Disquisition by Scripps, E.W., Who will be boss?, December 22, 1908

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consulting with bj'''' ' advising with , him,
business as a butcher and packer.
about his own private, persona
As a good cli" ent should do to his legal advisor, Hardy confided '
me to the extent of giving me
business, and especially some
some of t h e inside information of his
of his business secrets.
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fi'~" . I was su rprised to find that this supposedly ignorant ' ~ ,, 1il: lis \
"':~~~~ e' haa : per~ a '!! lvar q.' 1if":. y': i' i';; ~- cih~~ r,;;:; remarkably
~~~~~: e~ .. r: u:. rl<,!?'~ .. ~. in the matter of PI1¥ ltical
, ke eplllg .
~. t.""'.~ IIfh1r""; r-: t i~£ r~';; r h is business are ke pt i n percentage form, are i " -, kept in a simple~ f o rm than those of my own business, and perhaps, even I in a more easily'- to- be- unde rsto od form.
~~ Hardy i~ abo~"' t6 , _ at , . s a competitor in the local field, one of
~, ~ re at ChlCagO pacb ng hou ses. ,'_, :_
I ~~- .. , b~ fo rehe: o. t.: lj; t - tp_ war .. , ,, ) la ve found that, Ilke a Wlse h ng .., e' hair e~_ ed '~...: his res our~
, and has ' I; elt~~~ a. t. ed ' tb~ advant~.:: ~ t:!:! : ~ v arif~ eso_~ h- is
_ posltlon, an~.. l~ o a very l a r g e d egree at least, all the chance!!" '
• "." In a wo n, -' r' wa ~ imp~~ ssed with the idea t hell1' 9" i~ remarkabi¥
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' Presented ' to me, ther~ ' Vi. e , really very littl~ t}(~ r g round, arm of
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4dl2cussion than: lba1.. pureirr'WCademic oii" if- 7""" " "'
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