The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-10-29

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! yo0're right. ana wen show you that
we're right. Show as that you're not
| rtGht -.ood-6y contract for Won,
You lEo~ who we are ana you know
/ how to get to us"
The letter ended abruptly. 1t wasn't
signed, The other letters ran aloag
| IN about tho same strain, the third one
/ belng mGch in the nature of a threat,
and assuring the firm that it lad no
! chance in the world OF landing this
heating contract that 1t wanted SO bad
! ~ unless II began to show that ut was
/ right within the next week.
Il got that last letter yesterday"
said lianey. THAT week will be gone
| IN five days And we certainly do
want that contract"
! Do you know who wrote the let
! ters?' | asked bluutly.
| lie looked at me in ama2ement
Know he said. What do YOU
think | ann DO you suppose I'd be
| paying your agency IS a day and OK.
penses If | knew who wrote those let
ters?"
Hardly" | said. DO you know
who is responsible for their being
written?'
Haney looked at me little longer
this time without speaking.
No. he said. No"
"But you could make a pretty close
| guess, couldn't your l went on.
Yes he said, Il could"
Sure" ] said There wouldn't be
any sense 10 these fellows writing the
letters If you couldn't. | suppose it's
a bunch OF grating politicians who are
trying to hold you up, isn't it,
He gave me a took which was an
undlaenised attempt to read my
thoughts
Yes" he said, that's what we
think, of course. That is what I and
Mr., Carver, the president of the com
pany, have agreed upon as the truth q"
Carver | said Il haven't met
MN gel, nave l.,
Mr., Carver is president and owner
Of this company" said Haney. Hes
an old man, | attend to all this sort
of business"
Doesn't he want to be In on this
conference" | said.
mo" said Haney.
thought 1t over little.
well" | said. q want him to be
here"
What" Haney began to get a lit
tle mad
Its a rule of our office" / explain
ed.
Haney leaned back. Modified.
"0h,' he said "if that's the case, all
right Mr. Carver doesn't like to trou-
BILE with such details, but If you in
sist---"
Il do"
"trhon we can go into his private
Office"
We went in Carver was an old
man, as lIaney had said He was over
seventy and was in poor health His
mind was quite as clear as it should
be, but as | saw him and Haney to.
gethef the contrast struck me too for
chilly to be lost Carver was the fine
tyne Of honorable business man who
has built up his success by virtue OF
the excellence Of his products and
square dealing, ard who was more i,p.
quently met q couple Of decades ago
than in this age lIaney was the tyne
who forces his way to the top by bull
doing aad inscriptions conduct.
Carver wcald rather lose business
than sacrifice his self respect by
diahono~ AIe action Haney would get
the money anyway so long as he could
keep out Of Jail
well. Mr.. Cornell" said Carver
courteously, lit looks as if The Con
tinental Heating company would have
to resort to bribery to get Il much-de-
sired contract, doesn't it? / dislike 10
W. ~ W. y IttNu, OAt II 10 cAlt 6IIit y
necessary that we get this school Goa.
tract. am sorry 10 have to pay a
bride to interruptions politicians. |
would not do so except TO beat COM
Eany that wants TO put an inferior
heating plant into our schools have
a large amount OF pride in my own
city, Mr., Cornell, and I want to get
my heating plant--which is good
Ecneat one-into the schools | am
AFRAID We viii ha"c TO aprcase certain
rci iclGns with Il gooG-s'acd bride be-
tore this can be accomplished
Co, ! guess rot" / said Wen
get this letter writer for You aitcr
that yoHr politicians won't bother
yci:."