The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1921-08-18
We've Got You Dead TO Rights, You
and Your ID Railroad!"

them. Citizens Storage & Warcho1sg
a. Low a Coz prom
+ iOIn Marshal Hp.rsa az &C. 'fs
"A majority OF It's stock Iiow uoe,
that strike your
ut strikes me that the people most
deeply Interested have been exceeding.
ly foolish to sell their birthright. But
that is strictly their own business. and
not mine or the railroad company's
"Wait !" Hatch Snarled. ITS 90
ing TO be both yours and the railroad
company's business, before you are
through with It. Marrow. here. rep
resents Marshall, and | represent
Henckel and myself What are YOU
going TO do about those ground leascsf'
Nothing at ALL except to insist upon
the condition under which they were
granted by the railroad company"
Meaning that you are going TO try
TO hold us 20 the fixed percentage
charge for handling, packing, loading
and transferringT'
Meaning Just that II you raise the
proportional market-price charge on
the producers and merchants. the
leases will terminate"
Il thought that was about where
you'd land. Now listen; we're It
Marshall and Henckel and land
what we say, goes as II lies We are
going 10 use the present G. s. 4 w
plants and equipment, charging our
own storage and handling percentages,
based on anything we see ft. If you
pull that ground-lease business on us
and try 10 drive us out, wen fight you
ell the way up 20 the Supreme court.
IL you beat us there, Wen merely
move over 10 the other side OF your
tracks TO our old Red Tower houses
and yards and 20 on doing business
at the old stand"
The boss sat back In his chair, and
could tell by the set OF his jaw that
he was refusing TO be panic-stricken.
you are taking altogether too much
for granted. aren't your he put I'm
mildly You are assuming that the
courts will eventually nullify the terms
Of the ground-leases, or, II they do
not, that the railroad company will
do nothing TO save It's patrons from
falling into this new graft trap"
Hatch snapped his fingers. NOW
you are coming TO the milk In the
coconut!" he raped out THAT is
exactly what we're assuming You
are going 70 let 90, once for an. Nor
cross. You are not going 10 fight us
In the courts. and neither are you go
ing TO arass us out Of existence with
short cars over-charges, and the thou.
sand and one petty prosecutions that
you railroad buccaneers make use OF
20 line your own pockets r.
But II we refuse 10 lie down and
let You walk over us and our patrons
what thenfr the boss inquired.
That brought the explosion. Hatch's
eyes blazed and he smacked fist into
palm.
Then we'll knife you. and we'll do
II 10 a velvet finish After 50 long
a time, we've got you where you can't
side-step. Norcross"
The boss refused 10 be panic
stricken; or. anyhow. he looked that
way.
I'VE have heard that kind 81 talk
many times IN the past be said. "The
way 70 make II effective Is 20 produce
the goods"
That's Just what we're here 10 do"
snapped the Red Tower president win. I
dictively. You. and the Big Fellows
In New York. want q lot o. the state
railroad laws repealed or amended /
II you can't get that string united. /
you can't gamble any more with your
stock Well and good. You came
here six months ago and set out 70 1
public sentiment IN favor
~ the railroad You nan up your
pleased flag and beat the
'0nn.tom and blew the hewgSg until 4
you got 3 lot o. dolts and chuckle-
1eads and easy marks 20 believe that
rOu really meant IL
Well. 60 o.
with ell this hunbug and huils-
,aIloo you stin couldn't be quite cer.
ain that voc had made your polat:
hat your measures would cnrry
hrough the incoming Legislature.
Aftsr the primaries you counted poses
lmong the candidates and found "a
ras going 70 Be e tight squeak-a
ID nEhi s9ueeh Then you 40 VIA, !