8/14 Put this draft for fifty thousand to my credit as a starter." "Ah, I begin to understand. But--" "You don't understand at all, yet. May I use your long distance telephone ?" "Of course, sir." Uncle John had secured considerable information from Mr.Watson, and this enabled him to act comprehensively. The advertising sign business in this part of the state was controlled by two firms, who contracted directly with the advertisers and then had the signs painted upon spaces secured from the farmers by their wide-awake agents. These signs were contracted for by the year, but the firms controlling the spaces always inserted protective clauses that provided for the removal of any sign when certain conditions required such removal. |