Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-27

on a level with the back Of his chair
 and he wore a fierce mustache.
 Tn putting in the Atlantic-Pacifc
 as my share of the pool, gentlemen Il
 explained Allison. My project. as
 have told you. is to make this the
 main trunk, the vertebrae as it were,
 of the International Transportation
 company. I have consolidated with
 the A.-P. the Municipal Transporta.
 ton company, and I have put my en-
 tire fortune in it, to lay it on the table
 absolutely unencumbered."
 He threw down the Atlantic-Pacific
 railroad and the Municipal Transports tion company in the form of one sheet typewriter paper.
 'We'd better appoint someone to look after the legal end of things" suggested the towering Haverman. whose careless, lounging attitude con trasted oddly with his dignified long beard.
 'Ill take care of it." said w. T. Chis- holm of the Majestic Trust company. and drawing the statement in front of him, he set a paperweight on it.
 "The first step is not one of incor- pcration," went on Allison. Before that is done there must be but one railroad system in the United States"
 Smooth-shaven cid Joseph G. Clark nodded his head. There was but one cereal company in the United States, and the Standard, in the beginning, had been the smallest. Two of the heads of rival concerns were now in Clark's employ. one was pauper and three were dead. He disliked the pau per.
 Robert E. Taylor of the American Textiles company; man who had quite disproved the theory that con- structive business genius was confined to the North. smoothed his gray mus tache refiectively, with the tip of his middle finger, all the way out to its long point.
 q can see where you will tear up the east and west traffic situation to considerable extent" he thoughtfully commented; but without the impor- tant north and south main trunks you cannot make tight web"
 Allison went over to his wall map, with step in which there was the spring of boy. A. L. Vance of the United States Supplies company, which controlled beef, sugar and prac- tically all other food products, except those mighty necessities under the sways of the Standard Cereal ccm- pany and Eldridge Babbitt's National Dairy Products consolidation, studied the buoyant Allison with puzzled ex- pression. He had seen Allison grow to care-burdened manhood, and sud denly Ed seemed twenty years young ar. Only Eldridge Babbitt knew the secret of this miraculous rejuvenes- ,ence. Babbitt had married late in fife; beautiful young woman!
 'The key to the north and south sit nation is here" said Allison, and he lrew a firm, swift, green line down across the United States. branching at zach end. George Dalrynple will be ,ere in half an hour. and by that time [ trust we may come to some agree. nent"
 Tt depends on what you want" ,comed Arthur Grandin, who. sitting beside the immense Haverman, looked IS if that giant had shrunk him by his nere proximity.
 Freight. to begin with" stated AlN- son, resuming his 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 wish to enumerate them. National Dairy Products con solidation can swing the shipment of every ounce of butter, cream, cheese, eggs and poultry handled in this coun- try; Clark's Standard Cereal company, wheat, corn, oats, rice, barley, malt, four, every ounce of breadstuffs or cereal goods, grown on American soil. the Amalgamated Metals Constructive company, every pound of iron, lead and copper. and every ton of ore, from the moment it leaves the ground until it appears as an iron web in a city sky or spans a river; Grandin, the Union Fuel company. coal aud wood, from Alaska to Pennsylvania, with oil and all its enormous by-prod- ucts; Taylor, the American Textiles wool, cotton, flax, the raw and finished material of every thread of clothing we wear, or any other tex tile fabric we use except silks; Vance, the United States Supplies company. meat, sugar, fruit, the main blood and sinew builders of the country. Gentle men, give me the freightage controlled by your six companies, and I'll toss the rest of the countrys freightage 10 a beggar."
 You forgot Chisholm" Rabbit re- minded him, and Banker Chisholm's white mutton-chops turned pink from the appreciation which glowed in his face.
 Allison was quite right" returned big Haverman with a dry smile. "The incorna on r,onav is an itau,