Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-09-06
ABOR INVESTIGATION.
\ cOVLDS HIRCORY OF NIs
kRI,Y STRUGGLES AND HIS
kuEWs or DULL TINES.

kRLY hTRuG6LES AND MS
vJEWS or DULL TlMEA.
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,.w Work Sent. b-Sepators Bla
r"u vaited patiently for Mr.. ia
M a ~ appear before them this NOR
,s.tifv AZ TO the relations of can
VI I"hor' A large audience W,
.."r,,ancc y"
ur Gould DELAYED his appsarant
rommittee heard statements frol
~" % W Weston. a LAWYER of III
s,,ho apn.arsd in opposition IN IN
,;s. Of Henry George and MI
,r % Inst as the witness was h,
;ng his testimony Mr.. Gould ente,
Mr. Weston merely stated that th
anew IN monopOljze land was mot =
now Az il was . ne hundred wear
his country.
Gnuld then took the stand and
inc sworn. Senator Blair reoue.t.
NJ ia gjye a history of his earl,
nj first business adventures, anc
Ir.s 10 his present condition. y
Gould seemed to bs someNba
'prpi at the request. but. turnins
smile towards the reporters h,
\ in A low voice:
was BORN" he said, sat Roxbury
phware County. in this State on
g7h 1896 NV parents had a
farm and kent twenty COWS which
,teI in tending. / attended a
about fifteen miles distant and
| was about fourteen wears old
|red situation in a store in a
boring village. Twas much in.
led IN mathematics. and used to
n a, three o'clock in Nh, mornin0
(,udv until six, when the store was
nj, | remained in the ato,a for
FEARS, when | made the acuuaint.
pfa surveyor who was making a
of lister County He took me
lis service at A salary of 500 a
learned that nv emnlover,s cred;,
Iot very good, and I was to Obtain
kuey for INV work until tho nun
kompIeted so that I mads .,,p
for III. farmers nj s,0 an;acs tn
by running expenses madasur
afterwards of Delaware and Al
counties, and made in these con.
about ri OO I tban wnnt IT.,
lnnery business with a M pratt
kusyille and finally entered into
|nership with Chas M Leunn
k0nmitt4d suicide The f;rs, ra;I
with which I had anv connsctinn
and Saratoga of wbi,,b T w,s Sm
'pnlent During tbe manic of 10
pck went down yerv low and RI
which af,erward. rosa ~ ,, '"
adp a handsome nroft " "
M you give Ms vnur ooip,on 40 n
3ac,irahiIjtv of a Gnv.rn,n.mt naa
e.raph, which would ,ake f the
ci the present svstam NJ Gon,5oS
k4I Sru,,,ns . ny .? s'''''' ''r''ou'u'
Liinl, III. h.;n.,i.n,;o,s...
!. opposrd to anv .mch , th;nn "'"m as
r-nli..J ,T ~ ~ c"''i', ""s sucm ~ thlne az
.s % mara, 'm'n,u. ,han ie'eeraphlc
f,anagsI y" ',"" ar na:,. ""y o'ner' IeqnireS
,IH''I ny experts, and che diN-
! (,u,r !, do.S ''n ,i,a - n'"i, h,; are ooIa'm'
Government system the whole
m snhier, to chance and ,hs
l.ar political marty then in now.
p'"
I~uld also thought that ths mai,
would he better accomnl;s,,sd
b. ~ "S '"' ''o'-
|thon,ht the Government b,d.
D fix a limit b.vnnd wh;oh tha
Of the Companv cnnid nnt 10 ' w
the rate, we're M, nr..".,,.i,I ' 81, t'
: lad not the rigl,, mmd.r pnn,,h'
blriln'ious IN 1aks w.u ~; 'a
4 y from it, citizen. w;tId,,, ;"s,
|,a'ipn, "'''o'i' just
|'or Blair inou,rsd w,.,,,., ,,|
kivp An ornrnx ,,.,,, "m.n-i a',; ne
)ue Of tLr W.st. o r' rr"'; S''",' % VI
"o' "'"
,cr,a .o.,,, =,
[,LI. ~, :. ''p''en that ms would be |
| ''' WIS not ID pOAl ion I
| L,r",,,r CO.. 'S''''ate, ne ana not
r,I"s %J,s"I, WIN details, but judged !
(ba, I, ,,'' VI property on II BROADER c
-" ~'I, "".nS i's earning power. d
C,n",,",, :" i, .'allchlSes % possessed r
)ualrl Ly nrr . L"a .o'"' '.'' :
[as n':,,1 ~ any known means.
|HJsr ',' hal'roaas mad been
ry" varying circumstances. G
1. J',,5 J' 5''r' ne thought the re- f,
Ln "''H "h no" upon the market q
,h'', h"nSoineh by investors. He +
nr'..,a., ",. .lls was 80, for it indi-
| no, ,',"tols ,'i condition of affairs.
!, ~, W. 'hlhk there was an much
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