St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-03

red-headed, and necessarily irascible.
quite an interesting scene occurred be-
tween Cargill and Arnsden, Mr.. Pills
bury's right-hand man. when CargiIl
called upon him to ascertain "what in
thunder he meant by going outside of
the understanding existing between
members of the combine and trying to
cut the Threats of the other members.
Ii seems that Mr.. Cargill, being red
headed, has wood Pile in which he
These chips he periodically places on
his lett shoulder when an occa-
sion of this sort arises, and, with
much dramatic effect, dareS the
offender to displace it. When he dis
covered Mr.. Amsden's duplicity he Sc
lected from his wood pile the very larg-
est chip he could find, and placing it
upon its favorite resting place proceed
ed to interview Mr.. Amsden. Holding
the chip with his hand for fear it would
rail- OIL, he made jump for the table be-
fore which Mr.. Amsden sat, and placed
himself squarely in the center of it. The
vituperations which MIR. Pillsbury has
been using without due regard for
their boomerang effect, are words of
Tender Endearment
compared to the sulphuric, profane and
denunciatory obiurgations which, with
wonderful facility, Mr.. Cargill hurled at
the devoted head of Mr.. Amsden. The
mlldest word in the vocabulary en-
ployed by Mr.. Cargill would shame a
denizen of the Chicago levee. In other
words. he damned him up hill and down
dale, and then, standing back, asked
him to proceed with the demolition Of
that large chip which he carried
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not remove the piece of wood. He
looked at it and decided it was too
large. Cargill then informed Amsdeh
that if he found the latter's partner
buying any more wheat tickets up in
that country HI would be to paw.
Ever since that Mr.. Amsden has had a
very high regard for Jim Carglll's red
head. IL was Mr.. Cargill's determined
attitude which pulled Mr.. Amsden Off
ner he did not mention this fact. which
was developed with corroboratlve evil
dence at a subsequent period. When
money got easier his partner called
upon him, and Amsden stated that the
deal was too big one to swing. He
wOnld have to figure out some other
scheme for "dOing" the companies. he
said. tits fact than when Cargill
made his objections in so strenuous and
insistent manner Amsden was fright
ened nearly to death, and 20 placate
Cargill had to declare the deal off. He
ordered Harris not to furnish any more
money to his partner in the conspiracy,
and directed him to shut him off get
ting money wherever he could.
This little history seems to establish
the general character OF Mr.. PIllSbury'S
right-hand man. Amsden. Whether Mr..
Pillsbury was familiar with it would be
only interesting to know in connection
with an exposition of the extent of Mr..
Pillsbury's knowledge. But the story
Is told as merely Illustrative in strong
colors of the character of the men with
whom MIR. Pillsbury surrounded him
self. Ii it is assumed that Mr.. Pillsbury
was absolutely ignorant of this deal,
the lesson it teaches is still very
strong one, for Mr.. Pillsbury has said
that he promptly discharged men who
were guilty of acts subversive of right
fnl and honorable methods as applied
to the elevator companies. In
Failing to Discharge Amsden
the general principle that the acts of
the agent are the acts of the principal
mas, it would seem, thorough eucina-
ton.
The farmer of the Northwest will
doubtless read this story with no little
satisfaction, and will probably regret
that in this case there vas not the
usual cXemplification of the old adage
that "When thieves fail out, honest
men get their dues" When he declared
that the charges made against the Min
neapolis wheat combine were the ''veri-
est rot" Amsden doubtless congratu-
lated himself upon the fact that the
first installment of the expose did not
hit him half so hard as some other facts
twill linn
known. The depth of the infamy of
this close association of bandits and
brigands has not yet been reached.
10 myself be true. and it fol-
lows as the night the day, thou can'st
not then be false to any man."
seems to have no part in the practice of
this organization. This story shows
very clearly that in the case of the Min
nes0ta wheat ring, at least, there is not
honor among thieves. Like a double
edged sword, Mr.. Amsdeu's treachery
and villainV cut both ways, for, while
he was true to his associates liz the
greater conspiracy, he was untrue to
his one associate in the lesser conSpir-
acy. His path seems to have been
strewn with violations OF agreements
and distinguished disregard for every
understanding which he had. 1t ap-
pears that he has not settled up with
his partner in this infamy, and 1t is
stated that a suit growing out of the
transaction is not unlikely. 1t will
doubtless result in the barring to the
public gaze of skeleton beside which
"a gigantic conspiracy" is as pigny to
Goliath.