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American Match

           Therankandfileofbothpartiesthemoreorlesshungryandthirstywholieeveratthebottomonbothsideshailedhimasaheaven-sentdeliverer,anewMosescometoleadthemoutofthewildernessofpovertyanddistress.Woetothepoliticalleaderwhopreachesanewdoctrineofdeliverance,andwho,outoftendernessofheart,offersapanaceaforhumanills.Histrulyshallbeacrownofthorns.

           Cowperwood,nolessthanothermenofwealth,wasopposedtowhathedeemedacrack-brainedideathatofmaintainingaparitybetweengoldandsilverbylaw.Confiscationwashiswordforittheconfiscationofthewealthofthefewforthebenefitofthemany.Mostofallwasheopposedtoitbecausehefearedthatthisunrest,whichwasobviouslygrowing,foreshadowedaclasswarinwhichinvestorswouldruntocoverandmoneybelockedinstrong-boxes.Atoncehebegantoshortensail,toinvestonlyinthesoundestsecurities,andtoconvertallhisweakeronesintocash.

           Tomeetcurrentemergencies,however,hewascompelledtoborrowheavilyhereandthere,andindoingsohewasquicktonotethatthosebanksrepresentinghisenemiesinChicagoandelsewherewerewillingtoaccepthisvariousstocksascollateral,providinghewouldacceptloanssubjecttocall.Hedidsogladly,atthesametimesuspectingHand,Schryhart,Arneel,andMerrillofsomeschemetowreckhim,providingtheycouldgethimwherethecallingofhisloanssuddenlyandinconcertwouldfinanciallyembarrasshim.

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