The representative., 1900-05-24

win you furnish = list Of stockhold.
ers?' ! s@ =
Il cannot do that
HAS Mr. Croker stock 81 the Amer1.
can Ice company,"
I cannot answer that question $,
How much stock do Mayor Van
Wyck and John F. Carroll hold!"
MAYOR WILL NOT REPLY.
THAT question cannot answer,
either"
Did these political gentlemen pay
cash for their stock. or did they receive
part or all Of It free?''
Il have nothing to say on that point .
Mayor Van Wyck was asked:
DO you own q large block of the Ice
trust stock?"
Il will not be interviewed on that sub
ject."
Would you care to give the purpose
OF your Maine trip with President
Morse Of the ice company and John F..
Carroll?"
Il never talk for publication, you
know"
This question was put to his brother,
Augustus Van Wyck, candidate for
Tammany nomination for governor:
You have made a number Of speeches
attacking trusts and monopolies, and yet
1t is charged that you own $4O0, 900
worth OF Ice trust stock. Do ycu not
wish to explain the seeming lnconsist-
ency of your position?"
Il do not wish to be dfscourteous, but
you will please excuse me-" he answer
ed.
POLICY OF THE TRUST.
Nevertheless, it Is now known that
Judge Augustus Van Wyck holds 1000
shares of trust stock, par value $4OO, 900;
that Mayor. Van Wyck holds a similar
amount; John F. Carroll, the lions
share next to Mr.. Croker, 5000 shares,
valued at 100000; Dock Commissioner
J. S. Cram 500 shares of the par value of
So, 900; Dock Commissioner G. F. MUIR
ply 500 shares, par value $4,000; JUS
tice James Fitzgerald similar amount,
and Judges Martin Mcmahon and ]. e.
Newberger similar amounts.
In all, these Tammany leaders con-
troll 15.6O0 shares of the trust stock, par
value $1,5o0,oo0, without counting what
Mr.. Croker has up his sleeve.
The policy Of the Tammany combina-
tion is outlined by the vice-president of
the Ice company in this language:
I'VE did not want to cater to the tene-
ment districts at all. We would much
rather prefer that they get their ice OF
the hucksters or of somebody else. We
may drive the hucksters out of the ice
business now, which will be a hardship
for them. The trade we want is the
custom of the wealthy people. We have
been forced into this tenement work
by the public outcry against U.S.
WRATH OF THE PUBLIC.
This policy Of evasion has angered
the public and the press almost as much
as the knowledge that Tammany was
the backbone of the American Ice COM
pany. The public demand here now is
that the entire inner transactions of the
American Ice company be made public.
and that its promoters be indicted under
the antitrust laws Of the state and be
sent to the penitentiary.
For Mayor Van Wyck a pretty rod is
In pickle in the Investigation started
BY the states attorney general. He is
to be called upon to answer questions
of this character:
You received large block of Knick- |
Ice company's stock in 1898
u 1899. How much did you pay for it?" |
From whom did you buy it,"
when did you exchange it for
American Ice company stock?''
For what purpose did you 70 to |
Maine with John D. Carroll and C. w.
Morse just before the hot weather
,egan?"
WAS it not for the purpose of cor
lering' all the ice In sight, thereby pre-
'enting any being shipped to New York
o interfere with your monopoly this
Coesar's Column.