The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-30

volved Tor years. hated 'h1nA hated
his tricky. wolhsh ways. his bog
tt-ali policy. l despised his mean. I'M
patriotic character Yet his going was
like the breaking OF some great wheel
at the center Of industry.
l had hated him. and for that reason
had refused all Offers 70 settle on
anything but a cash basis for my In
terests In the companies he wuS buy
ing from us Carmichael and some
others had urged me again and again
TO so In with them and help them
build the great merger. but l had
steadily refused to work with Strauss.
II cannot make a good servant" l had
said to John. 'and l don't want
knife In my side. The country u bis
enough for Strauss and me. III give
him his side Of the pasture"
But now he was dead. and already
somehow my hate was fading from my
heart. The great Strauss was but an
other MN like myself. who had done
his work in his own way Carmichael
who was a good deal worked up. ex-
claimed:
This won't make any hitch In our
negotiations. Harrington. Everything
will 60 right on just Us before. The
old mans plans were laid pretty deep.
and this deal with you Is one Of the
first Of them. His brother Joe will
take his place maybe. and IL he can't
fill the shoes. why. young jerks. who
seems to be q smart young man. or I
will take the reins."
(Old Strauss had been married three
times. but his children had all died.
There was no one OF his own to take
the ball OF money he had made and
roll 1t larger: no one Of his own blood
to grasp the reius OF his power and
drive ON in the old mans wayJ
Say. Van." the lrishman continued.
''why don't you think 1t over once
more and see your way to join usS
You didn't care for the old man. But
you and l and jerks could swing
things all right And We could keep
Joe Strauss in his place between us.
Why. kid. the four of us could make q
clean job OF this thing-there's no limit
to what We could do" AZ he uttered
this last he Srasped me by the arms
and shook me.
knew what he meant. that with
the return OF prosperity. with vast cap
ital ready for investment. with the con-
troll Of the packing and food products
transportation business. which We
packers had been organizing into
compact machine. there was no limit
to the reach Of our power In this land.
in the world. (And I was OF his way
Of thinking. then. not believing that
power existed which could check our
operations. And I do not believe 1t
now. I may add: nor do know q man
conversant with the modern situation
Of capital who believes that with our
present system Of government any ef-
fective check upon the operations OF
capital can be devised1
think 1t over" Carmichael urge,l.
''and let ME know when return from
Chicago the first Of the week. You
don't want to make the mistake of
your life by dropping ont just now"
But while he was talking to me, urG-
ing on me the greatness OF the future.
my thoughts went back to that letter
of Jane Grounds. She had seen swift
ly a truth that was coming to me slow
~. There might be twenty. forty. ak
ty millions in the packers deal. but the
joy of the game had gone for me. All
joy I had when I sold that sausage
plant to Strauss! I shook my head.
mo: l don't want II. John. But
Strauss death makes a big difference
! am willing to offer some kind Of trnde
with you-to let you have my stock o.
better terms II your people viii -
what ] want"
Carmichael waited Cor my proposal.
I said:
"Old Parkinson b pretty near his
end. I hear. It's likely there win be .
SOON"
The Irishman's eyes opened wide In
establishment.
STRAUSS used to keep In touch with
Springfield" I suggested HE and
vitzer" (who was the great traction
wolf in Chicago, FUSED to work pretty
close together something's
''You want to 60 to the senate. vanT
Carmichael burst into q laugh that
attracted the attention Of the men sit
ting around us.
at might work out that way" I ad-
mitted.
"And how about that Judge bust
nessT he inquired. still laughing.
1.-THE papers would make It some hot
for you"
mo doubt. don't expect I should
be exactly a popular candidate. John
But I calculate Id make as good .
senator as Jim Parkinson and . deal
more useful one"
Carmichael stopped laughing and BE-
gan to think. seeing that there might
he a business end to this proposition.
The time was coming when he and
his associates would need the services
Of an intelligent friend Mt Washington.
He reckoned up his political hirelings
in the state.
1T might be managed" he said after
awhile, "only our crowd would want to
be sure We could count on you II We
helped put you there. There's Q lot
Of bum, cranky notions loose In con-
gress. and it's up to the senate to zee
that the real interests OF the country
| are protected"
II ought to know by this time what