a misrepresentation of fact or figure has
ever been made in anything connected with the Amalgamated
Company?

Who are you, who should say in relation to a copper mine
whether it is good or bad? Did you ever see a copper mine?
Did you ever put a pick into ore? Did you ever reduce one
ton of metal so that it would yield up its wealth for the
benefit of mankind. Have you ever done anything excepting to
act as a parasite upon honest labor and, by chicanery and by
misrepresentation, endeavor to rob the people of their hard
earnings? I speak to you plainly, knowing you yourself for
what you are. Can you show one man that can point to any
honest industry in which you ever took part; to one single
act of yourself that ever contributed to the welfare or the
advancement of the working people? Can you point to one
single act in your career that was ever based on any other
motive than absolute egotism and selfishness; to one single
utterance, act, word, or deed of yourself that was not based
on selfishness and a desire to rob or misrepresent or, in
some other manner, attach the earnings of the people to your
coffers without effort on your part?

I address this communication to you knowing you for what you
are; as a man who, throughout his many years of active life
on the Stock Exchange, came to be generally considered as
the synonym of chicanery and of misrepresentation. To-day,
through your perversion of truth and partial misstatement of
fact, which, through many years in pursuance of your
calling, you have become an adept in, you can destroy the
confidence of the people who make the money and the wealth
of the country. Do you for one moment suppose that there is
one honest person in this country to-day who believes that
you are actuated by a sincere desire to aid them?

Do you not know that your only motive is, by destroying
confidence, to endeavor to make a large profit for yourself,
by the methods which you have pursued of advertising to the
public? The men who do things, the men who created wealth,
the men who are known throughout the world for integrity and
for their business qualifications, will unanimously say that
your motive is selfish from start to finish.

Do you remember the dealings that you had with me, how they
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