Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-09-01

h.-aons other discoveries made by archae
ologsts were some which tended to sho,
that the decay of Babylon was occasion
cd by tho denudation of immense ter
ritories SO that there were no longer nm
forests, causing the lands to become ari
and Incapable Of supporting any bu
! nomadic tribes.
REACHING TOWARDS PERSIA.
| Should capital be secured in sufficien
| amount to open up that part of Ash
Minor whose seaports face Greece, the
IT Is Inevitable that transportation and
vast work of reclamation will be fostcre
| by tho Turkish government, 80 that tn,
region can again be made to Yield grea
riches available for commerce.
or course such q promotion as has beef
limited at through the alleged organlya
| ton of an American syndicate for rail-
| way construction and development vii
be looked upon somewhat critically unit
plans have been perfected and tho cant
tai advanced by tho members Of the syn
dicatc has been secured. So also iudr
| ment Will he withheld until there can h,
better knowledge of tho nature of m,
concessions made by the Turkish sovern.
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IF the preliminary reports accuro,ety
state present conditions this ORGANIZATION
has attracted the attention not onIv ~,
come great capitalists in this CITY h,,,
also OF some eminent manufacturers and
Mt least OF ono engineer who has yoirod
-at fs,,
scientific work The report Nance anon.
others f. G. Converse, who has becom.
prominent rs a caIItaus, only s,poo n,
orEauiza ton of the United statas ,tsoI
corporation. If there ever uoro so,f.
mad" man, In the best meaning of that
term, Mr. Converse Is he He ,s Of Tos-
ton birth, and received his carly training
az practical nlachinist In manufnc torie.
near BOSTON. As executives officer of what
became one Of the jnno-tant eursi1iorics
of tie steel corporatlon Mr. Converse
was discovered To bave nreciselv the
qualities which d,stinguished that re-
markdb'c group of mon whose great
achievements I'm manufacturing ,vara +,
'''"uIE district Inc organization
Converse millions Of available can,to,
and when he came to New York II was
speedily discovered that he had no inten-
ton of combining his business life .o his
~ sociation as "A director with the t-uftad
State steel coruoratfnr I.ankin.. s,.rn-
od to suggest great opporttlities 10 him
and he has been Identified with the or
f.tnization or evanston of four LARGO
banking institutions
MIR Converse has .ono+ir,ce b.or
si,oken of as one of thc host i,,.le.s ~
the cat,acitv of Young mo-, tina, ,,.o bovo
ir this city. although he does NOT ra,l,
in that REGARD as biYb ms Mr. Nor,,,,,
does Another of his charactoris,ic,
about which there has been much cam
mcnt has been his determined nur,oso =,
demonstrate tho ahsurlitv of the state
meut that the farms If New England ar.
played out. He began about i've wears
ago the purchase Of number OF ahan-
doned. bankrupt farms in southwest Com
necticut, and has already shown to the
astonished farmers how highlv produc-
tive and profitable these farms can be
made.
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If it - true that Mr.. Converse is y
member of this syndicate. then II is cor
tain that he will NOT or1,. No - .,,,,
but will be a leading director. He is NOT
accustomed to play secondary part in
any business with which he is associated
Moreover, 1t may be safely assumed that
he regards the Turkish promotion as one
fine opportunities. Associated
with Mr.. Converse, If the syndicate be
perfected, is Charles A Moore. one. of tho