Show I 1 I 1 J I 1 1 1 1 I 1 4 i HE GREAT COMBINE futar or if what could has i been doing doin i oas CHUTES BITTER FLO floa THE I 1 opinions of r iha the on ibl the giant fill fat of OK oas bans ians controlling Cont rollin I 1 all the th channels of chmir commerce alerce I 1 nov 22 president brey toyle foyle of I 1 ahe e monon route returned today to day froia from kew new york abe where re he ile has been since the egl nning of 0 the financial flarry flurry said he be the opinion nf of those who know mast most ot of the recent railroad deals is that sir mr gould and his friends have control ot of all the trunk lines west ot of chicago except the canadian pacific of course the rumors are lesion legion but tile insiders concede what I 1 have just said they agree that mr goold gould mr ames and mr air sage absolutely control the union I 1 cefic cI fic alco aleo that the rockefellers Rocke fellers who own the bf K sc T ere are helping the northern pacific and north american in each such a way as to give them control and incidentally put dacker decker howells k co again on their feet that farm had bad over three millions of securities in excess of their liabilities and with tha the rocke rocks fellers tellers controlling the northern pacific and north american properties the securities will rise to the old prices gould and now control the pacific mail and a perfect under standing exists between tha the two as tar far as the bouthern yon thern pacific is concerned the result of thesa these deals cannot help b being e i a good d one to western rn roads stable S t MI and remunerative rates will be established the recent financial troubles will have no effect on our ex into the indiana coal fields we are bard hard at work on them and will complete them as boon soon aa as possible I 1 president T B blackstone of the alton said the present railroad situation may be regarded aa as hopeful because it does not not seem possible for it to become worse public sentiment Benti ment is in favor of unrestricted competition then again such consolidations form combinations which are liable to fall to pieces of their own wn weight it is more than probable that these thes etwo two causes may operate to overturn any consolidation of several systems with a view to placing absolute control of the traffic of the country in a one man or syndicate there is no question ili ahat a t the interests of the public would bo be better served if all the railroads were united under one control either individual or of the government there would then be one responsible bead and everybody would know where to look to secure by legislation or jur popular sentiments remedy for any evil etil 11 said Cli chairman sirman wall the interstate commerce railway association and ex member of the inter later slate state commission the vast changes of ate life in railroad control are the natural consequence of the anti auti pooling section ot or the interstate inter state stata commerce law i mr gould if it he had effected the re ported deals of the past few low days is simply taking the th best c course open under t the he law by which be can protect his own interests and those of the stockholders whom be he represents if it the public which controls legislation would realize that there is no harm iu in a pool under the supervision and control of state and federal authority the rates consequently being just and reasonable the present tonden cy toward the consolidation of I 1 vast railroad interests ba be checked while pooling is not the panacea tor for disturbances amid railroad which ia is sometime 1 I claimed it tends to preserve the ILe independent pendent existence of all the different lines find and to prevent discrimination among shippers the anti pooling section otlee law has proved a fa failure ilore agreements of that character should at price bo be legalized bat but under federal con control troland and the c commission 6 should shout d be empowered to cancel them if they I 1 are used in any way to the oppression of the public it is not possible in any other way to prevent the speedy concentration of the entire railway control of tha the country in the hands of a few individuals |