The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-07

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sP Sa a"sS smack s Get iS s%'
Jacob Coney Hay Feed and Grain Lime, Cement and
Plaster private Office behind his store with his feet on
la center table from which remains of poker had not
vet been cleaned He hardbien individual with ghhut
other features to correspond his skin was tanned
leather and all his teeth were gold so far as ey
got table and stood and when he heard
name. he said 81 rather expecting youd ca DAD saq
Il only tst heard about you came at MY Ile an
they friends Mr.. Coey accepted gold foil cigar In
and they sat down to business
Nfr Cofey" said Dad am an independent oil what
the Big Five call the little feersthough not sohle
show here in San Edo county I've bought twelve
thousand and want to prospect for OIL II there's any
I'll put couple hundred wells the tract, and employ al
thousand pay few million dollars in wages and double
real estate values for five or ten miles around now
Pete here Of they'll fight TO keep me or anyone
out The thing Iwant to show you political feers IS that
these big companies put up nothing unless they nave
mostly goes the state machine, anyhow Like eVer
thing else they need little competition to Keep them sorned
up Us independents more and we make the big fellows
pay too. I'm talking to man who knows this
game"
eYou may assume IT," said Cofey Gust what do
want?"
or the present fist one thing Paradise It's
case road drilling, and that's no bluff but fact you
can understand because you haul heavy material yourself and
you may have deliver that there sheepran
81 have" said Mr.. Cofey. y
velI then no words needed road, and want III
without red ape want the county to start work within the
next days. and st push the Job right through SO mat c
get in here and my WELL while got rig to spare
Maybe that's been done before but it's what want and
I'VE what it's worth. Do make myself clear?
slight evident that he liked Dads business methods
side of the and Bunny understood that he
bargaining drawing fancy picture OF the tremendous @
involved The county machine had been having peck OF
late damned fool had stolen some moneY
thing to take counys money said Coey when could
much in legitimate Also there had been
criticism road contracts; they had crank in this town
published weekly paper the Watchdog and filed 1t vita
reckless charges Well long short of that to
repair funds of the county to build road for
ooperato would be bound to stir lot Of fuss and lose
votes which the county machine needed AS MI ROSS d s
Excelsior crowd who already had road to their tract
wouldn't Dads road they might furnish material Tor the
crank weekly paper and they might make kick to the state
committee and make Mr. Cofey's life little he'll aa3 9
politely-as the process Of bargaining required
that he appreciated all these troubles and would expect
them. In the first place. there would be tha
job carrying the county into Office Would
fair proposition Dad contribute five thousand dolrs
big cloud of greybue tobacco smoke into the air. and sat
gazing xedy the figure three 0s written in these cond
you understand Dad added; that's party matter, and
separate from proposition make to you personally
Let's have your whole idea, said Mr.. Cofey quietly.
So Dad his spe about believing in corporation and
how he always got little organization together wherever h
worked and stood by his friends and them share of what
he made about Bankside No l. and how he
of getting his derrick material the spot he had let the re
dent of big lumber have two percent OF % little
friendly service and the well had earned so far nearly SIX hum
dred thousand dollars profits and the president or this
had made twelve thousand N for his trouble in seeing
that Dad always got his lumber the day he asked for it.
And now here the thing IL Dad could get road
he would gamble the Paradise tract and Mr. Coey might
gamble with him. Dad offered carry him to the amount Of
Of the WELL the would hundred thou
sand dollars Mr. Coey would be getting two thousand dol
lar investment, and the well became producer he might
get five en thirty forty thousand dollars;
such things had happened times be rckoned
OF course Dad would expect this to that he and Mr.
Coy would be friends they would work together and help each
other with any little favors that might be needed
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