STRIKE AT GORDON'S MINE 247 



" Now, what would be the result if you struck 

 on these robbers ? I will tell you. In the first 

 place, you would save $50,000 each year, and you 

 would be better men in every way for so doing. 

 You would earn more money, and your children 

 would wear shoes and go to school. That would 

 be much, and well worth while ; but that is not 

 the best of it. I will make a proposition to 

 you, and I will promise that it shall be carried 

 out on my side exactly as I state it. 



"This is a noble property. In ten years it 

 has paid its owner $500,000, $50,000 a year. 

 It is sure to go on in this way under good man- 

 agement. I offer, in the name of the owner, to 

 bond this property to you for $300,000 for five 

 years at six per cent. Of course this is an un- 

 usual opportunity. The owner has grown rich 

 out of it, and he is now willing to retire and give 

 others a chance. His offer to you is to sell the 

 mine for half its value, and, at the same time, to 

 give you five years in which to pay for it. I 

 will add something to this proposition, for I feel 

 certain that he will agree to it. It is this : Mr. 

 Gordon will build and equip a small brewery on 

 this property, in which good, wholesome beer 

 can be made for you at one cent a glass. You 

 are to pay for the brewery in the same way that 

 you pay for the other property ; it will cost 

 $25,000. This will make $325,000 which you are 

 to pay during the next five years. How ? Let 

 me tell you. 



