The Cataclysm

           AndnowatlastChicagoisreallyfacingthethingwhichithasmostfeared.Agiantmonopolyisreallyreachingouttoenfolditwithanoctopus-likegrip.AndCowperwoodisitseyes,itstentacles,itsforce!EmbeddedinthegiantstrengthandgoodwillofHaeckelheimer,Gotloeb&Co.,heislikeamonumentbasedonarockofgreatstrength.Afifty-yearfranchise,tobedeliveredtohimbyamajorityofforty-eightoutofatotalofsixty-eightaldermen(incasetheordinancehastobepassedoverthemayor’sveto),isallthatnowstandsbetweenhimandtherealizationofhisdreams.Whatatriumphforhisironpolicyofcourageinthefaceofallobstacles!Whatatributetohisabilitynottoflinchinthefaceofstormandstress!Othermenmighthaveabandonedthegamelongbefore,butnothe.WhatasplendidwindfallofchancethatthemoneyelementshouldofitsownaccordtakefrightattheChicagoideaofthemunicipalizationofpublicprivilegeandshouldhandhimthisgiantSouthSidesystemasarewardforhissternoppositiontofol-de-roltheories.

           ThroughtheinfluenceofthesepowerfuladvocateshewasinvitedtospeakbeforevariouslocalcommercialbodiestheBoardofRealEstateDealers,thePropertyOwners’Association,theMerchants’League,theBankers’Union,andsoforth,wherehehadanopportunitytopresenthiscaseandjustifyhiscause.Buttheeffectofhissuavespeechifyingsinthesequarterswaslargelyneutralizedbynewspaperdenunciation."CananygoodcomeoutofNazareth?"wastheregularinquiry.

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