The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-02-04

venge. They'd have ruined me II !
hadn't bit Of money laid by"
Mr.. MCGUIRE explained to the old
Irishman his idea of how the letter
and the check happened to come to
him. Il suppose they have a new
boOkkeeper," he said. Il suppose in
making up his quarterly statement he
included your account among those to
whom rebates should be given. He
supposed you we're in the combination,
so he had check for the rebate made
out in your favor There will be the
devil to pay in that Office when they
learn of this mistake"
IT'S right you are, Mr.. MCGUIRE
said Moynihan. Now | want you to
go ahead and bust the trust"
McGuire's Wise Advice.
Not so fast" said Mr.. MCGUIRE. 1T
would take years and cost you every
dollar you've got. It's a natter for
the federal authorities. The case
would be fought out in court after
court up to the Supreme court Of the
United States and wouldn't be settled
finally probably until long after you are
dead. You leave the matter wholly
to me and I'll make these rascals
quake. I'll make them wish they'd
never formed the combination and
never had anything to do with T. ].
Moynihan. You go ahead and bid on
all the contracts you wish. Base your
estimates just the same as II you were
getting a rebate. Buy all your supplies
from the combination"
Timothy ]. Moynihan did as he was
told. He got more business the next
month than he had in the previous
year. His competitors had ceased to
consider him as a factor. Not only
that, but various men who had given
orders to Moynihan were surprised to
get letters from him notifying them
! that owing to development, which
he would explain to them later. he
was able to make a reduction in the
price of work he had done for them
and that he was forwarding his check
to cover the amount they were en-
titled to.
Mr.. Moynihan meanwhile turned
over to Mr. MCGUIRE detailed state
ment of everything he had purchased
from the combination from the day It
was formed. Mr.. MCGUIRE had several
conferences with the head of the COM
bination. The hardware man was
aghast when Mr.. Mcclure said it was
his purpose to compel the combina-
tion to bring all its books into court.
81 don't care what system of book
keeping you have employed" said Mr..
Mcguire, "either your books or the
records of the banks will disclose
everything | require. We've got you
under the civil statutes and we've got
you under the Sherman act. You'll be
a mighty lucky lot of men if you es.
cape the penitentiary. You've got a
pretty tough citizen to deal with in
Timothy ]. Moynihan. Nothing would
please him better than to see you in
stripes. He gladly would spend every
dollar he possesses to have full re,
venge on you and all those connected
with you"
The combination employed half a
dozen lawyers, high-priced lawyers
the sort of lawyers that do more work
out Of court than in court. They gave
all their attention to that case fol
weeks. They consulted with Mr.. Nc
Guire and they blarneyed and they
pleaded with Mr.. Moynihan. The one
thing that influenced Mr. Moynihan
was the picture of the disgrace and
the suffering that would be visited
upon the innocent wives and children
of the men connected with the combi
nation. At last he agreed to compro
mise. The combination paid back tC
him every dollar that would have been
due to him in rebate had he been a
party to the agreement proposed some
years before. He insisted on getting
interest in full on each and every item
of this rebate. 1t amounted to about
twenty-eight thousand dollars. He got
an agreement, too, in writing that
from that time forward his purchases
would be at the lowest rate the con
cern gave to it's patrons. In other
words, instead of rebate, lie would
get the real rate. He insisted, too
that the combination furnish to him
at the beginning of each week q
schedule of it's prices on all classes
\ of material And last, but not least
he compelled the combination to pay
Mr.. McGuires bill, and it was a goot
fat one. for he fixed 1t himself.
When he took the check to Mr.. Nc
Guire and handed it to that gentleman
he said: We've done good work, sir;
we've done good work. If we didn't
bust the trust, sir, be COB, we tanned
it."
And he smiled so expansively that
he showed every portion of his one
tooth.