Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-22
AN ANGRY REFORMER
HE BECOMES INVOLVED IN A VERY
QUEER ARGUMENT.

the SubJcct o. trusts has the LAW
Laid Down to Him on the Subject
of Grammar.
Its darned shame the way these
trusts are taking the country, re-
marked the suburban passenger with
the receding chin, opening out another
page of the paper he was reading and
addressing himself to the tall and lim-
her passenger sitting next to him.
"Er-yeS," replied tie other. who WIS
also reading Il paper. Quite So
Something has got to be DONE" pur-
sued the first speaker. pushing his hat
back and becoming more earnest, ''or
the whole country will go to destruc
ton
"Er-likely."
There's the sugar trust. and the
steel trust. and the glass trust, and the
coal trust, and the
Yes. you're right" said the tall, an,
gular man vaguely and tr;'ing to re-
sumo his reading.
And it beats me that our public
men can't see how things are going.
/ looks like they didn't care
AS if they didn't care" interrupted
the other, folding his paper with an
attempt at resignation and preparing
TO listen.
Yes. as if they didn't care. l was
talking the other day with a friend of
mine about this thing
Which thing?"
THE trusts
"Oh, yes. The trusts. These things
Yes?'
"And l says
You said
81 said. The people won't have
IT,
you said?'
Il said, The people won't have
them. That's all there is to itp y
''All there is of it. Yes?"
He says-he said. What would
you do? | said, I'd put the hooks in
to EN-! Pa
Into the people?''
No, no; into the trusts
Il see What hooks:''
Don't v understand? I'd enforce
the laws against them"
What laws?"
"The-antitrnst laws. blame it!''
Blame what?"
You dou't seem to take much inter
est in this. Perhaps you think the
ply sit down
"By no means. Simply to sit
down
isn't that what | said?-to sit down
and let the trusts have their own way.
| don't. | propose to have
You purpose to have
TO have my say about it. l know
people
Persons"
Maybe, sir. from your standpoint
Point of view
Haven't you anything better to do
than TO pick me up OH my style
Il protest. sir 1t is your lack of
style
Il express myself in language as
good as the average, mister. I know
that much
"Colloquial and not in correct taste.
Thus much or so much or as much
as that The word that is not an ad
verb. Hence it can't qualify an adjec-
tive. 4 man who will say that much
would not hesitate. under sufficient
provocation. to talk about his 'speciali
ty, pronounces gums .gOoms' or ask
somebody on whose corns he had step
ped to excuse him. He would say. if
sick. that he was poorly anH'-
81 think you're the biggest darned
crank of any ever
Wrong again. Biggest darned crank
of all. See the Distinction"
81 supposed | was talking to man
that had some opinions about things
You are, sir, and one of my opinions
is that it is the height of incivility to
seek to draw man into conversation
wien it is evident he is interested in
else. You mean well. my
friend, but you need to learn the lesson
that Madam, win you have this
Seat?"
But the other man jumped up first
and moved n few feet down the aisle.
where he stood and looked sayagely at
him and compressed his lips together
and INDUCED in wild longings to kill
him, until the train rolled into the
station down town.-Chicago Tribune.