The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-07-01

I Of instructions. which would have
been delivered just as quickly b, mail
And I remember one time when
was returning home. stopping at St.
Louis. Kansas City and other points.
wherever l showed up at hotel and
asked for mail. I got a telegram ask
ing me to give some money to a
worthy cause. | never answer tele-
grams asking for donations or urging
legislation.
At Chicago one day last week. thou
sands OF kilograms poured In asking
delegates to vote for Hoover for presi-
dent. One Colorado delegate an
swered a dozen such kilograms by
wire, saying that he couldn't do it
and sent them collect.
This is. fancy, one of the extrsva-
gances growing out OF the war.
The day before left Chicago. had
lunch with Royal Johnson. repre-
sentative from South nakota he
was telling me OF a Chautauqua
speech he was preparing on the war
and its after-resuits. He spoke OF the
reckless taxicab drivers as one of the
by-products and told of some of his
experiences in Chicago. The next
morning | took IA taxi to the station.
The young daredevil driver started
out at about 40 miles an hour At a
cross street We met a street car. and
to save running into the street he had
| to turn rather suddenly. The street
was damp and the taxi skidded and
would have smashed into the moving
car. but the taxi wheels caught in the
vacant street car tracks-:he taxi
came near turning over. but righted
itself and within a half block we had
slowed down to a reasonable speed.
The driver was the worst scared Of.
the two. He looked in and said:
Close call: anything broken"
said: No: but tell me what regiment
you were with In France?" He told
me, but | have forgotten now.
When ! got safely aboard that train
for Washington-pleasan settled in
Pullman seat. ! felt more at ease
more comfortable and freer from dan
ger than | have felt for some time
And then for the first time that morn
ing II occurred to me how near my
banker came to handling the funds
from that $4,000 accident policy,
told YOU about the other day.
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Late that night | had a visit with
my porter. and got little information.
He was working on his shoes and I
was finishing late eiga-. snd having
the smoker to ourselves. proceeded
to interview him. He was born in
New OrleanE-where It seems most
Pullman porters come from-asd had
moved to Chicago. which is the head
quarters for Pullman poriers these
. days, ! suppose the future generation
~ porters will be born in Chicago.
He told me that q porter gets $50 a
month salary and tips. About seven
people in 10 give tips. The usual tip
is % cents a day Some give 50
cents, but some cut il down 10 Is
cents or 20 cents He said that the
big rich folks don't pay as literally
as regular travelling men-that women
didn't give anything at all sometimes
and that a Hebrew travelling man
often saves caTsaTe out OF quarter.
/ He said that a porter on a good run
ought to pick up from - to s. a day
porter gets little sleep. His
regular schedule for sleep is only
Z from two and half to four hours His
run lets him 20 to bed AT 2 "a o'clock
and gets up at 6 a IN He usually
gets a half-rate at eating stations and
| in dining cars. but on the n. & q. ne
gets meals at 20 cents.
After ] got through pumping him
| he began on me. Did | think we
would ever get the saloons back? I
did not Then he gave me temper
ance lecture. but didn't know Il;
He said: The trouble with this
country all grows out OF this prohibit.
tion. We wouldn't have had the coai
strike II we hadn't had prohibition
! The men come out OF the mine and
have no place to 20 and nothing to
drink. SO they 20 home and think ii
/ over and conclude they will strike for
more pay. They have money on
hand, so are not afraid to strike II
they had had the saloons 10 20 to
] they would have blown In all their
money and couldn't go on a strike
Now. with no saloons to patronize.
they spend the money for better food
and better clothes-and seeing and
| getting better things. they want better
things and need more money--so t-ey
/ think II over and strike And soon
these men who work will get above
working. and who will YOU get to do
yo;,r dirty work-if YOU don't have sa-
looms To help keep the men DOWN."
! Now. I'll leave It to YOU IL that
\ isn't good temperance lecture The
porter was strong for Harding. but
Z was not enthusiastic about Lowden
! About this time a big, hne-looking
! chap came into the smoker anil
looked around. remarked that we
were settling some OF the big prob
lens OF the country. The distin.
I Fuished- looking gentleman looked at
us. about like I would look at a bunch
or clans gasping on the sea shore. and
I walked ont The nnNt MORNING ba