South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-10-07
WORE LIGHT
SHE'D ON ACTS
Of GOODRICH
Allowed Coal Contract to Go
to Company in Which Old
Associate Was Interested.

CONTINUED FROsf PACE oNE)
Mining co. brought q suit charg-
ing him with betraying the inter
ests OF the company for which ne
negotiated certain contracts. Z. q.
Wiley was one OF Lowish's &ttor-
neys IN the defense ~ this suit.
The suit was recently dismissed
az the motion Of the Globe Mining
Co. but before IL was dismissed the
state OF Indiana through one Of the
Goodrich Centralized" boards, let
20 Mr.. Lowisn's company. "A contract
10 supply the state with coal for in
stitutions that used. the year pre-
viously. approximately $4,000 tons
OF coal.
Published I'm Papers.
When the state purchasing com
nittee, composed OF Goodrich ap-
pointees. received bids for this coal
contract u was announced and pub
lished in Indiant newspapers that
The contract had been let 70 the
Consumers Coal Co. OF which ]. T..
Moorman was president, ?. r. Good
rich. vice president and ". II. TObin,
secretary and treasurer.
When il became publicly known
that the governors brother was one
OF the men who would profit by this
contract. II was announced that the
governor wishes TO keep the state
purchasing committee free from
criticism that might be made If IL
bought coal from a company in
which q member Of his family is in
terested. and for that reason the
contract would be made with the
Aetna Co.
No Announcement.
No announcement. however. was
made that Lowish was the head Of
the Aetna Co. or that Lowish was
one OF the organizers OF the Globe
Mining CO.
This transaction showing one OF
the Publications OF the Goodrich
crowd. is not the only one in which
the taxpayers OF the state have
been interested.
In the recent report Of the state
board OF accounts on the affairs OF
Marion county II was revealed that
Marion county approximately $3.50
on coal furnished to Sunnyside san
itorium. Investig CATION disclosed that
the officers OF the Globe Coal Co.
included Edward J. Robson and c.
r Goodrich. wife OF James p. Good
rich. governor of Indiana.
Used COnvicts-
The Globe Coal Co. is the same
company which NJ. f. Lowish says
was represented by r. J. Robson in
negotiations preliminary 10 the or
ganization Of the Globe Mining Co.
which used the convicts in its min
ing operations in Pike county.
Gov. Goodrich does not appear 10
have been much worried about the
criticism that might attach TO
Marion county by reason OF II buy
ing coal from a company in which
a member OF his family was inter
ested
But this was not the only deal by
which the Goodrich crowd" sold
coal to the state OF Indiana. The
report OF c. r. TalkingtOn. super
intendent OF the penal farm shows
that the state OF Indiana agreed TO
take more than $50. 900 OF coal from
the Globe Mining Co. as pay for the
labor of penal farm convicts. The
records I'm the office OF the secre-
tary OF state show that the officers
OF this company included j. T.
Norman. who was also an officer OF
the Consumers Coal Co, and Pierre
+. Goodrich. son OF the governor.
Careless Of Criticism.
In this instance the governor does
not appear 10 have been anxious 10
keep the penal farm board free of
criticism that might be made IL il
bought coal from a company in
which n member of his family is
interested"
Nor does II appear that the gov
ernor cared anything about criticism
that might fall or the board of SAN
itary commissioners or Indianapolis
II they bought things from "a COM
pany Ia which a member of the
Goodrich family was interested" for
he did not interfere when Joseph
b Healing. as attorney for the
Indianapolis Reduction Co. brought
about the deal through which the
Security Trust Co. bought the bonds
20 pay for the sale TO the sanitary
district OF a garbage plant for $175,
GOO. wEich Jesse r. Norman swore
was not worth the cost OF junking
Matter OF Record.
For when the Indianapolis Re
duction Co was dissolved IL became
a matter OF public record that
James 2. Goodrich. governor Of In
diana. was a stockholder therein
James ?. Goodrich has not vet
served his full term as governor Of
Indiana but 10 date it has been
shown:
l. That the governor himself was
interested In the company that sold
Indianapolis a garbage plant for
$4,000 when Jesse 7. Norman
testified il was worth less than the
cost 81 junkinC it
Furnished state Coal.
?. That Pierre r. Goodrich was
a stockholder and director in the
Globe Mining CO. when that COM
pany agreed 90 furnish 100000
worth of coal 10 the state OF In
diana