While trillionaire Scrooge McDuck's Money Bin is being rebuilt on Killmotor Hill (the hill has now been flattened so it is in level with the surrounding area), he has found time to accept an unusual challenge from a foreign Maharajah. They are competing in making the most fantastic monument to Duckburg's founder, Cornelius Coot, by erecting the finest statue of this benefactor, and already one more impressive - and large! - statue after another are being built at an astonishment speed.

Some are even erected on empty lots and in our parks during nighttime, and two of the gigantic statues depict the two competitors as well!

The new Duckburg skyline

The question remains: Will the multiple statues destroy Duckburg's skyline?
When asked about the cost of the many statues that shoot up in the air like mushrooms, McDuck says:
I don't blame anyone who thinks it is a gross misuse of money to build these enormous statues all encrusted with diamonds.

There were so many things that could have been done with that money, like building hospitals and schools and better jails. But the money that has been spent on those statues has bought labor and materials and has all gone into circulation, much better than if it had continued lying in my Money Bin.
McDuck continues:
It has created a tremendous amount of work for jewelers and goldsmiths and concrete men and hydraulics experts. Everybody has a job out of that, so the money hasn't been wasted at all.

At the end of the competition McDuck demonstrated to the beaten Maharajah that he had only been using a tiny fraction of his money, anyway. (WDCS138)

The statue of McDuck

Just in: McDuck has made a deal with the city council that he will tear down all the statues provided that he can be free to resell all materials at his prices.
This reporter applauds:
Bravo, Mr. McDuck, you have secured full employment in Duckburg once again!