The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-07
UNCLE MING0 ON
THE DRUGGIST COMBINE.

Here is mo- trouble again" said the
waiter. 4 gone to de drug sto' to git
a bottle O. stuff wot / been gittin' for
twenty-nine cents. an I fin I got to
pay half-a-dolIar like it was befo' de
cut price"
An de las condition is wuss dan
de fus'," said Uncle Mingo, cause dere
always use to be some place where
you could buy a little mo- cheaper,
but now dey is all lick eento shape. l
tell you dis price cuttin' business neb-
Der do nobody no good; wen dey ticks
out one side or de udder, dey always
makes up for los time by maxim de
people pay an pay good. De street car
cut lie fare to tree cent, den to one
cent. EbblebOdy was happy; big ting
Bumbye dey gets togedder like dey
always does. an up 90 de fare again.
But now deere amt no mo competition
one line got il ali der own way, an
stop half de ears. De people got no
choice. De ice wagons gifts to fight
in cen de early spring. an de people
gus TO reJoicin' ODER de prOspec o.
cheap ice dis summer. Wen de hot
Wedder come. de wagons agrees to-
gedder: up go de price o. de ten poun'
lump, an at de same time down 90
de size O. de lump.
Come along de drug fellers git to
nshtn, Wen dey gifts togedder
again, dey puts de price m
W ere 1t use 10 was, or mo- higher: den
dey consider how dey goin' to make
up for Wot dey los endurin' de fight
Dey scuss dis am dey 'scuss dat. at
las dey conclude to stop de city from
siDlh way medicine to de po' sick peo-
PIE Wot amt got no money to pay for
II via. Cose dey know dey can't Stop
II altogedder, but dey tink dev kin do
a good deal cen dat direction. So dey
ups an sens d deman' to de citv NOT
70 let nobody git a dose o medicine
from de city dispersion widout dew
KISS de book to 'greement like dis.
1 Is a pauper. l amt got a red cent
10 my name. l amt got nothin neidar
eenslde de house nor get outside wot |
kin sock wild my uncle to git de cash
amt got no friens from witch | kin
beg, borrer or steal de money from.
got doctor stificate Wich cos me 81
10 de fec dat onless l gifts dis mede
cine right away l Will be a gone Cos
In oy to-morrer.' Den wen dat gree
lnent Is sign an swear to. dey mus sen
II roun to all de drug sto's an AK
Wedder il is 'greeable to dem dat de
medicine be spilled. 'Cose,' dev saw
we knows dere amt no udder business
Wot gifts no sort O protection like dar.
but dat amt no concern OBJ our'n. Eb-
bic teller mus look out for hisself
see. said the waiter, dat one o.
de alderman say he objec' to dom any
sich ting like dat"
so | see" said Uncle Mingo." an
say bully for him. He's got de right
idee' an if he keep up on dat tack
some o desc days I'll vote for him for
Mayor"
Use 'sprised at de drug fellers."
sad the waiter; does you tink dey is
all like dat?"
"Cose not" said Uncle Mingo: "dev
amt none O dem like dat, or leas'
ways only a few O. dem. De drug
people is jis as good as any body else.
De change come wen dey make truss,
an it's jis de same as edible udder
truF. De drug chap might hab soul
eenslde his shirt bigger dan de two he
walk on, but de trus' amt A trus' is
de same as a corporation: an dere is a
ole Latin sayin', corpus non habet So
lus, wich means a corporation amt
got no soul"