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Show MORE INQUIRIES. V.-hiI! tl! expert ff,:r,; by f h I f roijnvl Folk nr d'lviri;; into tlir liooks of th .1. P. '.for:in '-OTnpfui y to 'ft n. Hni on Hint, firm's rj','i It ni ivillj uri'l for tho ,tv ffavn r';i'l, ;m ii)'iiiry ba i'fn irititut'"l I.- Ilif i n t r-r-1 ;i t o ''nnnii-rrn rf,m million into tlic n' l:i t j on l.'lif'n thf. F'.altimorl i. 'lino nn-l II, o ,i nri r r rj f . 1 i, If;ifnil!on A. hityloo rn;i-l Tho Mor'un niuiiiv nl". r j 1 1 r ' 4 in tbi in vrt i ini t jon. Tt. ma. Lroufht, out rlor.n ll.'- f t mlnnttnn of I'r'-.i'lr'iil. Imni 7. ! I:( r-l that tho Baltimore & Ohio hail ninc i-ah mhaiu-cs to tho Oim-inuati, llam-i llam-i 1 1 o li & Dayton amounting to fJl.-SS0,4i15, fJl.-SS0,4i15, up to May 27. 101 I. YTillard alto testified that on .lu.Iy 1, 1009, a'u agreement was made with J. P. Morgan, Mor-gan, and company to take over the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton. 'o ca.-h was to be paid, but at tho end of seven and onelialf years the Balti-j Balti-j more & Ohio was to buy from tho Mm- gan company substantially all the stock at a price that might then be prevailing. About Sl',000 shares were involved in the deal. A few years ago the late J. T Morgan Mor-gan was called the '-doctor of sick railroads. ' ' lu some cases the roads were actually benefited by being " Morganized, " even though loaded down with additional millions and debt. Undoubtedly Morgan profited by reason rea-son of the various deals, but he was entitled to fair compensatiou for putting put-ting bankrupt railroads upon their foot and giving ralue to their securities, the old as we!! as the new. The eae of the Xew Haven differs from the others by reason of the fact that it was physically and financially health' when Morgan became interested interest-ed in its welfare. It has been sick unto death ever since. The question as to whether Mellen or Morgan was to blame will probably never be decided, de-cided, the banker being in his gTave and unable to defend himself. The books of the firm ought to throw some light upon the subject. Another inquiry may result from the resolution of Senator Xorris of Nebraska, Ne-braska, who charges that the Xew York Central is operaiing in violation of the Sherman antitrust law. It is unfortunate for the business interests in-terests of the country that the administration admin-istration should attack the railroads all along the line at the present time, when such radical changes have been made in the tariff law and the currency cur-rency system. |