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rooined New York, an' I don't propose 

 to hev our town rooined at the start. 



" Now I say no man hez any right to 

 live on the public. ' Live an' let live,' says 

 I ; an' if we let one man run this yer store, 

 it 's tantamount to makin' the others the 

 slaves of a monopoly. Every man hez as 

 much right as another to sell goods, an' 

 there is only one fair way to do it, an' that 

 is give all a chance; an' sence it falls to 

 me to make a suggestion, I says, let Bill 

 Jones thar sell the tea ; let Ike Yates hev 

 the sugar; Smithers kin handle the salt; 

 Deacon Blight seems naturally adapted for 

 the vinegar; and the other claims kin be 

 considered later. I '11 take the post-office 

 meself down to my own farm. Now that 's 

 fair to all." 



There was no flaw in the logic ; it was 

 most convincing. Those who would fight 



