Show MORGAN AIMS AI CONTROL OF SHIPPING I ON GREAT LAKES AS WELL AS ON OCEAN CLr CLEVELAND rELAND VELAND 0 O. Aug AuS' 16 A 16 A definite definite den den- nite niLe offer has been made according to toa a r report port here for the stock of or the American Shipbuilding com company pan and the directors are considering the thc matter mat mat- ter Their Thel r reply repty will wI be LC given 11 th the first of next month when they meet in special cia cial 1 fe session slon The he man behind the deal Is 3 J. J Pier Pier- t po Morgan The Thie pres present nt transaction will strike at al the control of or the grat lakes Jakes The American Shipbuilding company compan with Its Ils In C owns property valued at with an extra ext reserve e fund of or It I Is doing an Immen e It Is said that the tho aim of or the trust is not only to get control rf d the American Shipbuilding company business but of or that of or oher large larce Concerns conI concerns con con- I cerns so a as to monopolize th the entire bu business S 'S frau fron the Atlantic I to the Mississippi and undoubtedly Inthe in inthe inthe the end all trade from ocean ocen to ocean Two days ago representatives of or the Eastern trust an In the city The stocks of or the American Shipbuilding com company pan took a Jump Thursday the common stock advanced from r to It was known Imo b by those of or the Inner circles that a n. proposition was contemplated It came yesterday The price offered for or the common stock was 11 and for tor the preferred SILO |