Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-09

of all accounting business of tn
railroads. The Commission ha,
asked $500, 900 to begin enforce
ment of the section. There ha,
been no ooen opposition to grant
ing it: but Luptou had come into
knowledge of the fact that thu
railroads wanted the appropria-
ton denied and the Cannon ma
chine in the House was planning
to do just that; do it in secret
because that was the only safe
way. He told me inst what he
knew, and I saw that he was
entirely correct.
ON TO THE POLITICAL GAME.
"The President needs to know
this right away" admitted.
They've pigeonholed his legis-
1atiye program for this season;
he hasn't got a thing worth
while out committee"
No." replied Lupton, and
he doesn't need anything SO much
as a big, popular measure on
which he can force them out into
the daylight and give 'em a good
lickin'. This is the one. Don't
you see that if he can organize a
big fight on this, let them take
the wrong side and be beaten, he
will have broken their back. and
he'll be able to force their hand
all the way through"
Lupton, as 1 observed before,
had been a state senator in Vir-
ginia. He knew some real poll
tics. l didn't; but l could see
through the milestone when he
showed me the hole; and I knew
T. Roosevelt would too.
will you 60 to the White
House with me after church," l
asked.
mo; you go alone" he said;
and had too.
l told Secretary Loeb about it.
He saw it; we told the President.
He jnmmped at it. He almost
repeated Lupton's words.
Get me up a memorandum
about the big Importance of get.
ting this appropriation right
now," he said. That afternoon
some of US got together and
framed up the memorandum,
which went to the President
early Monday. He had gotten
more information meanwhile, lad
summoned and conferred with
some of his loyal supporters and
before night had a beautiful fight
going.
The big day came: the day forl
the fight on the floor. It lasted
all day, and in the end, with al
most full house, the item was
voted into the bill by a majority,
l think of eleven! Roosevelt had
won his victory; the organiza-|
ton had been smashed. The ses-
sion's deadlock or legislation had
been picked-with Lupton' idea. |
Maybe the story hasn't much
to do with orcharding. but it'll
shows the sort of chap LuptonI
was. Next day he went back toI
work at his desk, and nobody
suspected his part in the big
fracaS.
Some months hereafter I walk
ed in on him and asked how the |
orchard was doing. He had ex.
pected to get his first crop that
season from the first fifty acres
OF apple trees.
HOW HE HELPED SENATOR SMITH. |
He didn't say a word, but pull
ed out drawer, took the to
letter and handed it to me. It'll
was from New York commits
sion house and contained a draft
for $14, 285, with notice of their
acceptance of his proposition to
take the apples on the trees and
pick them I!
'Whew!" I whistled; going
to get new suit?"
He pulled out another drawer.
Il wanted to show you this one,
too ahead of anybody else hand
ing me another letter. It was
his resignation of his govern
ment job.
Lupton went down to live on
the farm, bought more land,
planted more trees, and now has
400 acres in apples. His place
is rated worth about 5000, 600,
but isn't for sale.
Lupton-Hon. S. L. Lvpton,
Winchester, Virginia-is now
president of the Eastern Fruit
Growers Association and great
booster for cooperative market
ing by all kinds of tillers of soil.
Last winter he was in Washing
ton, presiding over a meeting OF
| this organization, which covers
six states.
He learned that Senator Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, had introduc'
ed an amendment to the agri.
cultural appropriation bill, t.
direct a detailed investigation OF
cooperative work among farmers
with publication of the result.
and recommendations of method:
to extend the system, and to Civ
it the benefit of government as
sistance. He called on the Sena
tor to say that he was doing jus
the right thing. Can we he'll
you in any way" he asked.
Yes, you" was the prompt re
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