The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-06-24

Mighty glad to see YOU" said the
Iron Pig. Heard you were interested
in anthropical work, and / was in
hopes you would not forget my in
stitution. Have library on me-"
No. thinks" said Jimmieboy, DO
litely. Il already have one / would
| rather like glass of water, though.
I'm thirsty. It's been a dusty ride"
"Certainly-common or preferred?"
said the Iron Pig, tapping a bell.
Waste to Drink Water.
Il don't know what you mean" said
Jimmieboy
With or Without laughed his host.
With or without what?" demanded
| the visitor.
Dividends said the Iron Pig. I'VE
have both on tap"
Which is the pleasanter to drink"
| asked Jimmieboy.
what a waste!" calculated the Iron
Pig. why. dear boy, you don't seem
to have learned the value of water
that you put it to so frivolous a use.
Have you any idea what water is
| WORTH"
Not mucn, 1 guess?" said Jimmie
| boy.
well, maybe so; but 1 mean when
you want to float something's" said the
Iron Pig. by lingo, I've made $5O1,-
100000 out of it in the last five years."
Dear mel" said Jimmieboy. Il had
no idea it was so valuable"
Evidently, or you wouldn't have
drunk so much of it," said the Iron Pig.
You'd better drink radium than water
1 can tell you. john" he added, turn
| ing to the f1unky who mad answered
| the bell, this young man wants a
drink. Bring in a bottle of Scotch"
'I-er-t think l prefer milk" said JIM
| mieboy. "All right, make it milk"
said the Iron Pig. Take my advice
| and stick to that, young man, and
save up all the water you can get for
a rainy day. Now, suppose you want
| to hear about my institution"
| Yes, sir" said Jimmieboy.
We'll, it's of the people, for the peo-
pie and by the people, said the Iron
Pig. It's devoted entirely to their
, Really" said Jimmieboy. why,
thought you owned it,"
mo, indeed" said the Iron Pig
with laugh. 1 uSeu 10 OWL II, DuI IL
| seemed to me it was awfully selfish of
me to keep on holding it all by myself,
so 1 let the people in. 1 lent 'em
enough money to buy it, and took
receipt in the shape of about 100000
| 600 worth of first mortgage bonds
THAT was mighty generous said
Jimmieboy.
well. you know, don't want to die
rich, my boy said the Iron Pig.
What's the use of dying rich? 1t only
makes you unhappy to think either
that you've got to leave it, or that you
can't take it with you. So 1 just gave
it away to the public in shares"
you gave away a tremendous lot
| of those, didn't you?" asked Jimmie
boy.
Yes, but had to do it. There are
eighty million people in this country
and l wanted every one of them to
have a share" explained the Iron Pig.
Il Thought you charged something
for Them said Jimmieboy.
$50 I did" said the Iron Pig, but 1t
was always a nominal figure, And, by
| and by, when / found that As was too
much 1 eased her off to eight or nine,
SOS to put it within the reach OF all.
1 don't believe in giving away things
so that people won't value them AS
the small boy said about his stomach
you take more satisfaction out of
thing when you nave stake in it. II
I'd really given those shares away
they wouldn't have been worth any
more than blue trading stamps; but,
as the scheme worked out, they're
worth several dollars apiece. And
what's the result? The whole coun-
try is happier and more prosperous
and don't have to bother about it any
more, and the public, whenever it sees
a new nail being driven or steel con-
structed skyscraper going up, or rails
being laid anywhere, swells up with
pride and joy, and says: Aha! bust
ness is f1ourishing. l have nine dol
lar interest in that nail, that sky
scraper, or that rail- as the case may
be. In other words, have transferred
all my profits to them-profit sharing,
I call it, and they get it ALL
Really? cried Jimmieboy. why 1
heard people say you took millions OF
dollars a year out of the steel bust
ness"
mot at ALL" said the Iron Pig with
a Taught. Il don't take cent out or
the steel business. 1t all goes to the
public. My income comes entirely OUT
of the first mortgage business"
Then said Jimmieboy, his eyes
growing wide with the surprise he
felt. you aren't in the steel business
at all?"
Nope" said the Iron Pig, mot at
all. 1 do a small coupon trade, just to
keep body and soul together, and the
rest of my time is devoted to anthropy
pure anthropy."
Mercy" cried Jimmieboy. you're
almost as much misunderstood as the
Armourdillo aren't you?"
Almost" smiled the Iron Pig.
"And, instead of being monopo-
list you're an anthropist altogether"
said the lad -
yep" said the Iron Pig. This lit
tie pig no longer goes to market, but
stays at home and cries week, week.
week all day long,
1.-The very soul of innocence! SAID
Jimmieboy, as he recalled the nursery
rhyme.
"Eexactly," said the Iron Pig.
Dear me! how the papers have leo
a