The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-21

skins Per hundred The dreamez~trader agreed this
had been the wiser thing do and set Oft
again, with only hundred spears his old terri
tory He requested. however the buying price
per hundred that the chiefs received instead
OF his present price OF eighty skins per hundred The
e11lclent man. remembering his debt the chief and
the good advice he had received the same
source, stated he would speak the chief be-
lore he could make the a better price
The chief, when approached, gave his opinion SO
quickly 1t appeared rs though he had already figured
on Just such contingency. He stated in estma.
ton it was only fair his son. had taken twice
as many the dreamertrader proposed taking
and was therefore running twice the disposing
OF them profitably and. besides this making real.
ly quicker market for efficient spear maker to
allow the son better price than allowed the dream
ertrader He said further nasmuch az this seem.
ed to him the only just thing would insist on
his sons receiving this better discount.
The chiefs ultimatum explained the dream.
ertrader and as 1t appeared to him that It just
that the man who ran the greater risk should make
tho greater profit he acquesced in the arrangement and
departed soon after with hundred spears bought
for eighty skins. The fourth had been do
layed on his journey and overtaken by tho
dreamer-trader who asked him at what price he ex-
pected to sell his two hundred The replied
that 1nasmuch As they had him seventy skins on
the hundred he thought he obtain ninety skins
per hundred he would make . sufficient profit. The
dreamertrader. realizing him eighty skins for
his stock and ten skins for his expense dsposng Of
them, saw that the price at which his competitor In.
tended dsposins Of his stock would eliminate his pso
1t. This explained O son and an axreenent
reached that the stable price hundred skins
should prevail SO that both could obtain 4 profit From
this transaction the chiefs made twenty skins
profit and the dreamertrader ten per hundred spoaro
Meantime. the first the chiefs sons had returned
and. after being coseted time with his fathss
went to the efficient maker and informed him
that he did not intend to sell Of HE spsaxs
This was disgusting to tho efficient he had
large quantity OF spears again hand. He hurried
to his old friend the chief for advice.
The chief told the efficient man that his other
three sons on their return also would to
him. He stated he had started a spear factory and
his sons were going to work for him. The only thing
he Jaw for the efficient spear maker do
bine with him and both plants and hs stated that
that what he wanted done The efficient maker
demurred and said he wanted remain independent
in tho spear making business. The chief. however
told him that the day for Independent units In tho
industry and that they had reached the
age Of combination and cooperation He explained
further In this wise:
"You may realize it yet but you are going %
Join forces with willingly You know the business
could not exist were not for my protection. have
enabled you to work in peace and when you were In
financial difficulties I your aid Further
moro have even extended my protection to tho
flint deposit True both plants pay the
beaver
is fair to both. Yet did this strike you?
afford to sell arrows made in my plant just what
they cost me, plus tho selling cost. make
all the profit want from the royalties factory will
for the Of the flint deposit In other words
if do not chose to combine with drive you
out OF business by selling at a price which. while it
gives me the tenth OF skin each flint profit.
forces you to sell product at less than COST You
not do that and remain in business Again, 9
your banker realize that the skins have loaned you
ho div
and therefore, will be forced ask you now,
as you receive skins from traders in payment Of
the stock they have been selling abroad pay your
indebtedness to me.
mot understanding business, tho people Of tho
tribe might feel that had been mstreated and
their feelings in uprising against my authority
have guarded against that. however. My factory
stands in the OF my fifth He running
Tho business which his brothers will handle
him from the start will be enough to enable him to
dispose OF twice much you Therefore, mas
much ~ you have already agreed that tho who
deavors to dispose Of twice much stock 10 entitled
to buy his materials at less price than the who
disposins Of but one half much you appreciate
readily tho business of my making . price for nints
to Of twentieth of skin. compared to your
present price Of tenth In this matter who
owns or controls the flint deposit - long my
get better price, account Of his greater pur
chasing power. he has always . margin Of profit,
when spears being sold for what they cost you"
The efficient spear maker announced next day
that in the interest OF reducing the cost Of prouc-
ton of spears and in order help establish 4 stable
price that should tho selling of al spears he
had consolidated his plant with that belonging the
chief. And that night in order to forget temporarily
some strange power greater than all his efficiency
could with he embraced the false slumber brought
by overindulgence in fermented coconut milk
That power. though, tho power OF the larger
purchaser buy for less than could the smaller
chaser of articles materials OF the same quality. 1t
was the law Of special privilege and has como down
through all the to its grand elimination in the
money power of today-which may be the money