Show RAILROAD FIGHT WITH THE SO CALLED SYSTEM the network of railroads indicated on the map shows the control that E H harriman and allied interests have on the country charles J bonaparte attorney general of tho united states whose picture Is in the upper part 0 the map has started suit for the government to dissolve the combination E H harriman choso whoso picture Is in the lower right hand part of the map Is the principal defendant the entire list of defendants include B H harriman the railroad king jacob H new york banker and railroad capitalist and his associate otto kahn jas president of the national city bank of now york commonly known as the standard oil bank H C frick of pittsburgh the coal and coke magnate and a prominent figure in the united states steel corporation henry H rogers one ol 01 the heads of the standard oil company and william H clark the multimillionaire ex united states senator from montana the farmers loan trust company of new york also is made a defendant fen dant being the depository of all stock of the san pedro road andera undera contract by which athe attorney general says it is required to give proxies to such persons as may be named by harraman Harrl man and clark for a period of year under their agreement made at tho time harriman forced clarac to abandon tho san pedro an independent line which he had constructed and turn it over to harriman his arch enemy conspiracy and restraint of trade are charged and illegal monopoly of the transportation business of the country between the missouri river on the east and the pacific coast south of portland on the west the government desires the dissolution of the combination between the union and southern pacific and san pedro lines and the establishment of the ownership by union or oregon short line of of santa fe great northern and northern pacific |