Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-10-03

a VI iuuDer 10 supply Jne demands
I fruit packing and the lumber trus
has lumber to SELL Could it be pos
sible that at some meeting of trus
directors Mr.. Frederick Manerhause
who is the lumber trust, leaned owe
ard whispered in the ear of MI
: Morgan who is the chief manipulate
of railroads, something to this eI
feet, John, l have stolen from tn
public domain about one billion do
lars worth of timber and in orde
that l may turn this into cash
must have all the market l can ge
and you can help me quite a goot
deal if you won't let those frui
growers ship anything without pack
ing in boxes made from the lumbeI
that l sell the boneheads at abou
20 times what it cost me. So dom
et them ship apples loose in you
ears" huff said, Fred, it shall be
DONE" So there you are.
Mr.. Priest says the actual cost OF
transportation can not be ascertained
but l discover that when the engin.
GERS and fireman of nearly all the
eastern roads ask for an increase in
pay to enable them to keep up with
the increased cost of living, the rail
road officials figure out to a fraction
of per cent just how small the re-
turns will be to their roads so
that they can not pay fat dividends
and therefore can not grant the
request of their employees. 1t seems
that they can always give exact fig
ures on everything that is going from
them but when the people want to
know something about the cost of
operation and the physical valuation
Of the roads in order that they may
form some idea of what is treason
able" in freight rates these gentle
men who are so handy with figures
10 show where they would lose go
straight up in the air when asked
for a showdown on their gains.
But We are assured that they are
reasonable otherwise people would
not ship their stuff cut of the coun-
try. l am again reminded of that
word reasonable" by a recent state
ment in regard to Standard oil prof
is which shows that l was mistaken
Il my last article in regard 10 the
amount the people had paid for that
word. l stated that we had paid
lbuot S150,000,0 900, but it appears that
t is nearly four times that amount.
When the Supreme Court reared up
N that naughty corporation the ter
rible front of justice and commanded
it to hike and fade away the stock. !
vas selling at $500 share, but it I
S now $1120 a share, so that by f!
he busting" of this gigantic trust |
he appreciation in it's stock has |
oeen SO great that your Uncle John
= has. scooped in for his share of |
increased profits alone about $780,,
100000 and he owns only % per
cent of the stock.
would regard this increased tribute
rom the people as reasonable"
So it goes all down the line, the
'ich man plays the poor man pays.
While talking about these reason
bile" things it might not be amiss
o mention the fact that Mr.. Julius
lnitchnitt, high salaricd Of ici9l CT
ne Union Pacific, and a mu. timilii n
ire, gave his daughter a million dcl-
ar wedding present when she was
larried not long since Is there
ny connection between Mr.. KS. mil
ons and the rates we pay to get
u! apples, melons, spuds ETC. to
larket? Did Miss K. earn that mil
on that Mr.. X. got from freight rat
S? How many farmers daughters /
ct million dollar wedding presents
nd is there an Industrious farmers
aughter in all this broad land who
not more deserving in every way
ian a useless parasite like Miss K :
no never had her lily white hands
dishwater. How much more is Mr..
nichnitt deserving of his princely
larry which we producers pay, than
the Postmaster General of the
S. who gets only $4,000 a year
lie P. NJ. G.. manages an immense
greater concern than Mr.. X. and
t he would have to live and draw
5 salary 100 years to get as much -
this gift that Mr.. X. bestowed on
: daughter as though it were
z. Do these things have anything 80
do with freight rates? When Mrs. -, ~
lyyesant Fish gives $3.50 900 din ~
r to lot OF useless parasites like -
rsef, does that have anything to ~
with the rates on my melons or
. Durham's apples? Does it?
lere did Mr.. Knitchnitt and Mrs.
h get their millions? Out of :,
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