The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-06-08

nordon. the lcal Of lllc petroleum
trust. one Of the most perfect rpmn'nes
IN existence aud oue Nlllch lnl been
built almost entirely Ivu ielait9 ana
freight concessions " various Sorts
Mr. Hepperdon was lrllie lmrnlieut
over The necessity Of having 60 mike
such trip ana was lnslsienr upon
coming 10 a crisp working basis az
once For that reason be did lot 80 70
Mr.. Rollins NJ az. lie Kerry calmly
walked oyer thar genteman's lgura-
tive head 10 IN Breed
sIIello Breed silld Dc. yalking iri
upon tiiat Gentleman as BE sat ln bis
library porting over i set Of pliotot
kfaplis. one Of which haplieped 70 b.
All Hepperdan's Lets ref down 70,
|blbnt bedrock on this freight PROPOSE
Btlon. How much % j rebate aEe WE 10
ret. and what percentage o. 4 gpeS 70 g
Vol Individually
Glad 10 see you. tHeppe tdor. said
Breed. eIt has BEEN a long time since
i had the pleasure OF brush With
yon. Where have you been keeping
yourself 50 long,.
.'Just got back from Europe. said
IHepperdon. sBut h0w about this
freight business2 i hove 70 get back
on the next trhin. .i3
aout Of my hands entirely. said
Breed. you'll have to see Mr.. Rol5
liins, and he rang for Kelvin. TO whom
The grdFeiy introduced Hebr'erd6n.
"Mr. Kelvin. take Mir. !IIepPerdon up
snd introduce him to Alr. Rollins. Z said
The
Kelvin smiIingIY did 50 and. having
introduced the two gentlemen. quietly
| Withdrew. ,gs
There Is to be no rebate declared
Rollins. swhy should there be re
bate? You have TO ship oyer6ur; roads,
and yoni may be thankful that We are
making only a fair percentage yielding
rate. As a matter Of fact, the Pre-
4 yiously published rate bas been low
efed.". u
THAT is exactly what don't like
Iaboat It. You haven't set your rate
thigh enough for good margin Of
.lprofit from the small shippers"
aThe margin of profit onsall ship
Ements Is 10 be exactly the same" re-
Epiied Rollins. .sJust dlsabuse your
Imlnd. Mr.. Hepperdon. Of the idea that
There Is to be n concession of any sort
There is no use in discussing the mat,
ter because this Is fat and final.r
"Do you mean thatT demanded
Hepperdon.
i ~ mean It absolutely
Hepperdon studied him in silence for
1awhile. There was no doubt that Rol
4 Inns meant precisely whit he said.
Every we'll" snapped Hepperdon
sWithin two weeks there will be 9
special bill introduced into the United
States house Of representatives dis
solving Your ransoad 3con6hnation
! lHeppsrdon was waddlIRg ont Of TIT
house Tuning without stopping tt
make any further adiels to Breet
i when X elFtn stopped hiniin the ilats
saIrs Breed would like y see fol
a few minutes before you got 81
aHepperdon. about how much politl
! caI,inauenee do yorp ACTUALLY conEola
asked Bleed e 3S9g
ASiotel ttidH Any hfe egasion q
business interests iti8l !ttes UntseS
States,P eelafed HeppeFdoh. ehsIll o#i
Exclusively ii cabiHat 66isSr. five Unit
ID states sehat tors more tEdh d dozei
United states represent tlyes and lhai
i a dozen governors and nlnoE 6ftie iaIs
state legislators and the IKE running
nj. into the hundreds gsldes that,
Ebaye partnership Interests ID connec
ticn WITH other large eoultnetel
forces In two or three times as man!
m6re political leaders,. a 3
.pThat taIlies very we'll with our y
innate. said Breed. we may wan
to borrow this influence Of yours a II
tie later on, Hepperdon. in the meal
time suppose you Just 80 ahead an
pay this dat rate Of Rollins and So
nothing. Leave it TO me-
Sure" said HepperdOn- II knee
there must DO a Niger 10 tile woo
pile some place You're booking yer
! well Indeed, Breed f
The next day brought flayrier, raw
boned and wooden featured, but fairl
oily In hts suayity, and the head !
the beef trust and Valentine. HIT
and screechy3 and marked with conn
2 less black freckles. and the head,
the wooden combine. InSunison an
J garnlshed With many rugged expl
] tives. Mr.. Raymer and AIr, Yalentir
declared to Mr.. Rollins that the
e would Invoke special legislation whic
would put Ills railway Hiopepoiy o.
I Of tile business. dissolve II and sep
9 rate 1t Into healthy cotnpetit ion. sea
< ter II into easily handled fragmen
! and incidentally remove Mt. RolllI
2 from any and all spheres OF actiyii
J. whatsoever forever and q day=ar
e then some! On their way out KEW
9 led them In to see Mr.. Breed. VIII
Q with Kelyin's assistance tabulati
I. Mr.. RayIners and Mr.. Valentines le