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But before he sold it he decided to secure employment collecting coal oil for his cousin, who was in the business in Canada, where they first discovered oil on this continent. They dipped it from the running streams at that early time. So this Pennsylvania farmer wrote to his cousin asking for employment. BUT BEFORE HE SOLD IT HE DECIDED TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT COLLECTING COAL OIL FOR HIS COUSIN WHO WAS IN THE BUSINESS IN CANADA WHERE THEY FIRST DISCOVERED OIL ON THIS CONTINENT THEY DIPPED IT FROM THE RUNNING STREAMS AT THAT EARLY TIME SO THIS PENNSYLVANIA FARMER WROTE TO HIS COUSIN ASKING FOR EMPLOYMENT
. 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. 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. If there is anything I enjoy above another on the platform, it is to get one of these German audiences in Pennsylvania before me, and fire that at them, and I enjoy it to-night. There was a man living in Pennsylvania, not unlike some Pennsylvanians you have seen, who owned a farm, and he did with that farm just what I should do with a farm if I owned one in Pennsylvania--he sold it. 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 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 IF THERE IS ANYTHING I ENJOY ABOVE ANOTHER ON THE PLATFORM IT IS TO GET ONE OF THESE GERMAN AUDIENCES IN PENNSYLVANIA BEFORE ME AND FIRE THAT AT THEM AND I ENJOY IT TO NIGHT THERE WAS A MAN LIVING IN PENNSYLVANIA NOT UNLIKE SOME PENNSYLVANIANS YOU HAVE SEEN WHO OWNED A FARM AND HE DID WITH THAT FARM JUST WHAT I SHOULD DO WITH A FARM IF I OWNED ONE IN PENNSYLVANIA HE SOLD IT
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