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. 
