Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-06-09

.o..cuLrrr else the year following.
That being the case. when they vote
80 aI they naturally ask Us how We
would like 10 have them vote"
",;o on" said BIount.
We'll. as l say, such being the case.
we. are able to control at least four
AMI probably five Of the Legislative
districts in this state. The. control i
worth something to your people. ana
IN tha last election that fact Was rec
o-uizcd Since the Twin Buttrs Lum-
bcr company Is practically the only
heavy lumber shipper in this region. it
was given a preferential rate on its
products. not at all as Il quid pro quo,
You understand, but merely in friend
~ recognition OF our help in the last
election.
Really. il was not such great
thing that was done for Us, Mr
Hluunt. If you are familiar with lum-
her rates in this territory you Will
know that the special tariff made for
Us is all that enables us to live With
out it we would 20 into bankruptcy
Inside Of a year"
Rlount had opened his renllnife and
was ahScntly sharpening Il pencil
This special rate YOU speak of. Mr.
Hathaway" he said. speaking slowly
Il imagine ii is not confined to this
state"
well or no." was the hcsitating
reply. TO meet competition it has
been made TO apply also on through
shipments"
And it is covered by rebates. sup
I pose"
"Nnot exactly" was the reluctant
admission The Transcontinental
/ company is a heavy purchaser of lum-
/ Der. and the greater part Of the differ
nncc between the preferential and the
! REGULAR tariff rate is taken up in our
bills for stock sold To the railroad"
Let me be quite clear upon that
/ point. Mr.. Hathaway. You mean that
You are allowed to charge the railroad
company more than the market price
/ uH the lumber it buys"
The president If The lumber trust
nodded. Yes; that's practically the
way of it," he admitted. Then he
once more pressed the time worn ar
Sumcnt: Its tn" only way we can
live and do business nowadays. Mr..
Hlouut Like every other large cor
roration, we have small army of
Ii lie shareholders widows. orphans.
charitable Institutions and trustees
accounts. | have brought list of
our stockholders. and Id like To have
you look ii over"
El"unt took the paper mechanically
and quite as mechanically ran his eye
down the list of names. At the bot
tom Of it. written In with pen. was
the name of Patricia's father. with his
residence and occupation filled out in
full
While Evan was staring ut the pen
written name Hathaway went on elo-
qucntly emphasizing the disastrous re-
suits that would fall upon the people
for whom he was in the largest sense
the trustee. the disaster hanging upon
the withdrawal Of the preferential
rate
Blount broke him in the midst OF
the special plcadings. Il see you hav,
recently added one new name TO this
list. that of Professor AnnerS"
Yes" interrupted the Twin Buttcs
president. land he is good cxampl,
of our stockholders. Those Ike An
ncrs-collegc professors, preachers and
the liie-buy stocks when they buy
EN- ut all for an investment and pay
for 'em out Of their hard earned say
ingS."
Il know" said Blount. frowning
The fact that Patricia's father was in
volved added Il fresh and cXasperatinl
complication. but he must come t,
some decision. let us get down tC
the present fact" he went on brusquc
ly. What is 1t that you want me Il
do. Mr.. Hathaway"
Il want you to set the machinery il
motion so that We can have our rat,
continued for another two years OF
the same terms rs before You arr
going to need every vote you can ee
this year, Mr.. Blount. and you can
afford 10 turn us down"
Blount returned the printed list %
stockholders and fell back u N til,
pencil sharpening. rs it possible tina
you don't recognize the bald criminal
ity of such n transaction, Mr.. Hath
away" he asked quietly.
! "Of course | don't" was the read,
reply. 1T Is the universal rule of tn,
business world everywhere. You d,
something for me and do somcthin;
for you. You make it possible for u,
to live and do business in lumber, an,
we will do what we can To make i
possible for you to get Your squar,
deal from the people of this state
I That's the whole thing In. nutshell
Mr. Hlount"
, "One question" snapped Blount
, trying TO fix the rowing 9aZe of til,
hawklikc eyes. with whom did YOU
make this arrangement two year.
ago."
with Mr. McVickar himself"
and you think You can do i
again?"
. Il know | can, but don't want t,
= go over your head They all tell III,
! that you are handling this end OF |
for the railroad company. and I'm no
: going around hunting a chance t,
make enemies. There's no hurry
Take your own time to think it owe
i and TO communicate with Mr. Nc
e Nickar If you want to. When you &c
i things fixed you can wire me just on
I word to Aretas. Just say Yes an
l sign your name to 1t, and that will b
u enough"
For n full half hour after the pres
dent of the lumber trust had close
the door of the private office In tn
Temple court building behind hr
Blount sat rocking gently in his pivo
chair fighting once more with tn
soul nausea which was threatening t
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