The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1916-09-30

didate for United States Senator from
Ohio, as former Ambassador to
France, was by you made campaign
issue in your speech of July 81. By
your unqualified Endorsement at that
time, when Ohio was having primar,
election campaign, you aided in Mr..
Herricks nomination, which he assured
to himself by the admitted lavish ex-
penditure of $5O,639.34. Mr.. Herrick is
now candidate before all the people.
Having been made national issue by
you, it is not impertinent to ask you
for information to clear up a situation
that now seems clouded.
"In your speech on July 81, among
other things, you said of Mr.. Herrick:
No diplomat ever won more complete
ly the affections of foreign people,
and there was no better fortune for
this country than to have at the cap
ital of one of the belligercnt nations
representative thus esteemed Yet the
Administration permitted itself to STU
persede him.
"You have emphasized your ndorse-
ment at Dayton September 25.
"The text of your statement concern
ing him purposely conveyed the i'm
preston that Myron T. Herrick had
been recalled, dismissed, discharged,
fired.
"The records of the State Depart
ment show that Myron T. Herrick was
relieved at his own urgent demand
made at various times. But some
things the records do not show you may
be able to supply. 1t is right to as
sumo that you have full knowledge of
the facts, having given so complete an
approval of the man.
! Myron T. Herrick asked that he be
relieved and became insistent early
in the year 1914. Some months later
his demand became more urgent be-
cause it was reported his personal
business needed his attention. In No
vember, 1914, he returned from Paris.
"On October 10, 1914, the CASTOR,
Williams & Wigmore Company was
organized with an original capital of
81 900. In May, 1916, national maga-
zine told the story of the company's S
fabulous growth under title, From
$1,000 to $5,00O,O0O in one year This
company within 1S months after or
ganization had been increased 100000
shares, offered at $50 per share, with
$5,00G000 in notes. Its total export
business was quoted at $5O,OOO,0O and
it was stated that more than SIS ,000,0
in profits had been taken. Its stock
was listed at the New York Exchange.
Soon the company announced an or
der of $12,OOO,O0O worth of contracts
from the Allied Powers, for whom it
had already placed millions of dollars
worth of war orders. More recently
| it announced the securing of the ex-
elusive foreign agency of a manufac-
turing company which has taken or
ders, according to news reports, for up
ward of $1OO,OOO,OOO worth of rifles for
the Allied Powers. Most of the busi-
ness has been handled through French
! channels.
Castor, Williams & Wigmore were
guaranteed by New York guarantee
and trust company in which they had
been subordinates. ]. A. Wigmore, it
was told. had been associated with My
ron T. Herrick in business before going
to New York, and that he had been in
troduced to Williams in New York by
Mr.. Herrick. George A. CASTOR came
in touch with them through the COM
pany by which they had been employed
"The growth of the CASTOR, Williams
q WlSIIlOIe COMPANY, pldClIlS COltId IdSts
for the Allied Powers, began stimuli
taneously with the return from Europe
of Ambassador Myron T. Herrick.
''In Cleveland, the home of Mr.. Her
rick, many manufacturers appeared seek
ing orders for such supplies as armies
need. No secret was made of whom
they desired to see.
"The CASTOR, Williams & Wigmore
Company now has agencies in London,
Paris and Petrograd, the principal seats
of the Allied Powers.
"The people of the United States have
a right to inquire whether or not Mr.
Herrick was instrumental in securing
business for this company and to know
if he did, whether Mr.. Herrick brought
the orders back with him when he was
superseded as Ambassador or whether
he secured them directly or indirectly by
virtue of connections he made while a
peace envoy of this country in warning
land.
"The people have right to ask this
information of you, who told of the good
fortune it was to have at the capital
of one of the belligerent nations
(France) a representative thus esteemed
Recently there was offered in Ohio
from the Bonbright- t-Herrick Company ar