Every One Had Money

it su bappened th.-it there was an cqua] (ïiistriiiutiiiii of wealth, and tbry ome bad do more and DO IB8. 01 coui-M', ander the clrcametances, there was 110 ineeut ive tO wurk. 1111less a man enjoyed worklng. There was ccn a hiiy notfolng to induce a iiKin to Io any manual labor untan it was ordefed by a physictan - and, come to tliink ot' it. tbere tm ao reaaon why a phyaiclan shoulil continue liis !abrs inlfs lie was a lmïaaiiitarian. In CODSeqUenoe, nrarly everyone declded to Uve a lile of luxnrlous eese. A few, in whom the habite ol vink were ii!i strong, were willing to continue, but there was do oppori unity tor t hem. The preeddenl nía big manufacturlog concern was rather desirons of keeping öw plant running, and the directora thoughi ii n good scbeme, too, but .the tactory IkukIs cooldn't il that way. ■'I thlnk I'il teke a little vacation," i cinc oi' tiiriii. ■■ I ' v . ■ h n wocking pretty hard aml I aëefl a rest. Aiber a whlUe FU start up in business for myself." ■Mint wlio'll you sei to work ior you ?" aaked the president. "Al! the othec men are making the s.uu'plana you are." ■■lm : Well, I hada't thought of that," replied the workman. -'Stiii I dou't mind work, and [f t lic proper Inducenu offered 1 may go back to work ïiiysclf alter a little lest." "What would yon cali ;i, iroper Inducement ?" ■r.-.n'i say eiactly without sojne thouKiit, hut I think i mlgbt aceepi $100 ji d;iy. Yon can't expeel a millii iii.ii! -e o iirk in .-i factory for any los." ry was sluit down, temporarüy, and 1lit' employés went me. And ii ao happened that one of the men thounht he would go down town, and he told lus wi:v be would run over and catck ;i car at the corner and paaalbly k" to the Uieatre. But there were no care running, and when he iinally nsked some one aboul it, the man replied : "Why, yon (Icm't aappoM a mülionaire ba golng bo drive a street car, do yon ? Nol mm-h. Most of tlie oíd drivers aro thinking of gtarting streel car Unes oí thelr own." ■Weii. 'I cao get a. cab, anyway," bhought the ex-tactory hand, and he went vit in anotber corner and woke a cabman op. 'A inile and a lialí," said the latttr reilcrt ivrly. aftec li ■ liad li-arned the dcstiiiation ; "wUi oall it $30. I ought not to be out here, anyway, lint I Jiavf u ii bo tped tu steeplng uu the cal) that I don't leel i-onifortable irn bed." Xow the ex-tactory hami didn't propose to be "gougod" likr that, and ïiciinr a mlUkmalre (ot i fii-st time, lie didn't want to walk, so he went homo and told hi.s wtfe that if prices kept increaslng, the si ,000,000 would probably last t hem a month OT tWO. "Bettet iiivcst it," shc said. 'Tut part of it in tbe bank and Lnvest the rest so that wc will gel soinc ïcvrniir froiu it." He t huutilit that a. gOOd schuine, and tbe ni'xi day hr trampod down town to a bank and [ound the preedr ihiit and one oí' two oí ihc directora vilini; Uier.' in Military state. "Oan't takc any depoodt," said the lu-fsidcnt , regretfalljr. ■■Wliat's the matter V" akfd the ex-factory hand. '.Matter [" exclaimed tbe president. "Vuil lo:i't suppoee we can afford to Ure mUliooalre bank i-lerks, do yon ? gome oí the boys intend ïa 'l to Europe for a lew inoaitiis, .ad muih: are planning to start bankt oí tbelr own after they liavc laid off a whlle." ■I belleve I'd take a trip myself ii 1 oiily kiivw where to mi sume of tais money whlle I am gone," said the ex-factory hand, tliougrhtfully. ■'Wliat are you afrald of?" asked the p.reeldeo.1 . "I mlght be robbed." "Robbed !" laughed the president. ■■viio dn you Buppoae would rob yon lien erery has all the money he oëeda '.' I'.ut how do you rapeel to travel '.'" ")n a railroad train, m courue." 1 lic preaidetnl laug-hed agaln. "'liiat would be a unique expe riciu-v," he saW. ■Think oí traveUng on a train tlial had a ïuiUionaiii' for a conductor, a mdUionalre tor a brakeman, a mlllionaire tor an engtneer and a mUllonaire for a porter. I'd liki' to takc sudi a trip mysell Í the trains wen' running." ■'Aicn't 1 hev '.'" "is the tactory you osed to work in running ?" o." hand i ram-ped back lionic in a thoughtful mood. Se had 01,000,000, bul somehow it didn't seeni in be oí much service to hlm. Borne oí t'.ie shopkeepers, who owned ir own shops, were ready to do a litt i employt b had all left, and in souie placea pricee had i. In others the Bhopkeeper aald lic hadn't raieed prices becanee be waa anxloua to ell out and ii]i. He gtopped al one oi the department stores to gei Bomefttag ior lus wiie, and was told iiy a man stttlmg In the doorway that ii waa atoeed becauee there were nut ciKMiirh people teft t run it. "I'm one of the Urm," he saW i luit I doo't kuow when we wHl open a.