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Show ONE ON THE FARMER. Youth Had the Making of a Future Financier. "Trust, monopolies, have had their day. They did more harm than good. Hence, they must go. But, all the game, we must admire the long-head-edness of the men who created these vast enterprises." The speaker was Senator La Fol-lette. Fol-lette. He went on: "The trust creator crea-tor reminds me of the little boy who entered the farmer's truck patch and said, touching a handsome cucumber on a vine: " 'Plow much for this?" " 'Ten cents,' the farmer answered. " 'I don't want to pay more than about 2 cents,' said the boy. " 'Well, here's one for that price,' said the farmer, and he lifted up a very small cucumber that grew beside the big one. " 'All right. I'll take her,' said the boy. 'But don't cut her off now. I'll call for her again in two weeks' time." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. |