The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-18
Staggering Statistics Presented to Senate Probe Committee, Today, Show That l8 Financial Firms Control Over $25,-
 100000, 900 of Nations Wealth
j. F. Morgan & Company Held up as the "Heat' of This Gigantic Combination With its nteTIocking DiecoTates Giving Certain Group of Money Barons Domina-
 tOn in the Field of Finance

Washington, Dec 1s.-Domination of s25,325, 100000 of the nations wealth by IS leading financial firms was the stupendous information, pur- porting to show actual, real evidence of a money trust presented to the Pu- jo Investigating committee, to-day.
 Five firms, the Morgan Company Guaranty and Bankers Trust Com panies the First National and the National City Bank, were said to have 341 directors in 112 corporations with aggregate resources of $22, ,245,- 100000.
 The firm of J. P. Morgan & Com pany, was held up as the heart of of the alleged combinations
 With a staggering broadside of statistics. charts, labels and conpila- tions, the Pujo committees dramatic ally presented it's figures to the country at to-day's session of the hearing. They represented the eff forts of 30 expert accountants of the committee.
 How these IS financial firms have only 18O members who hold TAG di- rectorships in 134 of the wealthiest corporations of the nation. controlhnts total resources or capitalization or 25,325, 100000 was the evidence cf- sfered.
 The statistics showed that these. IH0 men have 385 directorships in Al gf-sat banks and trust companies with ag- gregate- resources of $3,832, oo0, ,0O0. fifty directorships in IL giant insur- ance companies with assets of $2,- 46,O0O,00O 155~ directorships in 31 great railroad systems capitalized at $12,193, 100000, six directorships in two express companies and 40 diree- torships in one steamship company with a combined capital of $245,000.- 900 and a gross income of $97,0oo,- 900, 9s directorships in 28 industrial corporations capitalized at S3, 583, ,000,- 900 and earning over $1,145, 100000 annually and 4S directorships in 19 public utility corporations capitalized at s2,826, 100000 and earning over $42s, 100000 annually.
 While the arraignment~ of fnan- cia1 concentration by. the tinterlock- ing directorate'' system was shown, J. Pferpont Morgan himself was awaiting examination on the witness stand. From him was desired his personal explanation of the rights of the pub lie in the amassing of dollars.
 The interest of the Morgan firm in finance was shown as follows:
 Control of 23 directors in 13 banks and trust companies with resources of $1, 406. 100000 and deposits of $989, 100000.
 companies with assets of $1,249, 9,OO0,- 900.
 Twenty directors in 12 railroads capitalised at 4,s5s.ooo.ooo with income of 72,OOO,OOO annually.
 Twelve directors in seven industrial corporations capitalized at $1,989,- 900 and earning annually $Sse. e.Oo0,00O
 In all 63 directors in 39 corpora tions having resources of $1O,O36,o0o.
 Representation by Morgan in the also alleged: Fidelity & Casualty Com pany,' the Gernan-American Insur- ance- Company. the Mutual Life and the Penn Mutual and controlling stock interest in the Equitable Life Assurance Association of New York.
 Transportation companies, in whose board of directors Morgan representa-
 1ygg wesf nre sasd to ba; Company Adams Express Company, Atchison Topeka & Sante Fe, Chfca- go Great Western, Erie, Lehigh Val ley, lew York Central, New York, New Haven & Hartford, Northern Pa cific, Pier reMarquette, Reading & Southern.
 Morgan directors are also ascribed to the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the General Electric Company, the Inter national Agricultural Corporation, the International Harvester Company, the four), and the Westinghouse Electric Company, the American Telegraph 6. Telephone Company, the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company and the Pub lie Service Corporation of New Jer- Sey.
 It was declared the Morgan com pany has two or three voting trustees controlling the Guaranty Trust Com pany of New York. one of three trus- tees of the Bankers Trust Company, one of three trustees of the Chica go Great Western Railway, two of five in the Mercantile Marine trustees, one of three voting trustees of the South ern Railway. and one trustee of the voting trustees of the Interntaional Agricultural Corporation.
 It was also shown that J. P. Nor gan & Company and the Guaranty Trust Company have three comm on firm neInb CTS and directors-Harry P. Davison, William P Porter and Thom- as w Lamont The first two and George F. Baker, are also declared to be voting trustees of the company. Like control of the Bankers Trust Company was also set forth. @ Three Morgan members, it was stated, are also directors of the First National Bank.
 How the First National, the Guar anty and Bankers Trust, the Chase National and National Bank of Com rnerce companies also have from 8 to g ''interlocking'' directors was shown.
 The statistical tables showed that the Morgan firm, the First National, National City Guaranty and Bankers