The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-19

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II a communication I had from Mac
Dougal. II ever big man made a
whine In a letter MacDougal Is the
man, and here IL this whine" And
with huge contempt he tossed down
a three page mIssive which Kelvin
read, with smile.
"The answer" went on Rollins, us
open hearth steel and the control OF
transportation. 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
l begin to have dreams"
81 don't see any difficulty In that"
laughed Kelvin. "A man doesn
dream many dreams In the face OF
failures. It's success that brings
dreams. l have dreams of my own.
] have done a little thinking about
these dreams of late"
81 know you have" interposed Rol-
Inns. SOMEBODY has been doing q
great deal of thinking around here. AT
| first thought Il was Mr.. Breed. but now
l know that he hires his thinking.
Breed himself was the first to ac-
knowledge by a chuckle the truth OF
this remark.
81 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 un-
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 a 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
a burden to me. Strangely enough.
they don't want to be drawn and quar-
tered"
81 hate them, every one" suddenly
snapped Breed. "a dozen times they
tried to gobble me up in the early
days. l have their photographs. too.
waiting to be checked OF"
"we'll let you check them or by and
by" replied Rollins. They are Grip
pied now, but 1t was task. Even
with all my experience l didn't appre-
ciate the full extent of the private
car graft. 1t was colossal trick,
serving merely as disguise for ex'
cessive and absurd rebates"
"well. you stopped It," Kelvin con
soled him.
"Yes. stopped It," admitted Rollins,
with a sigh. land the next thing that
happened had all the big packers on
my neck"
"The only way to forget the attacks
of the packers" suggested Kelvin. lis
to attack the other monopolies. Ham
string them the first stroke"
"Goodr' said Rollins. with relief.
"It's a pleasure to find that we wan:
the same thing without argument. It's
simple enough. I've merely to estab-
lish my fiat freight rate without undue
reduction for quantity and without re-
bate, thus giving the small shipper an
equal chance with the big one. The
Interstate commerce law may then go
out of commission. for we will do the
same work which It was designed to
10 h,,f tr, u,hich II futlad ("
Kelvin and Breed exchanged glances.
Don't misunderstand> me-" went on
Rollins. Il consider the trusts as much
a product Of natural law as the attrac-
ton Of gravitation. but where they at
tain to stupendous fairness merely on
abuses they cease to fulfill the need
which brought them into existence.
The greatest abuse of which the mo.
nopolies have been guilty is in trans
portation. Probably more than half OF
the freight carried Is shipped by large
corporations. nearly every ton Of 1t be-
ing subject to rebate or drawback
of some sort, and this drain on the
railroads, amounting to millions every
year. must be made up by the small
shippers. l can lower the present os-
tensible cost of transportation on a
fiat rate basis and make more money
for our stockholders"
Breed looked at Kelvin inquiringly.
Phillip nodded his head.
Il have been over some Of the fig.
ures." said Breed. The aggregate Is
appalling, but am afraid that, after
all, we shall be compelled to allow GER.
tain concessions In certain places"
Rollins turned slightly pale. Il have
been waiting for that remark" he said,
"but I want you to understand that
there will be no concession Of any sort.
One exception grant you. and that Is
the secret rebate on Mr.. Breeds bread.
wheat and cereal shipments. which
was agreed upon In the first place;
other than that. absolutely none. !