The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
THE TABLES TURNED
A Haekman Who Understands the
 Rules of Railroad Tariffs
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Rules of Railroad Tariffs
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 \ communis,le person. idea,i;ied ;r the dangerous classes of the 1utn>,oek. and notorious tor hs disregard et trdsk and contcnp, ior vested n shts. has la>; returned from d vIsi in San frincIsea. This morning hr endangered the s-st..i name of the thraHzs8. hK cnierIaS .fs editorial room. The uhfl.>t declared that he had :. 4 sa,,d itzaA aa Sianttrd and Sleve GaSe. but he supposed the Chras.el'. lk. inc re: et inc sorr...s, and ume-s.fs-Hg pfeSs. Wz7lfe. bo atrzzIi to publish l.
 @.Tell your ,iar..- sud the ed,or with dignity. ga1ias lnqdiflnE3s A' ;he boo; af the socialist. which m4s rc~,ir- Upan tiIe editorial table. Iae S'of remained there. however. Nh4le he following rld.e- ulous narT4i.ve was ariiyesed:
 It's fine weather u ,'se a.lH ..ra gvefx- body who e.i,5 ..ffsifss ,,ss.es >.lll.s.ss .,- sienalls eu, oi tic dzss, azs heal i.=t>s Saturd.ly S;anio-d -1-rf ti.s-sc were vssss- ing along heaFRe. s.z-ci.4us! 2hsa ;hsa got to the corner ut Ba-h. ;ha -s-.a ? took off his h., wiped l..s arnW ana rr- marked:
 a,ere. ;ea bt' f.r ansfh.as What d. you - = d breath Il ;re>a air
 -. Have -yve ,5rs,e. 5r,,s.s=t..l Nh. t,zz=e. pulling aui his Nl,za- - Gsa the sa.- esneF. ~Aa fe;ll.ed:
 There Isn't n .hl-= Hsrz frc~>#ag for a couple ot hours. . -ge,, and sc may as vel take ,. ,'fr 9Ur '. ,ile pazS. II isn't worth Nh..e L. haze cat m horses. Lets take hack. and then wc Can enlny a walk when wc gct there. It'll be better than riding around the drive-
 So they sa, I7,c-a coupe. and ~erc driven outfe Golden Gaic Park. At the entrance the governor and Gage aiigh,ed.
 '.wha,s the Are:~ asked the gov ernor.
 "on'y :ls. sutnar.
 "Mila,, yelled e;aaf5rd and Cage ? the s4ne breath.
 Fifteen dollars. Fgpcated cabby. un- bunonins his coal and spitiing eu hss hands
 But ny good man. protested the governor. such charge .s cNerbtan,. The law eenfine> you to reasonable price fnr yssur services and s.,u can De arrested and punished ior such violation of the ordinance.
 Hang the laN grlaled cabhy. My money baush, and pad Tor ,hi> hack ..n hesses.- an as GUy'EgT Stanford sad n his letter to the Nea Ncrk- chamber .o. commerce. the essence q; ownership is control'-
 Hem coughed the governor. look ing siyly at Steve. Wh9 began tp grya Thai's all ueil enough when applied to my railroads. but-bu; ~. uoa I sau charge us fifteen dollars to br.ng u lo the park. what on earth would vou charge to take ns to the Ciff Hoase
 '' Five dollars"
 Prom here:"
 No. from the citv'
 But it's twice the distance
 .ies. but it's competitive point; Eff teen to the park. n.e te the cIaff No hosgin' about H. Through rates to the Cliff. focal rates back to the park added just as you feliars do when YOU charge S5oo for drawing carload of stuff from New York to Frisco. an make |, Ssoo if you drop the car at Elke. about 522 miles nearer New York
 Ii was S;eve's turn to cough and ,he governors to grin.
 We'll said the governor. with a slgh. take us to the Ciiii
 At the Cliff House the governor and Steve drank their beer and smoked a cigar. and listened to the barking of the seals, and filled their lungs with the sea breeze. Suddenly Steve clapped himself on the leg and cried out:
 By love. Governor. forgot tha; lot of coal of smiths that the sheriff Is 10 sell al } o'clock. It's TWO now. If we miss that. a chance to save al least thousand dollars uill be gone
 Good heaven cred the governor. snatching ou, his watch. let's hurry back al once Dnver. oh. crver..
 Here. ST. answered the cabby. Who had been leaning over the balony para-s pet within ear-shot. here ssr
 We want to return to to~n irrhsfe1i- ateiy.- cried MT. Cage s-s5le-4F
 ~Ya-As, s'pose so.~ said cabby. slow iy. chewing a stras. but I'll take my pay m advance. if i;'s all the saH4e to you. gents.
 The governor grewled somewhat be- tween his teeth and rendered him s. Faint enough said ca5by con;emp- tiously.
 In heavens name. how far will your extortion go.r snorted the governor. How much more do you wzn,.- Five hundred more calmly replied the hackman
 Hey:r shrieked Steve and the gov ernox. Five hundred. an not a cent less replied cabby.
 How sir-er-damme sir. how do you dare ask such a pnce for driving tvo