CHAPTER XIII 

 PROMOTERS AND PROMOTING 



IN our day, so fine has grown the individ- 

 ualization of men's tasks, promoting has 

 become a profession no less than engineer- 

 ing or journalism. Like the poor, the 

 promoter is ever with us; his presence is 

 among the most familiar of facts. 



Exactly what he does, however, the pre- 

 cise sort of activity in which he engages to 

 make him a promoter, is less well known. 

 It will be worth while to describe the 

 creature, and if we can keep him quiet long 

 enough before our kodak, to photograph 

 him, that we may see what he is like, and 

 what his habits are. 



Quite generally speaking, the promoter is 

 the man who, acting in his own interest and 

 not in the employ of another, finds out new 

 ways or new fields for the probably profit- 

 able use of capital, and then gets people of 

 means effectively interested in these prom- 

 ising chances. 



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