Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-01-12

SHE POINTED HER FINGER TOWARD THE
DOOR.
on almost sardonic cast. He caught
and judge.
"You can't do itr' he said emphat-
ically. Zone of the chief punish
ments of you men Of i'll gotten wealth
is that when you do repent you find
that you have lost the power to make
reparation or restitution. I admire
your good intentions, Dan, but you
can't do anything. Those people were
robbed Of their precious pennies. It's
too late to remedy the evil You can't
pay them back
"Of course" said Dan, lighting his
| pipe, 1--WE couldn't hunt up every one
of the buffers and hand 'em back the
right change. There's an awful lot of
'em buying bread all the time. Funny
taste they have. l never cared for
bread especially, except for a toasted
cracker with the Roquefort. But we
. might find few of 'em and chuck
|some of dads cash back where it
came from. I'd feel better if [ could.
1t seems tough for people to be held
up for soggy thing like bread. One
wouldn't mind standing a rise in broil-
ed Holsters or deviled crabs. Get to
work and think, Ken. | want to pay
back all Of that money l can"
There are plenty of charities said
kenWitZ mechanically.
Easy enough said Dan in cloud
of smoke. 81 suppose l could give the
city park Or endoW an asparagus bed
in hospital. But l don't want Paul
to get away with the proceeds of the
gold brick we sold Peter. It's the
bread shorts / want to cover, Ken"
The thin fingers Of Kenwitz moved
rapidly.
"Do you know how much money it
would take to pay back the losses Of
consumers during that corner in
flour?" he asked
81 do not" said Dan stoutly "My
lawyer tells me that l have two mil
lions"
''If you had hundred Millions" said
Kenwitz vehemently, you couldn't re-
pair a thousandth part Of the damage
that has been DONE You cannot con-
ceive Of the accumulated evils pro-
duced by misapplied wealth. Each
penny that was wrung from the lean
purses Of the poor reacted a thousand
fold to their harm. You do not under
stand. You do not see how hopeless
;e, +N
in a single instance can it be done"
Back up, Philosophers said Dan.
"The penny has no sorrow that the
dollar cannot heal"
mot in one instance" repeated Ken
WITT. II will give you one and let
us see. Thomas Boyne had little
bakery over there in Varick street
He sold bread to the poorest people,
When the price of -four went up he
had to raise the price of bread. His
customers were too poor to pay it,
Boyne's business failed, and he lost
his $1,000 capital-all he had in the
world"
Dan Kinsolving struck the park
bench mighty blow with his fist
II accept the instance" he cried.
''Take me to Boyne. 1 will repay his
thousand dollars and buy him a new
bakery"
write your check" said Kenwitz
without moving, land then begin to
write checks in payment of the train
of consequences. Draw the next one
for $4,000. Boyne went insane after
his failure and set fire to the building
from which he was about to be evict-
ed The loss amounted to that much.
Boyne died in an asylum"
"Stick to the instance" said Dan.
81 haven't noticed any insurance COM
panies on my charity list
DRAW your next check for 100000
went on Kenwitz. "Boyne's son fell |
into bad ways after the bakery closed /
and was accused of murder He was |
last week after a three
years legal battle, and the state draws
upon taxpayers for that much ex-
pense."
"Back to the bakeryr' exclaimed
Dan impatiently. 'The government
doesn't need to stand in the bread
hne."