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...sale of Fitzsimmons stock he received a 25% commission. He made of his affiliations with public officials and aspirants opportunities to talk oil, to make 25%- personal-profit sales. The Fitzsimmons property became known as "the Anti-Saloon Oil Well." Last week this admixture of Drywork and Mammonwork led him, Rev. Arthur J. Finch, to resign his superintendency in disgrace. Moreover, it caused the Colorado A. S. L. to decide no successor would be appointed, to admit temporary collapse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Dry & Mammon | 9/29/1930 | See Source »

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