The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-05-05

government officials had been pro
fiteering in coal.
He also charged that the coal IA
mine hysteria was unwarranted by
the facts of the situation and was
artifieially produced.
While Gushing refused to give out
publicly the names of government
officials who had taken part in coal
profiteering, he furnished several
names TO the committee privately.
One of these, a dollar a year man not
now with the government, shared in
the net profit of $685. 900 through
the handling of 100000 tons of coal,
according to Cushing.
Manager Cushing's revelations are
undoubtedly due to an effort to re-
move some of the burden of unwar
ranted profiteering from his associa-
tion and himself. 1t appears now to
be established that the coal magnates
while refusing to deliver coal on con-
tract, withheld production and piled
up large terminal points to get higher
prices.
The priority shipments ordered by
the government to certain sections
gave the coal operators another
chance to break contracts. By this
Juggling, those who had contracts
ahead for coal at a price under the
recent famine market, found that
their contracts were valuable only as
waste paper.
This is getting to be dismal world
for the gallant man. A few days ago
a conductor on a Chesapeake & OHIO
train got the shsock of his life when
he sought to deter fine looking wo-
man from entering the smoking car.
Presenting she had entered it by mis-
take he offered to assist her to move
her baggage into another car. mind
your own business" she snapped, Il
guess l know what 1 want to do"
And taking Missouri meerschaum
and a sack of tobacco from her bag,
she lighted up and began to blow
rings of smoke toward the car ceiling.
His Conscience Got the Mastery?
Hyde, Eng, April 12.-Austin
a member of the house
of commons, has just given to the
local governing council of Hyde his
mansion, valued at $15O,O00, and
twenty other houses and he has gone
to live in an old barn on what was
once a part of his estate. He has
taken this action because he believes /
that manifestation of the spirit of |
on the part of public !
would avert any danger of a
revolution in England. Mr.. Hopkin- |
sons other deeds of generosity in
,lude the disposal of his furniture to |
friends and the needy, partly by sale |
at bargain prices and partly by free
gift. He gave his handsome automo-
bile to his chauffeur. The latter has /
now started in business with it. His /
former employer, the donor of the |
is one of his best customers. |
To questioners, Mr.. Hopkinson has ,
said his intention was to live the life ,
Of a simple workingman and to help /
others as much as possible. In his /
own workshops, he has introduced /
profit-sharing system that is without |
precedent inasmuch as the higher the |
yield, the less he receives, and after |
a certain sum is reached, he is to re-
ceive nothing at all.
During the war, HopkinsOn was an !
officer. He was discharged as unfit. |
but rejoined as a private.
Thomas Powell, of Port Richmond, !
Staten Island, is among the four or
five million unemployed American |
workmen- He has a wife, five sons |
and three daughters, the oldest child |
being George, aged u. For many
weeks bread furnished practically |
their only food and a bill of $50 had /
been contracted at the bakers when |
the bread man said no further credit |
would be given. George quit cshool |
and went to work for the baker de-
ivering bread at $3.50 week One
half his wages was withheld to apply
on the debt, and this had been re-
luced to $40 on the day when George
while at work, fell from wgaon own