Show A BIG STORY it ia 19 not quite in order that the story atory in n our dispatches regarding the crea aon on of an immense syndicate to lease nd jid operate the philippine islands uld come from paris london Is ia place made famous not alone by its teat eat population and commerce but by bany ny gigantic speculative schemes in to reign lands beginning with ithe east india company a long time ago and extending on to the days of the bar 1 aatos and and hooleys Hoo leys the latch atch locates the scheme above re red to by inference at least in rs is but lit it is quite likely that the king arising capital cantal and head center of the cern will be found not far from the lace ace first herein spoken of just across ha e channel the worlds metropolis vondon adon that is if there is anything at 1 l in the story atory the e of the capitalization is suggestive of great things even a these days of opulence among the elect few and titanic undertakings in ry direction the philippine scheme frands ads out as boldly as the statue of berty enlightening g the world it f the uncountable sum ot at diat t the syndicate proposes to raise of ats I 1 spain is to be made complaisant lith h a douceur of the reign power in the islands concededly united states is to be paid for a twenty five year lease the other will be used to in business with and get things in flang ng order the company is to we e the exclusive privilege of collects and owning all revenues from cus me duties j taxation and so on while he e reigning power spoken of is to ad it aster nister the civil and military govern nt at its own expense and of course eure ure and maintain stability tranquil yand r and the other safeguards with N lich entrenched capital likes to be rounded it would thus appear that ie e government would have to be con sted ed come war or peace on a stat income of a year which uld be ample and should leave a arge me margin if too much did not have ato go to keeping the natives in a state W orderly subjection I 1 jt it la is vaguely that a kroml bent nt figure in the project is a well flown n promoter and experimenter of this city but for several tars rs past residing in london john f young if this be the case case it on goes to show what was previously own lown hereabout that he is a hard wn an to down and keep down he comes dr the right kind at people to be persist tet t and persevering in the midst ot of fortune and those who will wish fo for r I 1 im abundant success in such or any ultimate amate enterprise are by no means and far between he may have awen e n alt all along one of those men of horn orn the news recently spoke as ing ahead of their day certain it that some of his hia schemes in this wintry though well laid and vely ely great things for everybody fell A through apparent lack of judgment 11 barding arding their present feasibility and e shrinkage ahti of funds at times when leh h shrinkage meant collapse in fier er words mr young was thought to i somewhat visionary at intensely tidal times that he was full orbed the fhe dark of the moon and saw things they ahey ought to and promised to be head d of as they actually were at the th e without restriction in the matet capital he would be likely we to push any project he might un akitake derf cake to a issue but nor no amount of nerve and brain can command success in a great enterprise with the sine qua non of cold cash exis existing tinor only as an iridescent dream mr young has not been heard of except through private sources for some time it Is to ito be hoped he will break the long silence in the manner indicated and retrieve something of his former estate no one would be if he realized a great fortune |