üaiJi. 1Í yon want to K't anytbtag in particular yon can go in and om of my partner or head oí gome department- one or two oí them bm left- will try to ïumt it up for you. Th-e rost have all gone. They want to boy, nol Bell irom now on. "The ctoaing scènes were ludicroua, tóo," he added. "We began gettlng notlcea Immedlately alter the distrlbution of wealth, although some of the Oerlus agi d to Btay a day or mi. But wh.-n the ribbon counter girl put on her li;H and lier cloak and begon liriein.L: the gOOdS in ilie cloaU departmemt, the Kiris quit t ii ■ i ;■ work and pretty booü everybody In the store was buylng and no mi-' seüinir. I ítepped tato Mue breach, iin ■! the prlces a little and made a tidy llttle gum ail by my lomely. I tiii.ik it ükely that I can gtánd it as long Ol Ihem." WJ ex-tacory uand reached heme he fonnd hls wlfe mncb perturbed. "I ihnniit ihai we could afford to keep a HTvant. now tliat we're rttsh," she said. "but I can"1 gel one." "Oaa'1 gel ooe !" he exclalmed. "No : you can'1 expect a millionaire'e dangtiter to work in the lettenen kx $5 a reek. The öwi glrl 1 ve:u to a.-is [oolding lor work list week, hut to-day - l me $10 a weck to go to work for her. It looks to me as f we were worse off than we werr h.'.'ore. We've gOt to do all mir own work and haven'! even street c.-irs 1 o riii ■ on." ".Never mimi," he .aid BOOthingly. ■■Ve'H gel a oarrtage and horse." ■AVhere'il you keep it V ebe aaked. 'TH have a barn built," he said. ■Wlio'll you liet lo build it ? Do you ezpéct l lot oí inillionaires lo drive naiUs ior you ior $4 or a day V ■1 oever bhoughi o.' that." 'And wlio'll you get to take care of the honea and drtve thenl '.'" The ex-factory hand iooked troubled aixl h;s wiie eontinued : ■I mityEbrt as well teil you that we are all out oí bread, and 1 here's not a loaítefi at the baker's. and h:s men have iill qult, so he's not making any more." "Well, you'll have to make go,me yourseli." "Theo you'll have to go and gel tlie tlour. Therc's a place abimt hall a iiiiie away whëre the man who owns the Shop stül has sume ilour t.hat he s geUlng by the barrel, bnt you willQi,ave to roll the barrel liomr your.-elf. Vou i'an't 't any one to deliver it. We wanl BOZne coal, tOO." "But huw am 1 iroing to get il ?" "Well, I understand the man who owns the yards nearrst here wül Wil it, t o you. and il' you buy or rent a wagon and team, load Une wagon and drive the horses yourseli, you eau gpet all that we have room for." "Seems to mi' iliai we are worse off than we were when we wrre 1 r." he ürumbled, as lie pot ÏO.000 in htS pOC&et and starled out to make the purcheses. ( in t he way lie met an old man with gray halr and wnjakérs, trudging akmg and earrying a iiiir earpetbeg. "Can you teil me where I can íind a ío1 hotel '."' a.skcd the gtranger. "i ion"t b&Beve there are any left opi'n," rejilied tbe ex-factory hand. "Oh, 1 gneaa they are dolng ims-inese oo the same plan that otheré i have come ocrosa ote," said the stran.ííer. "Ilow i.s ihat ?' "Well. the proprtetor is mi hand, and lie will rent. you a room ií you ül matee ap your own bed and . your own meal. 1 have made up two IhmIs and cooked íive meáis since 1 left home, and paid a pretty good suiü tlie privilege." "Where did you come irom ?" "About thirty miles ,,ut in the country, i've gt ti nlce larin out there, but Ule help all quit, and BM I am a ricli man now, I thoughi l'd move tnto the city where I could enjoy i iiit. Xo running, so i had to walk. Whal's golng on at the t heat res V" "Nothjng. Only a íew actors and no siairi' hands will work." "Well. t.here 'lunst be BOmetlliug gokng on. I wonder where l can gel a newspaper '!" ■'riiei-.' oasnM been one publiehed wo or thr laya. Compositora, jd-e-.snien, stereotypers, reportera and elerks, 1 undersland. ai-e all planning to mart in business for themaelvea." "I don'1 we that I'm any botter off hiere than I was on the farm." sa] the gtraager, thoughtfnlly. Whcn the ex-Iactory hand got back I !i a barre] oí fiour on i op o!' h:s 1 ; i : t ■ I oí eoal he was apparently troubted. "Mary." he siiil. ae he txied In net the eoal dn-t oí! ]i:s face and hands, ■'A .-■■! 