Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1921-06-10

Hornack's teeth met In the middle
Of the chewed cigar.
THAT'S excellent logic-buIly good
logic. If anybody should ask you! But
we're fighting condition. not theory.
Nobody wants p. s. l. Common even
at thirty-two. You wouldn't advise
your worst enemy to buy It at that
figure"
u don't know" said the boss, kind
Of musingly. "You're forgetting the
water that's been put into it from time
to time by the Spectators and reor-
ganisers: there has been q good deal
Of that, first and last Nevertheless,
value for value, you know, and know,
that the property is WORT, more than
thirty-two. including the bonds. What
I mean IL that II anybody would buy
the control at that fgure,-the con-
troll, mind you, and not merely q minor.
ity-and handle the road purely 40
dividend earning business proposition,
he wouldn't lose money; bed make
money-a lot Of It."
All Of which doesn't get us any.
where In the present pinch" returned
the trafRc manager. II suppose we'll
have 10 wait until Hatch makes his
first move. and I've still got fight
enough left In me to hope that he'll
make Il suddenly. Punch the button
for me II anything new develops. I'm
going back to swing on to my tele-
phone"
Following this talk with Hornack
there was a try-out with Billoughby
and Juneman, but as this three-cor-
nered conference was held in the pri.
vate room of the suite. I don't know
what was said. A little farther along.
when the boss was once more whiting
at the dictation, Mr.. Van Britt strolled
in. Mr.. Norcross told me. to take my
bunch Of notes to May and then he
gave Mr.. Van Britt his inning. start-
ing Of with: SWELL how Is the gen.
eral superintendent this fine morn
ing7"
Mr.. Van Britt wrinkled his nose.
"The general. superintendent is
wondering, one more time, why under
the starry heavens he Is out here In
this country that God has forgotten,
scrapping for a living on this one.
horse railroad Of yours when he might
be In good little old New York, Mv.
ing easy and clipping coupons in the
safety.deposit room Of Broad street
bank"
The boss laughed at that, and I'm
telling you right now that I was glad
to kn6R that he was still able to laugh.
you've never seen the day when
you wanted to renege, Upton. and you
know It," he hit back. think Of the
perfectly good technical education you
were wasting wAen took hold Of you
and jerked you cut here
"Huhi" said our millionaire; 1--WE
just had two enginemen on the carpet
for running over an old ranchman'a
pet COW. They said they couldn't
helD It; but ! told them that pnds1
the puonc-pe-pieased' policy. they'd
got to help It,"
The boss chuckled. II believe you'd
Joke at your own funeral. Upton. You
didn't come here to tell me about the
ranchman's pet cow"
mot exactly. I came to tell you
that Citizens Storage & Warehouse ia
due to have strike on its hands. The
management-which seems to have
got itself consolidated in some way
shot out lot of new bosses all along
the line on the through train last
night. and this morning the entire
works. elevators. packeries, coal yards,
lumber mills. and everything. are
posted with notices Of a blanket cut
In wages; twenty per cent. fat, for
everybody. The news has been trickling
In over the wires all morning; and the
last word is that q general strike Of
all c. s. & w. employees will 60 on al
noon tomorrow" +
THAT Is move number one" said
the boss. And then: "You have heard
that the Hatch people have reached
out and taken in the G. 8. 4 WI"
"Hornack was telling me something
about It; yes"
ut is true; and the fight is on. You
see what Hatch II doing. At one
stroke he gets rid Of all the local en-
plOyees Of C. 8. & W., who have been
drawing good pay and who might make
trouble for him Q little later on. and