The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-06-25
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acquired control of the Ncrth6ed banks. and Sertou
Bristow nominally president of the biggest of all Of
them had little more authority than the janitor He
was obliged to quickly publish Merheims bad credit
to the whole State One bank down In Syracuse which
tried to stand by him threatened with
After that foolish servant carried the news to Merl
helm Just as he coming out from the fever. Ha
ran to the window of his hotel room and plunged
through 1T to the pavement
"Poor Merlbcim" said David Gordon after he had
finished reading Of the funeral; "he attempted TOT
much, too devish much. don't know that It
up to me to do It, but have put his widow
pension for the rest of her life
The Worried Face.
Rboda looked ut her husband across the breakfast
table the love for him fairly agow. Dear Dave, hn
must be taking his rivals death very hard The
lines about his face more drawn than she had
ever before seen them; there was twitching OF
mouth and OF hands that she did not Ike. Her
faith In her husband was unlimited IL renamed 50
long after Merihcin had become history. when all
the stores that he had worked so hard to establish
bore the trade mark of the Gordon Company. 1t re-
manned so al the while that David Gordon steadily
extended his businesst had long since crossed over
into New England south and west into Pennsylvania
and Ohio.
II remained until one fatal day-she remembered
,h DIV hecauso n was her little girls sixth birth
dov-wben she cbanced to go into the great canning
factory alone She attered herself that she kept an
interest IN her husbands business In truth she
knew as little Of the real affairs OF the GORDON com
nanv as the verIest outsider. 1t complicated
organism-one company within another-a realty
company for acquiring property and holding It, an
onerotIne company for the stores, another company
for the complicated premium system, dozen manu-
facturing companies.
"If they ever catch you the hip" Rider had told
David Gordon after the entire intricate structure "
bcen completed 'they will have to get going some
We've good ten years start on the best Of them
7. os tho FIRST time that Rhoda's child had ever
gone within her fathers factory II was hned WIFI
fascnations for ber-the whrr of belt and shaft the
quick precise movements OF the humorous VI 'n'iio
machines held her fascinated.
"Au this row is on the banana puddiDgs.' said the
suner,ntendent who was taking them through, Ihnt
big advertising campaign Of ours has certainly sthreu
them going They're just fighting out In Idaho ma
Montana to get Cordon's peerless banana puddinGs'
They're a hit.'
.Where nre the bauanasf" asked the little girl. and
Rhoda echoed that question. She remembered that
r. took many bananas 70 make big pudding for such
an OUTPUT as this they must be buying them by the
trainload The foreman answered their question by
to n locked room room lined with rows OF shelves
and bottles like q chemical laboratory. He lifted
a great bottle from one shelf
'There Is enough banana in that bottle to flavor
pudding for whole Montana county" said he and
he let them Whit Mt the bottles neck Ihe fruiJ
odor was unmstakable. go
Where do you reduce the bananas 70 THIS syrup
asked Rhoda.
The foreman hesitated. He felt that he had gone
too far. but Rhoda pressed her point He stammered
out answer.
Truth to tell Mrs Gordon, we couldn't make the
puddngs for ten cents package and ever have them
even see banana It's all In the chemicals and the
heads OF those bright little college klddes out there
In the laboratories"
Rboda felt the room begin to swing. She did moi
understand. 1t sounded dishonorable and she first
thought David could not have known or he would have
discharged them all. 1t not ike David.
'NIr Gordons great chemist well as a great
business man. He says that in ten years We'll be
making coffee here without coffee beans and that
The man kept talking, but Rhoda heard him not
She had heard more than enough. She went home
with Florence wondering what had made so much
trouble there at the factory. Rhoda would ask David
all about 1t at supper that night She knew that lie
would not lie to her.
But when she did ask him, after they alone In
their cosey little library he gave her little satlsfac
tiop He evaded her questions In n way that was not
at all Ike the old David and finally he told her the
whole science of modern canning. 1t appalled, her
He tried, yainly, to set her fears ut rest Gamers
from all over the country were coming and admring
his factory the trnde papers all called 1t model plant
be nad the most advanced IDEAS In the
fort OF his people-rest rooms. pensions. Why could
not Rhoda be reasonable and accept situation that
other folks accepted?
But Rhoda Obdurate, She could not make her
conscience the virtue OF the methods OF their fac
tory. Finally she turned upon David Gordon with
this
IF these chemicals all right she asked blunty
why do you not say on the package that you are
using them:'
Cad, girl his reply, they're thinking Of fraIn-
Ing up law of that sort down at Washington next
session.
He did not add that he had that week subscribed
$4,000 toward fund for the throttliDg Of that yet
unborn statute
The first rift had come into their life Each studl
ousy ignored It. but 1t had left It's ndeble murk
And only little later David Gordon came to his wife
md said that he going TO build big house
the finest house In all of NoIthheld
Rhoda interposed gentle objection, a womaD's
objection. She had loved her little Sabled cottage
from the beginning. But David Gordon only shook
hls head and said
They are going TO make president OF the new
Chamber OF Commerce. and the president OF the Cham
Der of Commerce ought to have a show place on the
main street of the city" He laughed at the whm-
'ieality of 1t all. 1--WE loved this little place when II
was the best we could hnvc; we will have