| Show the prospector and his burro it 1 I notice said the prospector to his burro that after a long tramp through the hills and when we at last reach camp you seem to think you are entitled to a handful or so of barley and you look down in the mouth and baggy at the knees if I 1 do not give it to you before I 1 make preparations for my evening meal what would you think of me then if I 1 ignored your claims altogether and gave you th the merry emerry he haw when you pressed your claims for my consideration you would think me a mighty mean man maji would you and that I 1 was not fit to mingle in good society not even that of a burro well I 1 guess you are right for your services to me have ia a money equivalent and morally you have as much claim on me as if you had given me the cash of the realm in the prosecution of our joint enterprises for you have a joint interest with me in our prospecting expeditions and this interest calls for your maintenance and a proper care of your person this I 1 concede and will a always be ready to Z give you the barley bailey at the end of a days journey will see to it that you have water whenever possible and will try to shield you from fram the mountain lions when you are menaced by them so you see I 1 am ready to do the right thing by my burro and this being the case why should I 1 not also do the square thing by my friend the eastern man the small capitalist who his has been kind enough to al grubstake me in these prospecting trips of ours or why should I 1 fail to inform him of the che progress I 1 am making of the discoveries and locations I 1 have made why should I 1 ignore his demands and endeavor to dispose of my discoveries in which lie he is jointly interested with me I 1 without his consent or knowledge leaving leavin him out in the cold landholding and holding the sack 1 I see that you are shocked at the idea although yours is not a very sensitive nature and are inclined to shy off from me as if you feared my morals had become contaminated by association with the four flusher we met last at the Re dlight bar but none whatever I 1 am not built that way and I 1 will treat my part partner lier t me man who w 0 has grubstaked grub staked me as fairly and squarely as I 1 would treat my burro and I 1 know you have no reason to complain of my treatment ot of you As a matter of fact the talk I 1 have been giving you was only in the way of a hypothesis you will probably think the strange word I 1 have handed you means something to eat and this proves to me more conclusively than ever before that your early education has been neglected and then some to be plain with you I 1 was only drawing a parallel and by innuendo was going to show you that while I 1 am honest and square in my dealings with burros and men there are others who do not hesitate to wrong those with whom they are associated socia ted and especially so with the absent investor whether he be interested with them in a prospect or has put good money into treasury stock in companies which they have organized in the bingville Bing ville bugle the motto in the box head just to the left of the title reads as follows everybody wants something Some think what is the result they get nothing No think this I 1 think illustrates the condition of many eastern investors who have placed confidence in some of our western prospectors prospect ois and mining men these eastern p people rave have taken a chance with these prospectors and mining Z 1 men whom they were led to believe were honest and honorable they wanted something some think they trusted them and sent them the money asked and required and they got nothing no think and because of such shameful treatment to trustful and innocent investors the mining industry of the west is continually getting a black ey eye and honest prospectors and promoters find it difficult to interest capital in legitimate enterprises terp rises 1 I want to tea te you 0 old d long ears continued the prospector the man who is willing to pay for what he gets or hopes to get is entitled to something if nothing more than fair treatment he should rece receive ve some consideration and is entitled to his share of the outcome of a prospecting trip which he has grubstaked grub staked or that the affairs of the company in which he is interested shall be properly conducted just the same as if he were with the prospector all of the time or had something to do with the affairs of the company as an official A violation of confidence concluded the prospector is as much to be deplored when the injured party is absent as when he is with you and more so for the absent has no adequate redress while the victim of your crookedness if in your yo ir presence might knock your block off or take a shot at you and there you are and then some |
