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Capital and Public Rights

           Hadtheynorespectforcapital?Didtheynotknowthatlong-timefranchiseswerepracticallythebasisofallmoderncapitalisticprosperity?Suchtheoriesaswerenowbeingadvocatedherewouldspreadtoothercitiesunlesschecked.Americamightreadilybecomeanti-capitalisticsocialistic.Publicownershipmightappearasaworkabletheoryandthenwhat?

           "Thosemenoutthereareveryfoolish,"observedMr.HaeckelheimeratonetimetoMr.Fishel,ofFishel,Stone&Symons."Ican’tseethatMr.Cowperwoodisdifferentfromanyotherorganizerofhisday.Heseemstomeperfectlysoundandable.Allhiscompaniespay.TherearenobetterinvestmentsthantheNorthandWestChicagorailways.Itwouldbeadvisable,inmyjudgment,thatallthelinesoutthereshouldbeconsolidatedandbeputinhischarge.Hewouldmakemoneyforthestockholders.Heseemstoknowhowtorunstreet-railways."

           "Youknow,"repliedMr.Fishel,assmugandwhiteasMr.Haeckelheimer,andinthoroughsympathywithhispointofview,"Ihavebeenthinkingofsomethinglikethatmyself.Allthisquarrelingshouldbehushedup.It’sverybadforbusinessvery.Oncetheygetthatpublic-ownershipnonsensestarted,itwillbehardtostop.Therehasbeentoomuchofitalready."

           Mr.FishelwasstoutandroundlikeMr.Haeckelheimer,butmuchsmaller.Hewaslittlemorethanawalkingmathematicalformula.Inhiscraniumwerefinancialtheoremsandsyllogismsofthesecond,third,andfourthpoweronly.

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