“Are they?”
“I don’t think so. The dredging company didn’t dredge much where they couldn’t get down to bedrock.”
“That’s the idea back of it?”
“That’s it.”
“What are they doing?”
“Selling stock of a par value of one dollar in a defunct corporation at the modest price of five hundred dollars a share.”
“Good God, how can they do that?”
“Shrewd salesmanship, high-pressure, once-over, glib-talking men who work the rush act and dangle a golden bait in front of a man’s eyes. They set themselves a limited time for their talk. They stick a watch in front of the sucker. The sucker is always so imbued with the idea of being a busy executive that when it comes time for him to ask questions, he taps his fingers on the dial of the watch and sternly reminds the salesman that he’s taken up his allotted share of time.”
“That’s the way they work the rush act?”
“Yes. The customer really rushes himself.”