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You and I would enjoy an income like that  if we didn't have to pay an income tax. But a better illustration really than that occurred here in our own Pennsylvania. YOU AND I WOULD ENJOY AN INCOME LIKE THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY AN INCOME TAX BUT A BETTER ILLUSTRATION REALLY THAN THAT OCCURRED HERE IN OUR OWN PENNSYLVANIA
u. I told him of a man out in California in 1847 who owned a ranch. He heard they had discovered gold in southern California, and so with a passion for gold he sold his ranch to Colonel Sutter, and away he went, never to come back. Colonel Sutter put a mill upon a stream that ran through that ranch, and one day his little girl brought some wet sand from the raceway into their home and sifted it through her fingers before the fire, and in that falling sand a visitor saw the first shining scales of real gold that were ever discovered in California. The man who had owned that ranch wanted gold, and he could have secured it for the mere taking. Indeed, thirty-eight millions of dollars has been taken out of a very few acres since then. About eight years ago I delivered this lecture in a city that stands on that farm, and they told me that a one-third owner for years and years had been getting one hundred and twenty dollars in gold every fifteen minutes, sleeping or waking, without taxation.  TOLD HIM OF A MAN OUT IN CALIFORNIA IN EIGHTEEN FORTY SEVEN WHO OWNED A RANCH HE HEARD THEY HAD DISCOVERED GOLD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SO WITH A PASSION FOR GOLD HE SOLD HIS RANCH TO COLONEL SUTTER AND AWAY HE WENT NEVER TO COME BACK COLONEL SUTTER PUT A MILL UPON A STREAM THAT RAN THROUGH THAT RANCH AND ONE DAY HIS LITTLE GIRL BROUGHT SOME WET SAND FROM THE RACEWAY INTO THEIR HOME AND SIFTED IT THROUGH HER FINGERS BEFORE THE FIRE AND IN THAT FALLING SAND A VISITOR SAW THE FIRST SHINING SCALES OF REAL GOLD THAT WERE EVER DISCOVERED IN CALIFORNIA THE MAN WHO HAD OWNED THAT RANCH WANTED GOLD AND HE COULD HAVE SECURED IT FOR THE MERE TAKING INDEED THIRTY EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF THAT VERY FEW ACRES SINCE THEN ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO I DELIVERED THIS LECTURE IN A CITY THAT STANDS ON THAT FARM AND THEY TOLD ME THAT A ONE THIRD OWNER FOR YEARS AND YEARS HAD BEEN GETTING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN GOLD EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES SLEEPING OR WAKING WITHOUT TAXATION
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