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Show Tlisl Secret IVIUInn. Ni-av Yiiiik, Se4. 5. Iti the ferret fe-rret lwtitkiu rlmibttl among the sloclJioMrrs of the Illinois Ctnt'n), urging tliein lo rl-e in rebellion agalnet the prrent manag ment, ooiilra-t is ma'le lrtweeu the pros-perou pros-perou stale of the coniny ill 13. aud Is-, after five jcars of tlie Fi-h-llarrlmin raanagnieiit. It Is siiowli that Willi an increase in I lie debt and stock of r.J,99-,Jel.l there b Leeu a d-crea- uf 5 l,5-t In the net earnings from the co-otra-tsoii-ofUic roi, when the result of lS-3are compared with those nf tbe fiscal ye-aren ling June rn, 1-9-I. The latter was a year of heavy traffic, traf-fic, owing lo tlie ollflo yield of grain In ! and 19. Tlie dividends divi-dends liave tallen from S percent iu l&aS to 6 percent in 19, ami the IilAtket value of the holjliigs iu the sjiho period has fiiileii from 145 to lid. niej.ttitioii further states: It is belicvul that since the debt of the company lias been increased bv several millions of dollar, and that the debt and stock are apju-oxi-mited fSj.DOiVJUt in excess ot 153.1, and there are strong reason fori lieving that at thi lime the com-teiny com-teiny ha a tluaUng debt of from SI,tm,tltoSiWMW- Itmu.tl; apparent that after paying tlie annual an-nual liitere-t the margin for six per cent dividend is now very narrow, aud the further i-ue of SI5,KX).0-J of stock, as recently propo-ed by the pre-ent inauagemen or any considerable con-siderable increase in the dent and Interest account, will force a reduction reduc-tion of the dividend ami a serious decline in the market value of the share." Neither Mr. liarrlraoti nor Mr. Fbh were lu tlie city today. |