Show 4 GRABBING AND DENOUNCING In some of the eastern cites when a man acquires a considerztbie fortune he is regarded as the legitimate prey of two classes of Individuals He js selected as a victim by blackmaIlers black-maIlers and as a target by demagogues dema-gogues I The frt class lays ever conceivable trap to get him Into its clutches when he Is literally picked to pieces harassed harass-ed and frequently driven to desperation despera-tion The second discredits everything he does throws cold rater upon every enterprise en-terprise hq stars snarls at his ability to lie good questions his Intentions howls about his wealth Incites enmities enmi-ties waves a red fag and shrieks Down with mammon every time the rich man appears Iii publc The blackmailer thinks that aU a man of means has a right to do is to nay tribute According to the demagogue 1 he has only the right to pay taxes And I while It is certainly an error to worship at the shrine of gold the accumulation of a fortune by honest means especially If It Is not built upon the misfortune of other if It is not ground from the proceeds pro-ceeds of their toil in the mill of usury Is neither a crime nor a bad example I is what all men hope or strive to get it is what we teach our children to struggle for It is that fOr which we invest In-vest in mining stocks and grubstake prospectors Men are either hypocrites or ascetics who affect to despise riches Demagogues do notthe merely de slse the wealth that others have |