The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-02
PERKINS SAYS BORAH
LIES DELIBERATELY
Denies Harvester, New Haven,
Steel and Alaska Charges
Of Senator.
SEES BENEFIT FOR MOOSE
Calls Idaho Man q StraddleI
Who Follows a PussyfOOt
Speech With q TRADE.

George W Perkins replied yesterday to
the attack made on him on saturday BY
United States senator william f. Borah
Of Idaho. He wrote a letter to the Sem
ator. denying the charges made against
him and asking the Senator several Ques-
lions
Mr.. Perkins said In his letter
This mornings papers contain what
purports to be your answer TO my letter
OF February ~. As a matter OF fact II
does not in any particular answer my let
ter. II such a thing be possible. your
answer contains even more grossly mac
curate and misleading statements than
did your speech at Columbus. Ohio.
You say that l made from $4,000, 900
to 100000 organizing tho Harvester
Company. That statement In absolutely
untrue. No one man or group OF men
made anything like such IA sum or money.
No syndicate WAS formed IN organising
that company: there WAS no underwru-
ing there was not one penny Of watered
stock.
what He Made In Harvester.
II never made $1,000, 900, nor $1,000.
900. nor si.oo0.Oo nor 100000, out OF
the organization OF the Harvester COM
pany. l am unable to state the precise
number OF dollars that did make because
I Was a Junior member in the banking
house which handled the business. and my
compensation each year was based on q
small percentage OF the entire profits OF
the house for the year.
you say that I thrive on profits made
out of business that employs women al
S. week This Is another groAs mis-
statement The International Harvester
Company. so far as I know. was the hrsi
large Industrial concern To adopt mini
mum wage for women, and that wage v
IS per week.
you accuse me OF having been con.
nected with the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railroad You have ABB
solutely no ground for any such charge
| never had the slightest competition with
that property. I never In any way ne
sotiated or knew Of any OF its financial
or other transactions
Absolutely the only knowledge l have
or have ever had about the difficulties of
the New Haven road I have gathered from
the newspapers You seem 10 overlook the
fact that | have been out OF the banking
business for more than three years.
E.ulss.s His Alaska Trip.
You try to besrnirch IN. by dragging
me into the Alaska coal situation a.'o
again you are CIRCULATING iIse s'a'en'e.o'
went 70 AiasNa ,,eAS .ou
and looked over 'he '"''foA" III" '''''
situation there.
Immediately on landing at Seattle on
my return I made public statement
which was printed Ia the new spapers. to
the effect that IN my )uusmeht .ne me-
states Government snouiu coNio' mo e.N.
lands In Aiasks ana opera" .,'l,, y"
royalty basis ana nave not cni's"'
my posi'ich one iotA III TINS Iesau.
You make another siarinx miesAte,
ment IN coupling me Win tne oI's"'.'
formation or the steel corporation. ~
a matter or fact, AT the uine VI ~ "
ganizauon ! had no connection whA.eVe,
with any banking mousse WIN any s.ee
company or WIN any concern una. wa.
IN any wa! re'a.eo y. A1'eI
related to the steel Corporation
'P""
You say that the Steel Corpor atom
abuse OF It's labor Is notorious, that Il
works people seven days a week. &C. Thi,
IA another one OF your false statement,
And | defy YOU to produce any tangible
nroof OF YOUR assertions
"As n matter OF fact the Steel Corpora
tim vas th. first Industrial OF which
nav. knowledse that voluntarily estab
,,shea m. ak day week In continuous in
du.try Ask the public II II Is likely
-, y.ar af,ar wear FOR several years
each year In Increasing hu'hoeIs' inc en-
ployees OF the Steel CORPORATION ~ouI.
invest their savings In the STOCK Oh com
pany for which they are WorAhs u 'ne'
believed that said company was oro"
beating and misusinx them!
AT Columbus last week you sain YOU
never could subscribe 10 the ffosrs
slve party's policy OF regulating larse an,
terstate Industrial UNITS ye' oh!y snor
while ago. before great ana representa-
tive audience, you soiemniy pledged your
self To exactly such course ior th'
Republican party AZ Isauer OF th'
Republican party. man VINO Wishes &c
be considered by MS party TOT the fres'
dental nomination or 1919 i ASK you &c
tell the country wnere you STAND on this