Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1911-04-14

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IN tn. eve of going abroad, Mr. MGR
-, vent to Washington and saw tie
sesident and certain members of the
cabinet
.hotime the switches were spiked and
'houaine line cleared, and ordinary
noonle who paid for service through on
20 waited while Morgan's special
Srope all resords for speed between
,,organ's business city and his capital
o;tv-aad that is achieving some speed
.uow US to assure you.
uHoliand,n writer on matters re-
lated to finance, puts the question,
,sWbv did Morgan go TO Washington
and answers it by opining that he
had only one Grand, and that related
n the scheme for putting the republic
II Honduras .'on a firm financial
basis,
This, of course. means Morgan
basis.
Three DAYS after the visit of Morgan.
Mr. Taft moved in the matter of the
Honduras treaty.
Undoubtedly Mr.. Morgan mentioned
tho treaty to the president. But, bless
.our souls, he had other things to do
IN Washington. He was going away
far several months, and the whole field
If government had to be arranged be-
tore he went. 1t was like putting out
the cat, untrying the dog, locking the
hard and blowing out the candle before
he went. 1t was ike patting but the
candle before going 10 bed
There is a special telephone wire
rnnning from the White House to
Charles P. Taft's office in Cincinnati,
and there it may be presumed to loop
into the special wire from Charles P's
office to Morgan's office 80 that on or
ordinary occasions the govern ment can
he attended to by phone; but on going
away from the phone, Mr.. Morgan
would naturally want to give certain
Instructions face to face.
AT last accounts the diplomatic cor
respondence between Mr.. knox's Office
and the oriental nations with reference
to those Manchurian railways-$lO0,-
10000 matter in which Morgan was
vitality interested-were in the posses
sion of ]. P. Morgan and company at
New York. Mr.. Morgan may have
wanted to return to Mr.. Knox the state
departments files before leaving.
10 be sure, Mr.. Knex is running the
state department as a branch OF j. +.
Morgan and compauy's business, in
Honduras and elsew here, just as he dld
before the japanese princes closed out
the Morgan interests in Manchurla
while the presidents nose was bel 9g
rubbed ia the dirt by Morgan through
Knox in The Crane case; but il would
be aw ward if the files of the state de
partment were found at Morgan s.
aud MIR Morgan might have wanted
to return them.
Aud he may have wanted to consult
Knox about the Sl0,000,000 Liberan
bond tefund-there are lots Of things
he may have wanted to say as mastei
to man.
And then-did "Holland" not think
of this there is that Aldrch centra
bank Of issue matter. Might not Mr.
Morgan have desired to say what h'
wanted the administration to do OF
thai?
Elk Secretary Shaw says that thu
MoTgau. Standard Oil interests coulC
well afford to pay the national debt a.
payment for this central bank fran
chse- which they expect 10 get TO
nothing. Geoge E. Roberts shows
how the central bank of issue nigh
sop up profit If a billion dollars thu
first year by taking up the gold in TIT
i treasury.
Probably Mr.. Morgan referred tt
that matter too.
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