The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-30
soap output in the world.

1t is common knowledge, too,
that Boiitho Blame was the big
man of the British group, who are
our principal competitors A price
war. ruinous TO both parties, has
been going on FOR years and /
.consideEed that the best thing TO
do was Tor Blame and me. TO get
together, see if we couldn't ar
range some sort OF an amalgama-
ton. and put our concerns on q
more solid footing.
= II anyone had come TO know
what was in the air the shares of
10th groups would nave gone UP
like skyrocket, and neither
Blanc nor. I wanted thaS. II would
have meant SUCH terrible slump
afterwards if we'd failed 60 make
a deal. Youth see. then, it was
essential we should meet some
place where nobody would get 10
know about it. | suggested my
yacht, and Blame agreed. he was
20 have joined US before we left
New YorG BY seaplane, but he
sent 4 message at the last moment
saying that he couldn't make it,
and would come aboard ct Miami.
he came off in q tender Just be-
fore : O'Clock last evening and
went straight down 20 his cabin.
1 have already told you what oc-
cured after that.
n: Thanks, Mr.. Rocksayage.
That's fine. / can quite under
stand your not wishing your in
tended conference with Mr.. Blame
20 get about, owing TO its effect on
the market. Now, tell me about
these other guests of yours. Was
il in any sense a pleasure trip. or
were all of them concerned IN this
business with you and Blame?
r.: One or two were here or
account of business.
X: Which were they?
R.: Lady Weller. You'll have !
heard og her, | expect. She's the |
widow of the shipping man, Sir
David Welter, who made big pile
in the war. He died soon after,
but his widows q wonderful bust
mes woman as well, although in
many ways she's much more con-
cerned with politics and social
good. She runs a group of papers
in Great Britain and they cost her
A tidy packet, | believe, but that's
ner business. She has an outside
income and so she can afford 1t.
A lot of her money is tied up IN
my companies. In fact, she is my
biggest individual shareholder and
| value her opinion, so that's why
asked her TO join us for this trip.
She's an old friend of mine though
and. quite outside any business OPP
erations. she's been my guest on
this yacht and other places, many
times before this.
n: Anyone else?
r.: Well, suppose you'd in
clude young Reggie Jocelyn. He's
her son-in-law, and the old lady
thinks lot of him. Since ne mar
ried the daughter she runs him
around and asks his opinion on
most things that she does.
n: And the Jap?
R.: Yes, he's business, too. I've
never met him before yesterday,
we've corresponded.
n: What part does he play?
R.: Well. he's a sort of unoffi-
:ial representative of the japanese
and he's been playing
ball with me for some time now
on the proposition of our secur-
ing q monopoly of the japanese
market for our goods. He was
playing ball with Blame, too,
don't doubt: anyhow, neither of us
had seen our way to close the deal
up to date but | figured that, If
Blame and | could get together,
we'd have the Jap cold between us
so we both postponed clinching
until we'd had our talk.
asked the Jap along so that, If
we settled things satisfactorily, we
could tackle him together after
wards, and kill two birds at one
sitting.
n: How about the others?
r.: They're just straightfor-
ward guests who know nothing of
the business which Blame and
we're proposing TO transact.
n: Thank you Mr.. Rocksavage.
That makes the situation a whole
lot clearer. | am afraid no one