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Show H , CHANCES AGAINST RICH MAN'S HONESTY. BB BB Every rich man is not necessarily u rogue, BB but the chances are against him. It Is possible BB J for fortunate investment to yield great flnan-BB flnan-BB clal returns, and It Is not Impossible for the BB ' Tictlm of sudden extraordinary prosperity to BB retain his poise of mind and the keen sense of BB honor that dominated his existence before BB riches became his portion. Such a thing is BB possible, but, as said before, the chances are' BB' against him. Let any man acquire 150,000 or BB 1100,000 and his Interests are partially entrusted BB to assistants. If the chief Is ambitious he BB leaves the immediate scene of his earlier strug BB gle and he Is no longer In direct touch with BB- the labor that has brought him his first $100,- BB 000. Be associates with men of wealth, he BB. . learns the secrets of organization and his mind BB ' is stlrjcd to the possibility of acquiring a mil- BK Hon. That Idea dominates his life and whllo H'' he once may have been sympathetic and kindly BB in all his dealings with his fellow man, his new BB environment and greater ambition crowds the BB finer sensibilities from his life and he soon ac- BB cepts corporation methods as tils standard. BB. Where he was once an earliest, law-abiding BB' citizen he listens to expert lawyuis who show BB him how to evado laws that stand In tho way Hv of making great sums 'of money quickly, and BBt while his conscience may revolt occasionally BB he justifies himself with the knowledge that BB all those about him engage in the same mcth- BB ods and, besides, his interests uie now so BB; varied and demand so much money that he BB can no longer afford to cultivate scruples; he BB. must; have money. In a comparatively short BB time this financier's mind and heart have be- BB. come starred, his conscience Is dulled and after BB: awhile he believes only In himself, acknowl- BB edges allegiance to nothing that Is not forced BB upon him and he looks at law as naught but H" oppressive legislation, not measures for the BB' protection of himself and the government BB which has given him so many legitimate op- BB portunitlcs that he has seen fit to outrage. BB: After a time he becomes a power lu the tinan- BB clal world and his will dominates over vast In-" BB t: rests In which numberless men are concerned. BB He exalts and deposes as he wills and he gives BB labor no consideration that is not forced. It is BB not a questlou with him as to whether labor is BB receiving the worth of Its hire tho question BB Is, how little can I get labor for, how much BB MUST I pay. And this financier continues to BB ignore law, to evade It by technicalities, to openly violate it, trusting Ills money to hold BB him guiltless; he continues to buy legislators, H, he hires men to corrupt Judges and juries and Ht he buys as he will. Ue has become thoroughly BB- dishonest and a rogue from the breakfast hour B to the breakfast hour on the following morn- B",, log. Tell him that publicly or privately and BB1' he resents it fiercely and he more than half- BB way believes in his honesty yet he Is a thief BB as the man who steals a dollar Is a thief; he Bj has become on undesirable citizen. BB And naturally he is not different from the BB poor man who swears at the oppression of wraith, lur uiuc out of ten desjiu to become BB rich, and should they become so under our BB present system they would not be greatly dlf- BB' v ferent from the rich man pictured for the BB picture Is typical. |