St. Tammany farmer., 1905-12-09

ers have to pay their bills. sa.id you,
will certainly get in an ocean of money
from them"
"That isn't it; the question is. how
am I going to take care of all this
business with my present facilitics?
| insisted the laundryman.
Expand, expand was the graftef's
suggestion.
Indeed, won't have time to ex,
pand, besides, I'll be in the insane
asylum before three weeks, to s.:,
nothing of three months, If this keeps
up"
'I suppose you have lots Of COM
| petition" suggested the CRATER.
"Yes, we have plenty of that
"WeH, we will put all the other
laundries out of business inside of 80
days, and then all you will have to do
is to buy their plants cheap and mo-
| nopolize the business"
| That's all right to talk about, but
your methods would break up dozen
men like me in no time. What's going
to be done? If you keep this up, I'll
be ruined financially inside of a week.
am not a millionaire, and have
worked hard to establish this little
business, and there is no use in your
going on with this work, because l
can't stand it,
'But your bondsmen are all right.
are they not? Perhaps they will see
the necessity of backing you in this
enterprise"
mo, I'll never ask them to do that, "
the laundryman vowed, "and you might
as well let up right away"
"You understand, Mr.. -" said the
CRATER, that this contract is worth
a lot of money to me-" and in order
to prove it to him, he showed him in
plain figures just how much it was
worth Then he explained that the
pottery concern allowed him commits
sion of Is per cent, or 80 cents, for
each jardiniere. The CRATER paid his
canvassers 20 cents each for every con-
tract secured, leaving him profit OF
80 cents on each contract. which, to-
gether with 30 cents more on each jar
| diniere, made him profit of 60 cents
on every contract taken, and 500 day
meant to him clear profit of $500,
or 81, 800 per week, as the canvassers
paid their own board and all other ex.
penses, except railroad fare.
This was a revelation to the laundry
man, who by this time began to realize
the sort of game he was .up against, .
and instantly began to plead for set
tlement.
'How much are you willing to give te
be released?" the CRATER asked.
"You tell me the least you will take
and let me out of this muss."
WELL" the CRATER replied, 'you can
figure, if it takes about three months te
finish this city, that will mean about
13 weeks, of six working days each
which means 78 days, and if my profits
are $500 per day, you can see that IN!
gross personal gain for that length o,
time will amount to $3O,40O cash.
| BY this time the CRATER had his vic.
tim walking the floor; and, anxious te
settle On the spot, he once more asked
for bottom figures.
''Well, I'll tell you. I'll take 5000
in cash and call the deal of"
| This, the CRATER explained, was al
ways his compromise offer, and while
he had, on two different occasions, re-
ceived that amount, he figured on get
ting $1,000, and wouldn't refuse hall
that amount if he couldn't do better.
After the CRATER had finished his
story, said thought he could MAKE
the scheme legitimate and we'll paying
one by going into large city and con-
tracing with several different laundry
men to secure, for each one, from 5000
to 10000 contracts, and keep up the
business, in q business way; or; If he
could find a laundry concern with a
large enough plant and sufficient
money to back the scheme, they could
all make big money out of it.
/ He laughed and said: ''Yes, I know
that is true, because struck one con,
cern, stock company, who had sew
eral different laundries in the city, anG
money and nerve enough to carry i
through, and I made money very fast
as did the canvassers, and the LAUNDRY
firm.
| / then asked him to explain how NJ
could satisfy his canvassers, who
worked on a commission, and who
after the first, or possibly the SECOND
days canvass, would be out of work.
"Oh, that's easy" said he; while
they are waiting for me to make an
other laundry contract in q new city
they are all out canvassing under tn,
management of my brother, for J.
clever little household article that gee
like wildfire, and which keeps them al
busy. Besides, as I guarantee eacl
one a certain amount per week-and ;
good amount, too-of course they ar,
satisfied
In the Fruit Trade.
British fruit growers are meetfni
foreign competition by new methods
1t has been discovered that the yiel'
of the small trees can be increase
greatly by growing in pots unde
| rIass Irrigation on n large scale b.