Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-19
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"Sure." said Hepperdon. II knew
there must be Niger I'm the wood
PILE some place. You're looking very
well indeed, Breed"
The next day brought Raymer. raw
boned and wooden featured. but fairly
oily in his suavity, and the head of
the beef trust. and Valentine. little
and screechy ana marked with count
less black freckles. and the head Of
the wooden combine. In unison and
garniShed with many rugged exple-
lives. Mr.. Raymer and Mr.. Valentine
declared to Mr.. Rollins that they
would invoke special legislation which
Of the business. dissolve it and sepa-
rate it into healthy competition, scat
ter it into easily handled fragments
and incidentally remove Mr.. Rollins
from any. and all spheres, Of activity
whatsoever forever and day-and
then some! On their way out Kelvin
led them in to see Mr.. Breed. who.
with Kelvin's assistance. tabulated
Mr.. Raymer's and Mr.. Valentines leg
islatiEe control.
The ensuing two weeks were taken
up by a succession Of such incidents
as these. and 1T the conclusion Of that
time Representative Oswald introduc-
ed into the house bill providing that
no railroad should own stock in
another one; that no man should vote
control, by proxy or ownership. in
more than one Of two or more com.
peting roads and that no railroad OH
cial should hold either Office or stock
In another line Of rails which reached
between any two same shipping points.
This was the straw, or, rather, the
bale Of straw, which snapped Rollins
already highly strung nervous tension.
He came to. Breed and Kelvin in much
distress. Really, 1t was not SO much
surprise to Kelvin and Breed as it
might have been, for 1t was they who
had instructed Hepperdon as to the
psychological moment in which to
have Oswald introduce his bill.
II expected nothing else" said Breed,
glancing at the marconigram and hand
ing it to Kelvin. "You know. we told
You in the first place that 1t might be
necessary to make certain conces-
sions." So.
.Never!" declared Rollins. wen
Eight them to the last ditch. They have
introduced this bill, but they have not
yet passed it."
'But they win the minute 1t comes
to a vote" said Kelvin. Come up to
my rooms and let me show you dia-
gram, Mr.. Rollins"
In his od1ce Philip displayed Gu
rious sheet Of cardboard almost as
large as the top Of his desk upon
which the name Of every senator and
every United States representative was
as men who were not for sale, but the
rest, the vast majority, were divided
into groups. one owned" by Hopper
don. another by Raymer. another by
Valentine, etc., and the names were
in some places cross grouped showing
that certain Of the senators and GER
tain Of the representatives served sew
eral noncondicdng interests. The dia-
gram told at glance precisely how
every man would vote on this bill.
'This thing is incredible" declared
Rollins. ''Such state Of affairs can
not exist"
asserted Kelvin. You may close your
eyes and touch q pencil point in sue
cession upon any half dozen names
there not hinged with red. Wire
those gentlemen and ask them to tell
you by tomorrow how they intend to
vote on this bill"
''Pu do Il" said Rollins.
BY afternoon Rollins had answers
to all his wires. Four declared with
out reserve that they were for the
billion principle. Two answered eva
sively.
ut looks bad. but we mustn't allow
this state Of AFFAIRS" protested Rol-
Inns. Eve must use counter strategy"
There is only one that know Of"
stated Kelvin quietly. Concessions"
II will resign from my management
before make q solitary concession
declared Rollins.
would you pay 5000 for a building
lot IL you knew that you could imme-
diately sell 1t for $10,OO0?' demanded
Kelvin.
'tCertatnly," replied Rollins. "But I
don't see where the Illustration ap-
plies"
.'In Just this way explained Kel.
vim. "With concessions buy legisla-
tors from enough OF these men to Sc
cure legislative control and 60 after
the balance. This gives y0ur Fat rate
pretty wide scope, Rollins, and It pro-
tects us until we can control our own
legislation. We have. l.r. Breed and
myself, az you must have appreciated
by now. certain large ideas of reform.
There never was 4 more Just and
equitable c0ntrivance than your fat
freight rate, but you can see at once
what powerful interests are arrayed
against It We must conciliate those
interests in order to cripple them. We
win rent Hepperdon's and Raymer's
senator's until we can buy them or
supplant them with some of our own"
Rollins was silent for 4 long time: