José María dos Santos – The origin of the anecdote about the Portuguese merchant Dos Santos is not known. (It is conceivable that Padre Don José Elizondo may have been the source, as he was living in London around 1920 and Pound was in contact with him.) However, it illustrates Pound’s belief inspired by Social Credit that capital investment should be made in what grows naturally and contributes to the increase of real wealth, not financial values. His example of increasing wealth by natural fertility anticipates the cantos on the Monte dei Paschi, which derives its wealth from the use of pastures outside town (Kenner 426). The anecdote is a contrast both with Baldy’s adventure in Cuba (where Bacon had created scarcity and impeded the natural flow of goods) and with the story of the Honest Sailor, who perpetuates an economy of same, by buying shares in a ship, then a whole vessel, then a line of steamers, but imagines he is able to procreate as a woman would.