The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-28
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 TELLING THEM THE TRUTH
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IHOWARD ELLIOTT SENDS out q conv If b; dd,as, n ra.. New Haven stockholders Oct B. when the annual
 This speech is hopeful two ways It shows that fo, t
 e n years New Haven stockholders some degree and that they have duties to perform & s>
 fe must have been stout criticism some of them wna II was must be deduced from Mr. Elliott says Thera about high salaries must have been in A1rnations that the directors represent cone and t m Somebody evidently found fault with the hce of the management which as of old seeks nr f Sto4aAnoioers who do not come to the meeting 1IT-
 There evidently criticism the Billiard cause over tbe an. receved Tn settlement The large expenditures oI corporate funds for publicity by way shaping public onn lc1l were not favored by somebody t-T r ~ p
 Some stockholder wanted to increase the attendan eng by providing passes to New Haven giving free travel
 This seems to have been the heathest New Haven 1eeing in many years 0i' pf'0uAe
 Most of the criticism belated after the horse had been stolen Some it was unjust
 The chief officers of the Haven are not today for b pfr receiving salaries of the price for the same kind of managerial skill
 T Everybody must have benefited bv the fa,1f fndinp
 Mir Elliott to have benefited His speech fo inc IS the first address of his that come to The Farmer bearing ons idea that Mr. Elliott knows what Is the matter with the property
 This IS human document It shows railroad president stung by little criticism, of it unjust criticism He speaks not to the public and keep uniformed portion of the public fin state of speaks to the stockholders to the body of those who theoretically are his employers and he tells them of the truth.
 There is trace of irritation in he There enough of 1t to produce sharp language and sharper truth
 Not to the stockholders does Mr Elliott rayed ana 1azed tale of great property ruined by reference He less unconsciously lets appear such financial salvage he has been able to bring about under direct pressure from the government
 You destroyed this property" he tells the stockholders Wa4 has happened here your fault You had duty per form and you didn't perform itp
 Somebody have said it was like New Haven stock holder not to know very plain thing until nowhat the property had beehooed Perhaps the sting this very accusation that moved MT. Elliott to jealous frankness
 "0ne of you he says "spoke about the property being footed and robbed in the past I do not opinion about that because know nothing about it. The present board and management took the property you handed over."
 Then he told the stockholders just who they and where they got off,
 You. in years by voted and authorized the then off and directors great deal property and certain things You have authorized the creation debt of this company which hangs around its neck like mllstone
 Poo stupid eonfiding, sheeplke stockholders! them the Haven tradition of sody Railroad directors were great truthful men, They incapable deceit These New England stockholders loved the New with almost canine fidelity They had