The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-11-19
CHAPTER x--continued.

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AllisCa went over TO his wall map.
with Etep In which there. was the
spring OF u boy. A. l.. Vance OF the
United, States Supplies company.
which Controlled beef. sugar and prac.
,tcally all other food products. except
those mighty necessities under the
sways q! the Standard Cereal com.
pany and Eldridge Rabbits National
Dairy Products consolidation, studied
the buoynnt Allison with a puzzled ex.
preston lie had seen Allison grow
80 care brrdcned manhood. and sud
denly I'd Aeemed twenty years young
er. Only Eldridge Babbtt knew the
secret or this miraculous reiuvenes
cence. Rabbit had married late In
life. a beautiful young woman!
The key 10 the north and south sit.
uatlon Is here" said Allison. and he
drew q firm. swift. green line down
across the United States, branching at
each end George Dalrymple will be
here IN half AL hour. aud by that time
trust We may come to some agree
ment'
1T depends on what you want, "
doomed Arthur Grandin. who, sitting
beside the immense llaverman. looked
as II that giant had shrunk him by his
mere proximity.
Freight. To begin with" stated ALI.
son. resuming hts place at the head OF
the table, but not his seat. You gen.
tlemen represent the largest freight.
age interests In the United States.
You all know your relative products.
and yet, in order to grasp this situation
completely. | wish to enumerate them,
Babbltt's National Dairy Products con.
solidation can swing tho shipment OF
every ounce OF butter, cream. cheese.
esss and poultry handled In this coun.
try; Clarks STANDARD Cereal company.
wheat, corn. oats. rice, barley, malt.
fiour. every ounce OF breadstuts or
cereal goods, grown on American soil
flayerman, the Amalgamated Metals
Constructive company. every pound
OF iron lead and copper. and every ton
W orr, from the moment IL leaves tho
ground until It appears as an iron web
IN u city SKY or spans n river. Grandin,
the Union fue! company, coal aud
wood from Alaska To Fsnnsy lyania.
with oil and all Its enormous hy.prod.
compauy, wool, cotton fax. tho raw
and finished material Of every thread
of clothing We wear. or any other tex.
tile fabric we use eSccpt Silks Vance,
the United States Supplies company
meat, sugar, fruit. the main blood and
sinew builders Of tho country Gentle
men. give me the frc!ghtagc controlled
by yosr six companies, and ri toss
the rest ot che countrys tretghtage
to Il hcggar.'
You forgot Chisholm" Rabbit re-
minded him, aud Banker Chisholm $
white nutton-chops turned pink from
the appreciation which sowed IN his
ruddy ,veined face.
Allison was quite right" returned
big Hayerman with dry smile. The
freightage income on money Is an item
scarcely worth considering"
Give the Atlantic Pacific this
freight, and, inside OF two years, the
entire business OF the United Statea
with all It's ramlhcations. will b
merged In one management. and tina,
management ours We shall not need
10 absorb, nor purchase. a single rail
road until II Is bankrupt"
Sensible idea, Allison" approved
Clark ot the STANDARD Cereal company
- It's a logical proposition which had
In mind years age"
A,tsons stroke OF genius. il seems
10 ME, consists in getting US together.
smiled haverman, hanging his arr,
over tho back of his chair,
Banker Chisholm leaned forward on
the table. and strokpd his round chin
Aectively There would be InAue
Disqualification. and perhaps AIN
disorder, IN the hrst two years, he
considered, bat the railroads are al
ready harsssed too much by tito gov
ernment 70 thrive under competition
and, in the end, believe this proposed
centralisatiou would be the best thins
h.A i,tA ~ h.N
wherein Chisholm displayed that h,
was q yesiryman Of Market SQUARE
church aherevsr he went.
What is yoy propositions" asktS
Grandin, who, because Of the self'as
sertlon recessiss,si by his dimtnucs'
sise, seemed po1Tus, but VAS not. y;