, 1890-09-05

IL and pay with what cheerfulness the,
can assume IS per thousand for gas wher
it is sold for 81 per thousand in Denver
Let them consider his electric hight mo
nopoly, Let them ponder over the fac
that the city of Cheyenne, Of which he Il
alleged to be the Joy and pride. pays hin
over S225 per year for each light used II
the public street. Let them consider the
inferior character of the service and ther
pause and reflect that out of 4 list o.
ninety-One prominent cities in the United
States in which electric lights OF , 600 can
die power each are furnished by private
corporations, in only two, Boston and Fal
River, Mass, does the price reach $3.50 fol
an all night ~circait. In Decatur, Ill.
where the city owns the electric light
plant and an all night circuit Il used, the
cost per year Of each light is 500. IN Dun.
kirk, n. Y, $50 so; in Madison, Ind
s4s. IN Lewiston Me. $40, in Hannibal,
Mo, $50; in Bay CITY, Mich. $50; in
Topeka, Kas., $40, ia Chicago, SOS 60.
Denver, which is lighted by a private
company, Pays 1929 a year for each lamp.
Then let them turn to the cutthroa,
agreement Of the mercantile company OF
which Governor Warren is the head and
front and let them sOberly ask themselves
why Governor Warren should need a
punishment law when he forces poor
wo~rkinEmen and women to sign an agree.
ment which places in his hands power
which Is more absolute than the law il
self. The agreement is as follows:
r. 4. Warren Mercantile Company,
Furniture Dealers.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
Between F. L. WARREN MERCAN.
TILE co, OF Cheyenne, Wyoming, and
.........ot Tie city ot.........in..... %.
WlTNESSETH: The said..-.......
hereby agrees to purchase the following
described goods, chattels and property,
viz: Here follows a list of articles pur.
chased
AMI agrees to pay therefor the sum Of
..-.....dollars in the manner following.
Here is specified the amount of cash
payment and the amounts and dates of
future monthly payments .
With interest at the rate of (oue) per
cent per Cnontb) from date. And it Is
hereby agreed between the parties hereto
that possession OF said goods, chattels
and property may be held by said...........
subject, however, to the terms Of this
agreement until the entire amount OF
said purchase price is paid. add.
hereby agrees not to remove said prop
erty out OF the humber Of street, with
ont the written consent OF said L. n.
WARREN MERCANTILE CO, and
she further agrees to preserve the same
in good order aud repair at her own ex-
pense,
And IT Is FURTHER AGREED between
the parties hereto that the title 10 said
goods, chattels and property shall be and
remain in the said L. Il. WARREN
MERCANTILE co. until the entire
amount Of the purchase price is paid; and
upon the failure OF said.........to pay the
sum ol.....-. dollars, or any installment
thereof, 10 the manner aud at the time
herein before specified, or in case the said
......... shall in any manner violate or at
tempt to violate any OF her said agree
ments, then the said f. +. WARREN
MERCANTILE Co, their agents, or
attorneys, may, without process of law,
retake possession Of said property, and
for that purpose may enter any dwelling
house. store house or place where said
property may be kept, and remove the
same therefrom. And in such case any
sun or sums of money that may have
been paid by virtue OF this agreement by
said .............. to said r. Z. WARREN
MERCANTILE CO., shall be retained
by said +. u. WARREN MERCAN.
TILE CO., and shall be considered and
treated as rent for the use of said prop.
ertv.
Witness our hands this ......... day Of
........., A. D. 49,.
According to this remarkable docu.
ment unless its provisions are literally
complied with the IF. +. Warren Mer
camille company, their agents or attorneys
may, toithout process Of ldto," retake
possession OF the property. Under its
provisions a poor workingman or woman
taken sick or thrown out of employment,
having paid all but the last dollar nomin'
ated in the bond may by the failure to
nay this single dollar be mulc,ed out Of
the entire property which they have pur-
chased. together with every dollar which
they have paid on it, and the furniture
carted back to the Warren Mercantile Co.
to be resold perhaps to another poor
workIngman or woman under u similar
cutthroat agreement.
Governor Warren has long had the
reputation OF being what is known as q
smooth man" While posing before the
people as a philanthropist he has been al
the while industriously engaged in feath.
erinG hIs own nest, but at the same time
he has done this with such sbrewdness thai
until very lately only those who have been
directly injured have been aware of hi,
peculiar manipulatons. But it is an old
saving that chickens always come home
to roost and in Governor Warren's case
they are coming in focks. His philan'
thropy being torn aside reveals a selishness
so great, so farreaching and so omniver.
Gus that we sincerely hope the future his.
tory Of the iair state of Wyoming will
never furnish a parallel to it.
IT is a rather remarkable fact that the