and Frank Kellogg[1] and all those high-up guys, to be able to let down for a minute and shake the mitt of a fellow that he used to laugh and joke with in the old care-free days before we both assumed the responsibilities of our present careers."
So here about six months ago, when we were planning to take a little trip to New York—
I had to go to New York to look over a new mimeographing machine. You see, I'm in the office-supply business, and let me tell you gentlemen that though I'm the first to respect other professions, though I honor the surgeon who can snatch you from the very gates of death, the lawyer who can so brilliantly argue your case—though personally I always think it's better to settle out of court—or the great banker or department-store owner, yet in all fairness let me put this to you:
Who is it that enables these gentlemen to do business and get their great ideas across in an up-
- ↑ A former American cabinet minister.
