Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-06-23
Letters From a seltMsde Packer 20
His Son.
PM. INN. IIuD

Paris June 2. 1906.
Dear Percy.
Your loucr telling OF steps taken
90 overcome tho prejudice aroused by
,hat man Roosevelt plcascs me great
ly. IN fact. nothing You have ever
done has been $50 gratifying some
times. when ] watch you blowing Your
brains out with those foul smelling
Turkish cigarettes. or when you're rlg.
ged ouf Ia e masquerade bah costume
SO you can illuminate an abandoned
COW pasture THAT'S uoon spoiled by
bunkcr, ! feel ,ha' you are the result
Of gypsy curse placed on me. But
occasionally whom lpft to your own
resources son do something that
leads me tu believe you have human
intelligence
Your action reminds mo 0f Charley
I Hobbies, q friend of early days dead
now, poor fellow Ho was "a bright
ono. and if BE- had lived he'd have
made old Phil Armour look liko a viz.
| lngo butcher Once be was trying 10
land "a certain sob and ne didn't wish
De people who controlled it % know
ho was after &c. Dc was try .ng 10
mako che job como io him. and that's
| "a dinereni operation, but Charley
performed % successfully
n see that fob ha8 come 90 you.
said one of his friends. after o. had
/ been offered 500 him.
Yes" said Charley 90 has come
my way
What are you going 10 do
Wei, Charley answered. under
the conditions I think / may say am
| going 90 meet the situation.
That's the way the expression
meet The situation" started
! You have met she situate m nohly
my son Your advertisements inviting
/ the public 90 call and Inspect our
plant rang every bell IN the gallery
J or course, after an that's hoon print
ed of the horrors of the place, nobody
I win accept the Invitation but tho
advertisement made % look as though
Wo were afraid of nothing and that
We are confident q visit to the place
will De our vlndIcatl0n. Your state
mont that you hoped the government
would pass strict inspection Mil wac
another good move { hope you said
you did not wish q bin that would
place the cost of inspection on tht
packer explaining profits were so Low
I've could not bear any additional ga
penEe. ana impregsing everybody witt
the fact that the packers must bcai
tho expense, az they can neither re
dnce price paid for Tho live stock MOI
raise Che prices OF the finished uro
duct That VIII make the farmer ant
stock raiser think W, are protecting
nim and at the same time make th,
consumers think we are looking aftg
them.
: spoke in tho beginning OF my Doe
Ter about Turkish cigarettes WIN
shouldn't we smoke thom3 Here f1
years we've hOen selling pig brlsue.
and cattle hair for a few cents 4
pound when we might just as vel
worked that stun up into TuTMsi
cigarettes az one cent apiece Thini
lof tho number 0f cigarettes % pounJ
lof hair would make. They might De
lacking in flavor, but / think thol
would smell aa good az the genuine
art Ne. n they didn't smell bad enough
We could hire a lot Of Turks 40 r1l
them and then they would be- AL
right
4 / sail Tor home tomorrow Zee
conhdent everything o. coming oul
an right. but ! want 90 Dee On ths
ground We viii nnd our Aldrich d
see that We Fet q square deal. but
prefer Co bee within easy reach u
! Washington There are three or foul
follows there who owe me a ihtl,
messenger work. and want 10 b'
where ! can put Wy finger on ih'
huzaer
Your adectionato father.
JOHN BEEFifAM