The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-16
Stockholders Are Given Ansthtr
 Insight Into Affairs
REAL OBJECT OF CONTEST
MT. Fish Tells of Harriman's Deals and That Illinois Central People Must Preserve Integrity
 of the Road.

Neew York, November 15.--Stuyvesant Fish has addressed a letter to the stock holders of the Illinois Central Railway company regarding the adjourned meet ing of the company set for December IS. After reviewing the contest at the last meeting Mr. Fish says in part:
 Ut is significant that up to this date no effort has been made by the Union Pacific to dissolve the injunction as to its holdings or that of the Railroad Securities company, although the Mutual Life Insurance company, with a relative ly unimportant holding of only $50 shares, has asked to be relieved of the restraint This motion does not involve the main issue as the case of the Mutual Life turns upon fundamentally different ques- tions of law and apart from those in volved in the cases of the Union Pacific and the Railroad Securities company
 object of Contest.
 "'rhe contest now being waged is for the purpose Of busting me from the board of directors, of which I have been d member for B years, and of electing four directors dominated by E. H. Hartman, thus giving to him. with the Union Pa cific directors and their adherents already in the board, the absolute and permanent control not only of the policies of the Illinois Central but also of its physical and financial assets and possibilities for all time.
 My colleagues Mr. Beach and MT. Cutting, stand with me for the integrity and independence of tine Illinois Central Railroad company, untrammeled by any affiliations with or control of other rail- roads.
 MT Hartman stands for the engulf- ing of our company in the wide con trol by him of the transportation in this country through. tho instrumentality of the Union Pacinc company. To this end he caused the company to buy from himself and his associates nearly 30 per cent (2O.59) of the stock of the Illinois Central. an amount sufficient ac- cording to the sworn testimony of MT. Otto Kuhn of Kuhn, Leob X Company, the fiscal agents of the Union Pacific. to enable the holder to Exercise a dom mating influence in the affairs of rail- road company whose stock is as widely scattered as that of the Illinois Central. What MT, Harrinans purpose and prac- tices are is shown in the report of the interstate commerce commission or the United States, No. 943, a copy of which is enclosed and which every stock holder should read before giving his proxy.
 Sending for Proxies.
 Since the adjournment of the stock holders meeting A. G. Hackstaf. as secretary of the Illinois Central railroad, has sent out an official circular to the stockholders soliciting their proxies for himself and for J. T. Harahan. These gentlemen are known adherents and fol- lowers of Mir. Hartman. A proxy to them is in effect d proxy to him which through the power of substitution inserted in their form of proxy. may by them be made in fact proxy to MT. Hartman.
 AS it may be claimed that the proxies heretofore given to Mir. Beach, MT. Cutt- ing and myself, in terms expire on Decem- her 31. 1907, and an attempt to pro- long the annual meeting of the stock holders for the years 1907 and 1908 and thereby defer the election of the direc- tors. the enacted proxy has been drawn to cover All possible adiournments of that meeting.
 My colleagues and l will continue our efforts to maintain the integrity and in- dependence of the Illinois Central rail road company, to precent it's absorption by interests alien to those of it's stock holders and patrons to prevent it's relega- ton to the position of subsidiary and servile feeder and fattener of other rail- roads dominating 1t. and to preserve for its proporetors the beginning of it's pres ent prosperity and future, boundiess pos abilities"