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American Match

           Hehadstartedsomewhatlateintheraceforwealth,butnow,withallhisstrength,hewasendeavoringtobringtofruitionthisplanwhich,withtheaidofHull,hehadformulated.Inspiredbythethoughtofgreatwealth,theyhadfirstsecuredcontrolofthestockofonematchcompany,andhadthenputthemselvesinapositiontobargainwiththeownersofothers.Thepatentsandprocessescontrolledbyonecompanyandanotherhadbeencombined,andthefieldhadbeenbroadenedasmuchaspossible.

           Buttodoallthisagreatdealofmoneyhadbeenrequired,muchmorethanwasinpossessionofeitherHullorStackpole.BothofthembeingWesternmen,theylookedfirsttoWesterncapital.Hand,Schryhart,Arneel,andMerrillwereinturnappealedto,andgreatblocksofthenewstockweresoldtothematinsidefigures.Bythemeansthusaffordedthecombinationproceededapace.Patentsforexclusiveprocessesweretakenoverfromallsides,andtheideaofinvadingEuropeandeventuallycontrollingthemarketoftheworldhaditsinception.Atthesametimeitoccurredtoeachandalloftheirlordlypatronsthatitwouldbeasplendidthingifthestocktheyhadpurchasedatforty-five,andwhichwasnowsellinginopenmarketatonehundredandtwenty,shouldgotothreehundred,where,ifthesemonopolisticdreamsweretrue,itproperlybelonged.Alittlemoreofthisstockthedestinyofwhichatthistimeseemedsureandsplendidwouldnotbeamiss.

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