Show RAIL MERGER ERGER IS DEFEATED I Virginians of Fighting Blood Pull for Small Stockholder cr BT By JOHN Jons- CARTER CI Special ial Dl DI h to The Stand Mal E artl Copyright 1926 by Consolidated Press Presa Association RICHMOND Va 11 March M A 6 6 little group of or determined men In Inthis inthis Inthis this old southern louthern battlefield for forstate's slates slate's rights beat the great Van an Nickel Pl Plate te merger HeAps of or telegrams and lette letters on their desks duks dr ks today are In recognition of that tact fact These men are arc Virginians born bornand bornand bornand and bred Two of or them them boast bOalt that their fathers fathera were officers In the Confederate arm army They conduct conduct- conducted conducted ed It their successful fight against the Nickel l Plate merger In their thell ca- ca capacity ca capacity of to stockholders of the Chesapeake Ohio 11 railway way one of the roads which the merger would have absorbed These stalwart Virginians are Georg Gros 8 e Cole Scott banker end and broker John Stewart Bryan Bryon news news- newspaper newspaper newspaper paper publisher Berkeley Wil WH-I WH Williams liams lawyer er and Lindsay H Hop Hop- Hopkins king Hop p- p kin kins now of or Atlanta Xo Now comes a new era In finances fI- fI fi finances nances said Mr Scott today It to I an era of confidence an era In which the poor man the small In- In investor In Investor vestor veltor In stocks may know now that th the United States Statu government le Ie his friend that his rights will w be protected A precedent has hu b been en eat t and the stockholders stockholder of or the Chesapeake Chesapeake 6 Ohio have been saved Paved a lot of or money Richmond Is 18 not a large lorge town n It Is a neighborly neighborly town The rhe man who shines locomotives Is wel- wel welcomed wel welcomed corned Into the offices of or George Glorge Cole Scott Scot one of or Virginias Virginia's rich rich- richet rich tt et t mun or of John Stewart Stew rt Bryan Mr Ir Bryans Bryan's newspaper ei the Rich Rich- Richmond Richmond mond News Leader prides III itself l U Uon on Its neighborliness In Jn short sh rt the tle financiers who held stock In into Inte to te Chesapeake Ohio had a friendly Interest In Richmond em- em em of the railroad rh They y had hadan hadan hadan an Interest In holders ot of otC o C C 0 O securities so that when It was reported that hat the Van an Seer Seer- 51 er- er owners of or a controlling In- In interest In Interest terest In the road planned to flue roods rondo rond Into a great s system s e the n li up their ears cars They asked to see the plan pan and It was outlined to them And my how It II was s s said Bald Mr Scott Oh I grant you that It came camo to us with the the- fir ct- fi financial very best of support Great vandal Interests of New York had put their on It We Ye are c down here Every ery day or two groups s of or curious stockholders would gather at th the West lest More More- Moreland More land land club or In some lome soft ort drink stand end and talk about the proposed mer merger er We We were not satisfied with It Parts of It were obscure Ye We went to C 0 O officials and BIke asked for additional Information We e d dd d not get It We went to the theVan Vac Var for tor data We did not get it So we pegged Along studying what hat we could find The They decided the scions Iclon of Vir- Vir Virginia Vir Virginia ginia these son sons I of fighting soldiers soldiers of ot Robert E Lee tHat the terms were unfair to the thes s stockholders of or the Chesapeake Ohio Ohio and that they stood to lose a year on tilt the exchange or of stocks Furthermore It would bp be unneighborly to encourage e a aplan Aplan plan which would move the tho C 0 o offices and shops from Rich Rich- Richmond Richmond mond When heu this little tittle group of Vir- Vir Virginians Vir Virginians decided to tight right Mr Scott went to New York and notified the big 1 financial Interests that the plan would have havo to be changed to t ee the requirements ot of o C 0 stockholders They told me mo It was too late said Mr Scott and I rt replied that the he he bugle W was l blowing again lIong clong the Potomac That was the tho beginning A year later the fight ha hat hal 1 been won and Wall VAil street had taken a lick lick- lickIng licking licking ing at the Iho ho hands of or a n few deter deter- determined determined mined Virginians did We Wo Ve did not oppose consolida consolida- consolidation lion tion said Mid Mr r Scott we favored the right kind but not this kind We e went to battle battlo for tor our lions though our own RIchmOnd chamber of commer sided against us u we tee won and salad stockholders everywhere can take henrt |