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Show JUSTIFIES PflMEUT OF BIG SAURIES TO HAD OFFICIALS Washington, Feb. 28. Daniel G. Hold, head of tho group which took control of tho Rock Island railway system In 1901, declared today at tho Interstate, commerco commission's Investigation of tho road's financial affairs that organization of tho two holding companies with total capitalization capital-ization of $350,000,000 put no nddl tlonal burden on tho Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Compan . "When you eut tho earning powers pow-ers of railroads by llxlng ratos, and everything olso goes up In tho way of taxes, conditions aro worBO," ho said. "I am not complaining of tho wages wo must pay, but of what wo get to pay wages with." "Lot us look at tho wages at tho othor end of tho lino," snld Chief Counsel Folk of tho commission. Ho pointed out that officers of tho Rock Island had recelvod during tho period per-iod underiinvcstlgatton salaries ranging rang-ing from $125,000 down to $25,000 a year. "Thoro was not a man there who was not worth what ho was gottlng," said Mr. Held, adding that mou cap nblo ot operating an 8000 mllo railway rail-way system woro entitled to all they could got "ovon If It wna a million a year." |