1 1 ;... lae miiihty iunny that the people who had money before are aboi, i !;u are wtlllng to work now. The man who owned the coal yard was wlütang tó glve me e lift in toading the wagon, the head of the dry goods Hnn was willink tW wait on me, and the man who owned the grocery Btore was willink t,, help gel the tlonr on the wagon. Thcy .wen' rendy tu work in thelr Uae of business." "Perhaps," eafcJ his wlie, "the reasiHi thry were rich before, was because they witc wiilinirto work when tiu'.v liad money." N'nw :t Btruck ttoe ex-factory bami i'i.it there ini.iiht be some truth in that, a n.i, au er thinking the matter over, he went back and .ü'it some cual and some more (lour. Thqn lic rented a bam b few doors away and put ! :- bowe ta t. He had ui look after I h ■ horse b ■ - no miiuionaire was go : Ier lm. bul he waa n 1 to 1 1 : l Ut tO dO. Nmv eu-eii a state ei affaire could haat very long. Wliether million airee or not, people had tó have eup-. even U they had to carry thom home in baskets, and 11 waen't a great w hiHe b uedghboi 'I that I be ex■ ry ban 1 wouidnot only sell them Buppltes bul would dellver Uu m hlm. and be had a greal rush ol trade. "ij ae wvii do thl as to ■i the alleyway and smoke a all liay," he said. "There's Just as nucli iiin ;.n one thiag aa another, and besidee it makee that million ol mine get bigger Instead of smaller." And so :i happened that there ■ i.iinT people l 01 her 1 ■ ■■ 111 lea doing thr EKuoe th.tag. And- !:!, given two m ■ ;i money and the other eai i i every one knowa wbat bhe resuH wd! be. The fai woke ui one day to the reaUzation ol the tact that hla wealth was fasi dwlndling away. People who -till Btuctc to t licir stares had raised pricea a'-.i. "FroduetlctD lias ceaaed," they iaïd, ■and we are not parttoularly anxloua to aeU. There :- do telling wrhen we may want ttue slníí onrsch ■.-.'" The farmer acratched hta liead, thOUght the matter nvcr for hall a day. and then went out and boughi a bicxwe and wagon and started back for liis farm. ■1 reckon," h said aa be flrove back, "tliat there are gome folks tha1 are goljng to want wlivat and corn and regeta.ble awful bad before long, and that the man that'a go-1 'en is goúmg to be a pretty big gun. 1 s mu liinir in ama-' 8 írllow in the c'.ty dow, anyhow." A tew other men gol the same Idea. Some wei-e farmer, and gome were im otlier lines oí business. 01 coursë, there were DO employés, and when a man did go to woi-k, ho had to work (or hini-elt and do all th' work alone, e.Cf])t hl one or two n-tances wli.-re partnerships were formrd. Ih'mge go1 siaiT3(l iig uu slowly and kn a very primitive way. ( Ine man. who .feit time lianirinir lieavily on his li i'id-. hired a street car and Kome hortte to begtn DMüüag regnUu trips on one of i he si re't car lines. He had to ook after the horeee hLnself, and lie made the farc fifty cents, a very reasünaiiie i-nin ander the clrcnin.tances. He only made three round tripe a day. but lie took in 950 or 'íliü ti t.rip, and carried money homo in a eack every nlght. 'Míen other i pi' followed his exampie. It was kmg be ore any "L" or steam raüroad were ronnmg, beeau-e it required more men to run th in, and things had to reach a podnt wliere one man was w-llllng to enter the eniploynient of anollH'r before any t hing could be done. That time eame, however. and uradnally everything was siai-ted agadn. Of course wages wère higlier than they were before, but so was everything !-(■. and tinns were hard- very hard. There seemed to be a Bhortage of nearly evrryt.hinir, and a man with only a hnndred iloüars was poorer ilian a man witli only I en had been ander pre -'ins coniüi ions. 01 niiir-i1. wiien everything got xin.i; agajn things eased up a llttle, and whvn a man had a chance to loo!; .ironnd a llttle lie fonnd that some people were p ior, gome were in moderate &írcumsancea and gome were rlch. In '.act. the condilions were the ■uu' on they had been before the dteti ibui Ion of wealth. "AH may be equal in lieaven," gaid the pUllosophetr, who Found he liad $4.38 beft oí his $1,000,000, "put on enrth we ean'l all be boases, iintl it Btrlkesme hm the man who worka when he doesn't have to. all other things belng equal, i the man who iliie-n'i have to work whenhe doesn't wan; to. pruvidctl, of conrse. that lic ■1 !in a Chronlc si ate ol not wantIng to. Some people are riek now who were tiot befori', and some ure pOOt who had money beíore. lint I can' I Bee t hat UB have HUCed in aecuring anything except a