum
after nv death. My friend, let me grasp
your hand"
Dot bill vhas a dollar ind half.
said the tailor as he extended his hand.
Correct, sir-perfectly correct re-
piled the major he glanced at the
total again. and now you see me deposit
it-thus. and turn the key ON Titus
moths nor rust will creep in. Let us
now return to the fact that you had con-
fidence in me In other days. out nf the
thousands and tens Of thousands sur
rounding me. you were willing TO trust
me-"
II vhas always cash down. but you
don't pay.
One OF the half-dozen who gave me Il
show, and to whOrn my heart goes out
i'm gratitude | love to remember those
days, sir love To- recall them. When
you cleaned and pressed my suit am
brought il up here and did not ask me
But YOU don't pay me-" protested the
tailor:
When YOU didn't ask for pay. and
probably wouldn't have taken it had
offered. ] made up my mind that il tn,
time ever cam" when wealth was mine
you should share in it. That time ha'
come. SIr-iS right here before us. Tailor
go back to your Stop and throw you.
Grose and other fixtures outdoors: Ii
YOU have II journcyman. throw him out
as well IL you have any suits OIL han,
to he cleaned and pressed send them
home and set fire to the shop and leav,
the past behind us. You trusted Maj
Crofoot and Maj. Crofoot is going to
shake hands,
But how she vhas. CHI" queried the
tailor in great perplexity. II clean and
press dot suit. she vhas dollar und
half you don't pay"
My dear contemporary said the
ma ior, as he took walk and returned,
what have l been doing for the last
two months? Answer: Originating
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES promotlng-consoli-
dating-making profits of millions upon
millions. i have not sent for you to
share in any OF my enterprises because
was keeping good thing back for us;
1t is ready now. Tomorrow We shall
spring it on the innocent and unsuspect-
ing infants of America. Not word
don't interrupt me- It's the biggest en-
terprisc since the world was made. It's
50 simple that even a babe can under
stand il. How many infants in America
at the present moment?
II don't know. but / like my pay
Exactly 1,9s1.325. sir. Now. then. how
many of those infants are being reared
on nursing bottles?"
Il don't say
But / do Here are the figurcs-1. 30
COS. | haven't got one too few or one
too many. There are five different firms
knocked the price down to % cents per
bottle, at which figure there is only per
cent profit. The remedy lay in the hands
of the manufacturers, but they would
infantiIe statistics. made his financial
figures and steps in. and behold the re-
suit"
Il like to get back to my shop" said
the tailor. as the Major patted him on
the shoulder.
Yes. behold the result. We combine;
We pool our interests: We form a trust.
and next week the price of nursing bot
ties jumps from = to 70 cents. OF the
.sD,3lS American infants pulling away
use three bottles apiece before they get
through with pap and learn to drink out
of teaCups. We may safely estimate a
gross sale of 100000 bottles annually.
That is good thing. but not good
enough. Why confine ourselves to the