The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-05-20
CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIII.
n REED came out and called Rol-
X Inns into the library. where KEEL
win was already seated. The
old man was almost childish in
his admiration of his two lieutenants.
as he chose to call them
II have been waiting for years for
this" said he. rubbing his clawlil1e
hands together as he looked from the
one to the other of them. 'In all my
years Of money making my only worry
was that when the time came might
not find capable men through which to
WELD the ultimate power craved.
Like most worry, it was wasted. You
two young men have done wonderful
work, but II has only just begun"
Precisely my GRAND" said Rollins.
with rather wan smile. 1.-The work
is only just begun. and at the outset
l have found so much opposition that
I ran down here for moral support"
you've come to the right place."
laughed Kelvin. "At Forest Lakes we
are dealing almost exclusively in moral
support"
Backed by the dead weight Of more
cash than was ever in one mans con-
troll since time began" chuckled Breed.
"What are your difficulties, Mr.. Rol-
lins?"
"Well," said Rollins, II have practi-
cally put the Unified Steel corporation
out of business as monopoly. Here
is communication I had from Mac
Dougal. If ever a big man made a
whine in a letter MacDougal is the
man. and here is this whine" And
with huge contempt he tossed down
a three page missive which Kelvin
read with smile.
"The answer" went on Rollins as
open hearth steel and the control of
transportation. T have put them in di-
rect competition with our own plants,
and they are undertaking us. in
tend to let them have some large con-
tracts at price we cannot touch. Now
I begin to have dreams"
II don't see any difficulty in that"
laughed Kelvin. IA man doesn't
dream many dreams in the face Of
failures. It's success that brings
dreams. 1 have dreams of my own.
I have done little thinking about
these dreams Of late"
II know you have" interposed Rol-
Inns. Somebody has been doing n
great deal Of thinking around here. At
first thought it was Mr.. Breed, but now
1 know that he hires his thinking"
Breed himself was the first to ac-
knowledge by chuckle the truth of
this remark.
II used to have to do it myself when
I was poor" he admitted, "but that
is not the way to success. You can't
get rich that way any more than you
can by performing all your own man.
ual labor. MY success is built on an I'M
usual ability to discover men who can
think for ME. But you two go ahead
and exchange your dreams; am in
terested."
II have no objection to telling mine"
said Kelvin. II want to do q little
trust busting"
1--WE tried it. and that's why I'm
here" laughed Rollins. Trust bust
ing, with absolute control of every
mile of railroad in the United States.
is the easiest thing in the world. Ray
mer, Speed. Melton Sears & Co. and
all the others have been making life
q burden to me. Strangely enough.
they don't want to be drawn and quar-
tered"
II hate them. every one" suddenly
snapped Breed. "A dozen times they
tried to gobble me up In the early
days ! have their photographs. too.
waiting to be checked off"
We'll let you check them off by and
BY" replied Rollins. 'rhey are Grip
pied now. but 1t was task Even
with all my experience didn't appre-
ciate the full extent Of the private
car graft. 1t was colossal trick.
serving merely as disguise for ex-
cessiye and absurd rebates"
swell. you stopped It," Kelvin con
soled him.
Eyes. stopped It," admitted Rollins.
with sigh. land the next thing that
happened had oil the big packers on
my neck"
1.-THE only way to forget the attacks
of the packers" suggested Kelvin. lis
to attack the other monopolies. Ham
string them the first stroke
l. Good said Rollins. with relief.